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Aloka wrote: Sat Jun 09, 2018 7:31 amInteresting that a Wikepedia page was created for Tantric Theravada.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantric_Theravada
Is this saying the Buddha has a Wiki account? :jumping:
Aloka wrote: Sat Jun 09, 2018 7:31 am :anjali:
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Greetings,
DooDoot wrote: Sat Jun 09, 2018 7:40 am I honor, salute & take refuge in Wiki.
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Metta,
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retrofuturist wrote: Sat Jun 09, 2018 8:16 am Greetings,
DooDoot wrote: Sat Jun 09, 2018 7:40 am I honor, salute & take refuge in Wiki.
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Metta,
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retrofuturist wrote: Sat Jun 09, 2018 8:56 am Greetings,

Interesting mudra, Aloka... :?
There's Tantra, and there's also tantrum.
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Since this thread is about a lot of "other paths" I'm sending it to "Connections..."
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DooDoot wrote:What is relevant in Theravada is...."Come now, monks:....
Although the quote is good for all men to keep in mind as far as their attitude towards women is concerned, It might be worth noting that it is spoken to monks (as are many of the suttas), and not to lay practitioners. Additionally, if it was followed by every male Theravada practitioner, I wouldn't have had some of the offensive and sexist comments I've had on the internet from time to time from certain people. Nobody ever treated me like that when I was doing Tantric practices.


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DooDoot wrote: Mon Jun 11, 2018 7:56 amThe sisters are irrelevant.
You asked a stupid question, you got a stupid answer. :tongue:
What is relevant in Theravada is:
Not quite. The comment is in regard to monastics. We are not monastics. For us it is enough to follow the Noble Eightfold Path. We, as a lay people, are "allowed" to have sexual relations as long as we abstain from sexual misconduct.

Of course, it is also just common good manners to not want to hump every woman you see. ;)
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We, as a lay people, are "allowed" to have sexual relations as long as we abstain from sexual misconduct.
The way I understand sexual overindulge is sexual misconduct.

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SarathW wrote: Tue Jun 12, 2018 9:29 am The way I understand sexual overindulge is sexual misconduct.
Overindulgence is a problem, regardless of the object of overindulgence.
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Those causes have been taught by the Tathāgata,
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SarathW wrote: Tue Jun 12, 2018 9:29 am
We, as a lay people, are "allowed" to have sexual relations as long as we abstain from sexual misconduct.
The way I understand sexual overindulge is sexual misconduct.

Sexual Overindulgence is an addiction therefore results in unwholesomeness .

But it is not misconduct .
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