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**Michael-jeckson2** · 05-24-2012, 04:27 PM

Just a gentle reminder for anyone reading or posting in this thread that our Code of Conduct states:

" We welcome LGBT members to our community"

(LGBT means lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.)

Personally I have always felt as equally at ease with LGBT people as I have with heterosexuals and see no difference in terms of Buddhist practice.

I like these verse from a nun who is challenged by Mara in one of my favorite suttas, SN5.2 Soma Sutta....

As well as agreeing with Aloka-D above, I also don't see what impact another person's gender and sexual orientation has on other people in a general sense - seriously, I do not.

As a Buddhist practitioner, if I had a problem with an individual because they were homosexual, clearly it is my problem not the person's sexual orientation.

05-24-2012, 04:27 PM	#5
Michael-jeckson2 Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 534 Senior Member	Just a gentle reminder for anyone reading or posting in this thread that our Code of Conduct states: " We welcome LGBT members to our community" (LGBT means lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.) Personally I have always felt as equally at ease with LGBT people as I have with heterosexuals and see no difference in terms of Buddhist practice. I like these verse from a nun who is challenged by Mara in one of my favorite suttas, SN5.2 Soma Sutta.... As well as agreeing with Aloka-D above, I also don't see what impact another person's gender and sexual orientation has on other people in a general sense - seriously, I do not. As a Buddhist practitioner, if I had a problem with an individual because they were homosexual, clearly it is my problem not the person's sexual orientation.
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