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**911_993_911** · 02-17-2012, 05:29 PM

Firstly the wrong word is being used here - celibacy means not to marry anyone, chastity is the word meaning to refrain from indulging in sex. Buddhist monks are celibate in that they do not marry so that they can concentrate on the spiritual rather than the worldly life and are chaste in that they refrain from sex as an extension to the precept of refraining from sexual misconduct, as part of their efforts to renounce desire altogether.

02-17-2012, 05:29 PM	#37
911_993_911 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 574 Senior Member	Firstly the wrong word is being used here - celibacy means not to marry anyone, chastity is the word meaning to refrain from indulging in sex. Buddhist monks are celibate in that they do not marry so that they can concentrate on the spiritual rather than the worldly life and are chaste in that they refrain from sex as an extension to the precept of refraining from sexual misconduct, as part of their efforts to renounce desire altogether.
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