"Arousing the Goddess: Sex and Love in the Buddhist Ruins of India" by Tim Ward

Tim Ward spent six years in the Orient wandering the Dharma trail. He visited temples and monasteries, desert ashrams, and mountain top holy places, seeking out monks and mystics.

A mixture of sex, love, coming of age, and Buddhism, Arousing the Goddess is filled with humor and recognition of the absurdities of life. It has been praised for its honesty and insight.

Tim Ward is the author of What the Buddha Never Taught, which was a best-seller in Canada, and a Book of the Month selection in the United States. He has written for a variety of publications, including Reader's Digest, The Toronto Globe and Mail, Common Boundary Magazine, and several Traveler's Tales anthologies. He is president of Intermedia Communications Training, Inc., in Maryland where he lives with his family.