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BhikkhuJayasara · Bhikkhu · Veteran
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Re: Nirvana = Heaven?
Directly from the Suttas/"words of the buddha" http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sacca/sacca3/nibbana.html Nibbana names the transcendent and singularly ineffable freedom that stand… (View Post)
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Re: Celibacy
celibacy is part of renunciation, it's something that grows naturally out of practice. This natural dispassion makes it easy to become celibate because you see no real value in being controlled by th… (View Post)
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Re: Celibacy
(Quote) I don't know of any either. Although he preached the eradication of desire and craving being the cause of dukkha to everyone, not just monks, which is really where the Celibacy thing comes fr… (View Post)1 -
Re: Celibacy
(Quote) eh.. not so much.. the Buddha doesn't talk about the ending of all craving except sex ... he talks about the ending of all craving and the attainment of the deathless. Now how far someone wan… (View Post)
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Re: Celibacy
(Quote) as I said in my original post in this topic, celibacy comes naturally with practice.. otherwise it is silly to try and force it on yourself, or others, vows are meant to be broken because the… (View Post)2