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One last thing: you’ll notice that we don’t much bother with the arcane positions sometimes discussed in this famous sutra, for two reasons:
1.) The West — and especially the US — has a tendency to discuss only the strangest, or most ‘exotic’ aspects of any sexual work, so de-emphasizing the positions (which was never a big part of the Kama Sutra anyway) will hopefully put attention back on the actual text, and
2.) The various positions, it must be remembered, were written for people who have spent much of their lives in the study of yoga. Since the Kama Sutra insists that there be a naturalness and an honest interplay between the sex partners, the positions will not have the sense of easy sensuality to most in the West that it probably still enjoys in the East.
The positions can of course be tried, and can be quite fun for the adventurous, but will likely be little more than a novelty to most in the West. Since it’s not the ‘be-all-and-end-all’ of the work, the positions were de-emphasized here for a Western audience. The Kama Sutra’s main emphasis is how a person, male or female, may hope to best attract a member of the opposite sex, how they may hope to fulfill them sexually, and how this is a basic, essential aspect of human love. At the close of the work Vatsyayana himself tells us why he wrote this sutra: “After reading and considering the works of Babhravya and other ancient authors, and thinking over the meaning of the rules given by them, this treatise was composed, according to the precepts of the Holy Writ, for the benefit of the world, by Vatsyayana, while leading the life of a religious student at Benares, and wholly engaged in the contemplation of the Deity.
This work is not to be used merely as an instrument for satisfying our desires. A person acquainted with the true principles of this science, who preserves his Dharma (virtue or religious merit), his Artha (worldly wealth) and his Kama (pleasure or sensual gratification), and who has regard to the customs of the people, is sure to obtain the mastery over his senses. In short, an intelligent and knowing person attending to Dharma and Artha and also to Kama, without becoming the slave of his passions, will obtain success in everything that he may do.”
Hardly the dark and twisted text you may have been led to believe? But don’t be fooled. This little treatise covers areas of sexual experience that still have the capacity to shock now and again. So just what does it cover?
Consider the table of contents. The Kama Sutra is divided into seven parts. Notice that only one part even begins to deal with sexual positions:
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: On Sexual Union
Part 3: About the Acquisition of a Wife
Part 4: About a Wife Part
5: About the Wives of Other People Part
6: About Courtesans Part
7: On the Means of Attracting Others to One’s Self
The main idea is not just to get women into bed – but to make them happy and instill them with a desire for you again and again. The Kama Sutra tells you how to please both the feminine body and the feminine mind… and gives you quite a few pointers on how to help you enjoy yourself to the fullest as well. Consider this an introduction to the Sutra’s teachings, and what it has to offer you. To give you a true feel, we quote from sections that probably most appeal to you, and provide a brief explanation of each quote where needed.
We’ve also included a link to an online version of the work, if you’d like to read the entire book on your own. We’ll jump around here and there simply to make this a more concise article for our narrow ends, but we’ll always tell you where this or that quote appears in the original text. Let’s begin with this quote from the introductory section: “Since sexual intercourse is an end dependent on the proper application of both male and female techniques, those techniques are covered in the Kama Sutra.
The application of improper means often seen in the unthinking animal is caused by their being unrestrained, by the females among them only being fit for sexual intercourse at certain seasons and no more, and by their intercourse not being preceded by thought of any kind. Such unfocused, unreasoned pleasures bring a man into distress, and into contact with low persons; they cause him to commit unrighteous deeds, and produce impurity in him; they make him regardless of the future, and encourage carelessness and levity.
And lastly, they cause him to be disbelieved by all, received by none, and despised by everybody, including himself. It is notorious, moreover, that many men who have given themselves up to pleasure alone, have been ruined with their families and relations. Pleasures are, therefore, to be followed with moderation and caution.