(CNN) Could advice from a former Buddhist monk help improve your sex life? That's the implication of "The Passion Book: A Tibetan Guide to Love and Sex," originally written in 1938 by Tibetan Buddhist monk Gendun Chopel.

This collection of brief but sensual poems also serves as a joyful -- and explicit -- guide to sex.

"Gendun Chopel became a Buddhist monk when he was in his early teens but gave up his vows, including the vow of celibacy, when he was in his early 30s," explains his biographer Donald S. Lopez Jr., who, with co-translator Thupten Jinpa, has brought the book to contemporary readers. "As a result, 'The Passion Book' is filled with the exuberance of someone discovering the long-forbidden joys of lovemaking for the first time."

This excitement spills over into beautiful verses such as, "As long as the horse of the senses runs wild/And has the power to enter the land of passion/One should rely on the enjoyment of lust."

But Gendun Chopel's insight runs deeper than just poetry. The book is divided into chapters like "Acts of Kissing," "Describing Modes of Pleasure," "Playing with the Organ" and "Various Methods of Copulation." He views sexual pleasure as a human right and stresses the importance of female consent and equality -- a view that seems right at home in today's #MeToo movement.

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