tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465006.post6565645752704098045..comments2023-07-22T04:42:16.226-04:00Comments on Going For Refuge: sexual ethics articleS. Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516395371482701736noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465006.post-56496830319624781202012-05-28T21:25:46.517-04:002012-05-28T21:25:46.517-04:00I think the female body stuff is about trying to c...I think the female body stuff is about trying to conquer sexual thoughts, and anyway that stuff never worked for me. Break it all down into disgusting parts, and I just put it back together in my mind. Put another way, I guess the hope is to have a creative sexuality, and not a reactive sexuality.<br /><br />I wasn't so much endorsing the quote from the Buddha biography, I was just kind of shocked by the quote. It's provocative. <br /><br />I suppose on the one hand I don't want to dismiss things just because they are not so much part of our culture, and on the other hand, I want to weed out non-essential stuff.S. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03516395371482701736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465006.post-68879402384703728182012-05-28T14:41:13.975-04:002012-05-28T14:41:13.975-04:00I do wonder about these quotes in the Pali cannon ...I do wonder about these quotes in the Pali cannon -- the ones that in one way or another express such despise and even loathing for the female body. Some scholars argue that that stuff was added later...<br /><br />Seems like the monk in question did something potentially very compassionate, depending on the circumstances this woman was to bring a child into the world. Lots of different ways of seeing that story.<br /><br />I have not gotten to that part of the book. Instead, been reading quite a bit about forms of patriarchy in Buddhism and weeping. There is really ugly stuff in a number of suttas from all Traditions of Dharma, that we just don't talk about cause it don't fly with our modern values. But we need to (talk about it).SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02885366140391035378noreply@blogger.com