khammani
06/19/2016, 12:36:19
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Actually, I feel sorry for those who practice celibacy. I just can't imagine their sexual frustration throughout the years. I mean any temporary abstaining or refraining is OK but a lifetime deprivation of sex is unfathomable. By the way, Vietnamese Americans are so thrilled about greeting Dalai Lama.
[T]he Sixth Dalai Lama ... was said to have been unsuited for his office, said to have loved many women, as well as having a fondness for gambling and drink (Carnahan, 1995).
He did not observe even the rules of a fully ordained priest. He drank wine habitually....
“Ignoring the sacred customs of Lamas and monks in Tibet he began by bestowing care on his hair, then he took to drinking intoxicating liquors, to gambling, and at length no girl or married woman or good-looking person of either sex was safe from his unbridled licentiousness” (French, 2003; italics added).
One of the early Dalai Lamas was particularly known for his love of women. It was common practice for households in which a daughter had received the honor of the Dalai Lama’s transmission through sexual union to raise a flag over their home. It is said that a sea of flags floated in the wind over the town (Caplan, 2002).
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