White Tara said:
“Sexual intercourse between man and woman is licit when it accords with the Buddhist precepts; otherwise, it is licentious conduct. What accords with the law is proper, and what does not accord with the law is improper. Improper conduct leads one to fall into the animal realm.”
White Tara continued:
“All monastic practitioners must abstain from sex. Even ordinary sexual activity is not allowed. Vajrayana monastics are practitioners of single-bodied discipline, utterly different from householders. Whether monk or nun, it is the same: if one engages in sexual activity, one will certainly fall into the animal realm.”
White Tara added:
“In Vajrayana Buddhism there is the consort practice, and in Taoism there is also the dual-cultivation practice. These are extremely esoteric teachings. If practitioners of the highest capacity practice in accord with the Dharma, then there is nothing wrong with it. But if there is even the slightest deviation from the Dharma, degeneration follows. For this reason, very few attain accomplishment through this path. Only a true vajra master can practice it. Otherwise, one will inevitably fall into Avīci Hell, and after that will be reborn for many lifetimes in the animal realm.”
(This article will not discuss consort practice or dual cultivation. It will only discuss what sexual misconduct is.)
- Involving someone other than one’s spouse is improper.
- What is prohibited by law is improper.
- Involving non-humans is improper.
- Involving one’s mother or sister is improper.
- Involving children or those underage is improper.
- Involving monks is improper.
- Involving nuns is improper.
- Involving animals is improper.
- Involving sexual toys is improper.
- Involving more than two persons is improper.
White Tara said:
Inappropriate times – the holy days of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.
Inappropriate locations – in front of the Three Jewels.
Inappropriate intercourse – oral sex and anal sex.
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From what I know:
Humans are born in the world from sexual desire, in other words, from sexual intercourse between father and mother, from the union of the father’s sperm and the mother’s egg.
Thus, every human being has the seed and habitual tendency of sexual desire, and there is also the saying that “food and sex are part of nature.”
Sex is one aspect of human nature.
Sex is also the reason humankind continues to survive.
Sex produces the greatest pleasure, and some say there is no greater joy in life. People will risk life or death for sexual pleasure, and those who indulge in it never seem to tire of it. From high officials to ordinary people, it is the same.
As long as one is human, we are all like this.
Animals in general are like this too.
However, a Buddhist practitioner must be very careful not to break this precept, because it is extremely easy to violate; everyone has sexual desire.
Generally speaking, only Vajrayana practitioners who have attained accomplishment in “qi through the channels,” “inner fire through the channels,” and “drops through the channels” can use great bliss to overcome attachment to sexual pleasure. In this way, they are naturally free from desire.
Zen practitioners use the joy of meditation to overcome sexual desire.
Exoteric practitioners use dharma joy to overcome sexual desire.
I would say:
“Great bliss, the joy of meditation, and dharma joy can all be called dharma flavor. Once one has experienced dharma flavor, it becomes possible to overcome attachment to sexual pleasure.”
If one uses suppression:
It is like using a rock to stop grass from growing.
The moment the rock is removed, the grass grows again.
I would advise:
For practitioners who have not yet attained “dharma flavor,” they may use diversion methods to redirect sexual thoughts.
That would be good! That would be good!