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**elects** · 01-16-2012, 09:09 AM

Hi Andy,

In accordance to the teachings of Buddha, celibacy is a consequence of the practice of meditation; it is a normal result of an ease mind that has given up the entanglements with ordinary sensual pleasures.

A lay practitioner chooses the monastic life because a needed stage in his evolution toward full awakening.

To chose monastic life -because celibacy- is done (or at least should be) on account of deep meditative experiences and deep penetration of how things are.

But the Buddha allow sexual practice to lay practitioners anytime she or he refrains fully from sexual misconduct.

Also, many lay practitioners can find celibacy as something that fulfils the realization of the path.

A meditative mind can find the end of craving, even, for the sexual drive.

01-16-2012, 09:09 AM	#10
elects Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 408 Senior Member	Hi Andy, In accordance to the teachings of Buddha, celibacy is a consequence of the practice of meditation; it is a normal result of an ease mind that has given up the entanglements with ordinary sensual pleasures. A lay practitioner chooses the monastic life because a needed stage in his evolution toward full awakening. To chose monastic life -because celibacy- is done (or at least should be) on account of deep meditative experiences and deep penetration of how things are. But the Buddha allow sexual practice to lay practitioners anytime she or he refrains fully from sexual misconduct. Also, many lay practitioners can find celibacy as something that fulfils the realization of the path. A meditative mind can find the end of craving, even, for the sexual drive.
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