Embracing All: Buddhist views on Love, Compassion, and Sexual Diversity

Unpacks the Buddhist view on sexual misconduct and clears up long-held myths—especially around homosexuality. A journey to clarity, acceptance, and peace. 

This book is for everyone really—regardless of orientation—who has ever struggled with questions around the third precept: refraining from sexual misconduct. In Buddhist circles, this subject is rarely spoken about, wrapped in taboo or embarrassment. Yet the Buddha himself understood the force of desire; before his enlightenment, he resisted Mara’s daughters, who tried to seduce him under the Bodhi Tree. Desire is powerful, but it need not control us. The third precept cannot stand alone.

It lives within the Five Precepts, asking us to reflect: Are my choices rooted in honesty? Do I respect boundaries? Do I avoid harm? Do I enter relationships with a clear and present mind?

These questions are not meant to shame us, but to guide us. Being Buddhist is not about perfection. It begins with intention—with practicing the precepts as a moral compass through the complexities of life.