Nice pictures but the words turned me off - Rated 
I bought this book having read the other positive reviews. I was very disappointed. There are ideas in this book that I didn't find very spiritual or loving at all.
For example, quotes from the book:
"The following women are not to be enjoyed at all....women who are too pale and white...women who are too dark and black"
"Easy Women...a woman who has no one to look after her and keep her in check...A woman whose child has died...Poor women...A woman who is proud of her achievements...Older women"
I was amazed and saddenned that these ideas were present in this book.
Fresh New Version of the Classic - Rated 
With this latest book the well-loved and popular mind-body guru Deepak Chopra lends his take on the spiritual messages of this ancient text to craft a modern interpretation of the Kama Sutra; one very well suited to the Western mind.
Fans of the Chopra distillation method (conversion of any universal truth to seven behavioral steps) will embrace his latest effort with rapturous glee. This would be an excellent gift for a couple, a lover, or anyone interested in a consideration of the meaning and import of sexuality and spiritual evolution.
It's beautifully written in a conversational style that invites exploration and reflection, yet preserves the overall sacredness of the content. As well, it's stunningly illustrated with new artwork by - ironic in this case - the Virgin Illustration Studios along with a number of individual artists including Gotham Chopra. At first I rather missed the classical illustrations with their occasionally improbable postures and attitudes, but this faded as I warmed to the beauty of the recently commissioned modern art.
The text is divided into three sections, and links the concepts of spirituality and sexuality through discussions of pleasure and how this relates to shame, life goals, passion, and other emotions and concepts. None of the archaic prejudices are removed, yet the reader is gently reminded that while the modern mind may differ, we should look for the underlying lesson in these texts, and observe how we have evolved and how much further we have to go as a sentient species. As the author writes: " any given paragraph can be wise, cynical, ribald, witty, fantastic, irreverent, manipulative, and clinical by turns". And yes, gentle reader, there are the classic descriptions of the positions for intercourse.
But it's not all serious. Some of the pages are humorous in modern context, such as the page defining "Easy Women", which includes listings such as "an actor's wife" and "older women". This section and those similar in attitude ( "Advice for Seducers") should have book clubs cackling with fresh discussion.
Buy it. Revel in it. Play with it. Learn from it.
Easy to read - Rated
I never had to look in the dictionary once! And it's full of really great pictures that kept me turning the pages. I hope that more people will write books on this subject because we need more 'How To' books on how to turn lust into love, in my humble opinion that's how I beleive we will evolve. This book is at least a start in that direction, sex is such a difficult subject for people to read or talk about and the only way to reach that goal of pure love IS to talk about it. I hope EVERYBODY reads it, even you.
"Kama Sutra and the Seven Spiritual Laws of Love" - Rated
On 5/13/06 i attended a "seminar" which included a presentation by Deepak Chopra during which he spoke of 'The Kama Sutra' and its 'timelessness in its depth". later in the day, the very first day of its release in the USA, he signed copies of the book.
i purchased a copy of his book, with the expectation that Chopra's "Kama Sutra" would not be "a manual for lovemaking" as was the original and i was right ... he focused on the "essence" of the original which can now, for me, also be accepted as "an inspiring spiritual text".
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