I love the teachings of Buddhism, but I often find its approach and explanation to/about sex and sexuality to be a bit less elusive and more dodgy. I think the subject of this video is more helpful in regards to the emotional arrangement of "envy" and the wanting of something we do not have in this moment.
@TooManyMinds1 Namo Buddhaya, Dear dhamma friend, 3rd precept of 5 precepts is about sex. "3)Abstaining from sexual misconduct (kamesu miccha-cara veramani)
He avoids sexual misconduct and abstains from it. He has no intercourse with such persons as are still under the protection of father, mother, brother, sister or relatives, nor with married women, nor with female convicts, nor lastly, with betrothed girls." So sex is done only within marriage which avoids abortions-guilt.
@TooManyMinds1 This explanation on sex is taken from The Noble Eightfold Path
The Way to the End of Suffering by Bhikkhu Bodhi. u can read it online for free. e.g I can only have sex after getting married. This save u from a lot of trouble such as STDs, Unplanned pregnancies,abortions and a lot of emotional suffering.In EU/USA whole sex thing is just without limits.sex is no big deal anymore.But wit h3rd precept sex is a sacred/spiritual act that binds partners together.
@AryaSravaka Thank you for the references, I will definitely be exploring them.
But I must say, with all do respect "getting married" does not save you from such things as "STDs, Unplanned pregnancies, abortions" and it surely does not save you from "emotional suffering." In fact the "exclusivity" of our culture's most fashionable relationship arrangement, the monogamous relationship creates a space of prohibition that is absolutely ripe for the emergence of suffering.
Here is advice that can help us towards freedom. Precious, (spiritual) life-saving advice. Thank you so much for posting this, and how I wish I could spend some time learning the Dhamma, and being trained in meditation by Ven. Thanissaro directly, someday.
I love the teachings of Buddhism, but I often find its approach and explanation to/about sex and sexuality to be a bit less elusive and more dodgy. I think the subject of this video is more helpful in regards to the emotional arrangement of "envy" and the wanting of something we do not have in this moment.
TooManyMinds1 2 weeks ago
@TooManyMinds1 Namo Buddhaya, Dear dhamma friend, 3rd precept of 5 precepts is about sex. "3)Abstaining from sexual misconduct (kamesu miccha-cara veramani)
He avoids sexual misconduct and abstains from it. He has no intercourse with such persons as are still under the protection of father, mother, brother, sister or relatives, nor with married women, nor with female convicts, nor lastly, with betrothed girls." So sex is done only within marriage which avoids abortions-guilt.
AryaSravaka 2 weeks ago
@TooManyMinds1 This explanation on sex is taken from The Noble Eightfold Path
The Way to the End of Suffering by Bhikkhu Bodhi. u can read it online for free. e.g I can only have sex after getting married. This save u from a lot of trouble such as STDs, Unplanned pregnancies,abortions and a lot of emotional suffering.In EU/USA whole sex thing is just without limits.sex is no big deal anymore.But wit h3rd precept sex is a sacred/spiritual act that binds partners together.
AryaSravaka 2 weeks ago
@AryaSravaka Thank you for the references, I will definitely be exploring them.
But I must say, with all do respect "getting married" does not save you from such things as "STDs, Unplanned pregnancies, abortions" and it surely does not save you from "emotional suffering." In fact the "exclusivity" of our culture's most fashionable relationship arrangement, the monogamous relationship creates a space of prohibition that is absolutely ripe for the emergence of suffering.
TooManyMinds1 2 weeks ago
I like this guys message and his direct way of speaking. Hardly anyone even mentions lust as a negative today. But it's a killer.
lauxsd123 3 weeks ago 2
Here is advice that can help us towards freedom. Precious, (spiritual) life-saving advice. Thank you so much for posting this, and how I wish I could spend some time learning the Dhamma, and being trained in meditation by Ven. Thanissaro directly, someday.
hearts0ngs 2 months ago
thank you very much!
paricio7424 7 months ago