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**TainuibeFaimb** · 01-05-2012, 12:14 AM

From my limited understanding, the Buddha did not ask us to starve or repress our desires, but to go beyond desire by observing it and seeing the futility of it. The Buddha himself enjoyed having sex during the first 29 years of his life and he got enlightened afterwards!

Regards,
Bundokji

The Buddha taught a higher form of happiness - something beyond mundane sensual pleasures. To obtain this happiness, which is beyond mundane, refraining from mundane sensual pleasures is advised by the Buddha.

“Mahānāma, by a noble disciple, with his right wisdom, it is clearly seen that sensuality has little satisfaction, much unpleasantness, much trouble and many dangers; and if he does not attain a joy and pleasantness away from sensual desires and away from demeritorious thoughts or something more appeasing than that— until then he falls for sensuality.

When the noble disciple sees as it really is, with right wisdom, there is little satisfaction in sensuality, much unpleasanness, much trouble and many dangers, he attains a joy and pleasantness away from sensual desires and away from demeritorious thoughts or something more appeasing than that. Then he falls no more for sensuality.” Kamachanda is 1 hindrance to meditation. The Buddha, as a prince, enjoyed a lot of sensual pleasures in the palace but abandoned them after seeing their futility and incapability in giving him the kind of happiness he was looking for.

01-05-2012, 12:14 AM	#17
TainuibeFaimb Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 486 Senior Member	From my limited understanding, the Buddha did not ask us to starve or repress our desires, but to go beyond desire by observing it and seeing the futility of it. The Buddha himself enjoyed having sex during the first 29 years of his life and he got enlightened afterwards! Regards, Bundokji The Buddha taught a higher form of happiness - something beyond mundane sensual pleasures. To obtain this happiness, which is beyond mundane, refraining from mundane sensual pleasures is advised by the Buddha. “Mahānāma, by a noble disciple, with his right wisdom, it is clearly seen that sensuality has little satisfaction, much unpleasantness, much trouble and many dangers; and if he does not attain a joy and pleasantness away from sensual desires and away from demeritorious thoughts or something more appeasing than that— until then he falls for sensuality. When the noble disciple sees as it really is, with right wisdom, there is little satisfaction in sensuality, much unpleasanness, much trouble and many dangers, he attains a joy and pleasantness away from sensual desires and away from demeritorious thoughts or something more appeasing than that. Then he falls no more for sensuality.” Kamachanda is 1 hindrance to meditation. The Buddha, as a prince, enjoyed a lot of sensual pleasures in the palace but abandoned them after seeing their futility and incapability in giving him the kind of happiness he was looking for.
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