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Buddhism and Homosexuality
August 21, 2008 - 11:28pm — JD
An interesting article appeared on The Buddhist Channel today. The link is below. There are related articles on the websites referred to at the end of this article too. The "third nature" - I like that.
Buddhism and Homosexuality - Singapore -- Homosexuality is the tendency to be sexually attracted to persons of the same rather than the opposite gender. According to the ancient Indian understanding, homosexuals were thought of simply as being 'the third nature' (tritiya prakti), ... [The Buddhist Channel]
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Not sure about the "third
Not sure about the "third nature" thing, but that might just be me, having been called a "he-she" enough times that it tends to piss me off, and I do wonder how well lesbians fit into that... The article about homosexuality in Theravada Buddhism really interested me, though.
Quando dou pão aos pobres, chamam-me santo. Quando pergunto pelas causas da pobreza, chamam-me comunista. "When I give bread to the poor, they call me a saint. When I inquire into the causes of poverty, they call me a communist."
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