Although dogmatic practitioners of Zen may be offended by this book, and may even revile it (as other reviews show), those who embrace the spirit of Zen (in what I believe is its innate radicalness) are likely to find great refreshment and depth in this book. Sudo writes with great clairty of mind and vastness of heart, and helps to resolve the painful disparity (which many spiritual practitioners face) between spirituality and sexuality. For anyone who wishes to bring greater depth, integrity, and compassion to their sex life and to their spiritual practice, I wholeheartely recommend this delightful book, and I thank Philip Sudo for his gift to myself and to all beings who are fortunate enough to read it.

This book misrepresents Zen. The author calls Ikkyu as a Zen master. But he was called "Crazy Cloud" and was an outcast, and most Japanese would not consider him as a Zen master. It is very disturbing that the author refers him and his poems as if the philosophy of zen encourages all sorts of things he claims. The author should not have used the word "Zen" because he doesn't have profound knowledge in it obviously.