What Strip Clubs Can Teach Us About Dharma
Dharma Snobs, The Burlesque Scene in The Graduate, "Gentleman's Clubs," Kind Wiccan Priests, LeTigre, The Male Gaze, Nakedness vs. Nudity, Unadorned Bliss, Sensuality & Meditation
When I was nineteen, I nearly became a stripper in order to study Buddhism. I desperately wanted to learn everything there was to learn about dharma, but there wasn’t much accessible to me in the small city where I lived and studied. I went to a local dharma center on a few Sunday mornings. The members were friendly and kind enough to give me basic me…