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**Wvq9InTM** · 08-14-2012, 12:17 AM

Were Brahmins were generally celibate?

Celibacy does appear in Hindu traditions. Anyway, Brahmin/Hindu society considered women as inferior and sometimes as mere possessions. There are accounts of this society alienating women specially from the spiritual paths. Not surprisingly, there are jataka tales where husbands sell out wives to fulfil a 'noble quest'. Considering this background, it is a fair doubt if these lines, which are late, are actually Buddhavacana.

However, I do agree that there doesn't seem to be any evidence to make a definite conclusion. In addition, it seems like good advice to all genders although it has been spoken from the perspective of a bhikku rather than a bhikkuni depending on the context.

08-14-2012, 12:17 AM	#13
Wvq9InTM Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 523 Senior Member	Were Brahmins were generally celibate? Celibacy does appear in Hindu traditions. Anyway, Brahmin/Hindu society considered women as inferior and sometimes as mere possessions. There are accounts of this society alienating women specially from the spiritual paths. Not surprisingly, there are jataka tales where husbands sell out wives to fulfil a 'noble quest'. Considering this background, it is a fair doubt if these lines, which are late, are actually Buddhavacana. However, I do agree that there doesn't seem to be any evidence to make a definite conclusion. In addition, it seems like good advice to all genders although it has been spoken from the perspective of a bhikku rather than a bhikkuni depending on the context.
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