What are the views of the Buddhist concerning, :  sex, abortion, and homosexuality...??...??
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Buddhist follow the eightfold path that governs thier acts. That goes for the physical and spiritual sense of self and well being. I wil try and copy thier morals which can direct itself if questioned.\n\n\nRight Viewpoint - Realizing the Four Noble Truths (samyag-dṛṣṭi, sammā-diṭṭhi) \nRight Values - Commitment to mental and ethical growth in moderation (samyak-saṃkalpa, sammā-saṅkappa) \nRight Speech - One speaks in a non hurtful, not exaggerated, truthful way (samyag-vāc, sammā-vācā) \nRight Actions - Wholesome action, avoiding action that would do harm (samyak-karmānta, sammā-kammanta) \nRight Livelihood - One's job does not harm in any way oneself or others; directly or indirectly (weapon maker, drug dealer, etc.) (samyag-ājīva, sammā-ājīva} \nRight Effort - One makes an effort to improve (samyag-vyāyāma, sammā-vāyāma) \nRight Mindfulness - Mental ability to see things for what they are with clear consciousness (samyak-smṛti, sammā-sati) \nRight Meditation - State where one reaches enlightenment and the ego has disappeared (samyak-samādhi, sammā-samādhi) \n\n\n*note* I have studied these principals before and each path to cleanse sufferring has deep details involved. I actually have a notebook that I made that breaks down most religions. And the details for these paths can be further explained. Basically, use Right Thought. This is from wikepedia.
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well I was a catholic ,then a Christain ,then an atheist and now I do agree with a lot of buddhist beliefs.Buddhism alwyas will put experience over scripture.Buddha was an enlightened person.nothing more.\n Buddhism accepts that science and spirtuality can coexist.......are in fact facets of the same "godhead"
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I asked how the other religions felt about "abortion" here on Y!-answers.  They all came back with it was murder <Christian, Jewidism, Islam, Muslim, Buddahist, and Taoist> ((Guess I still need to ask the Aethists, Scientologists, Wica's, and African Tribal religions ...sorry)).\n\nNow with that many religions against abortion, how did it ever get legal?  Are there that many "Aetheists" out there?
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That question cannot be answered fully in a few sentences. So please visit the following pages to read the entire thing:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_philosophy\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism
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Buddhist do no eat meat, no and if you are intrested in fiding more, try  , en.wikipedia.org, says more than I ever could :)
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A bit long but I live in Buddhist terrority for 12 years... Below is a synopsis of what I wrote about Buddhism:''\n\nBuddhism\nBuddhism is the third of the great religions, which have contributed to the molding of Vietnamese culture and character over the centuries.  Buddha was a contemporary of Confucius, and the religion he founded entered Vietnam from both India (Buddha’s home), and China.  Today it is perhaps the most visible of the Vietnamese religious beliefs.\n\nBuddha’s teachings “Lead others, not by violence, but by righteousness and equity”\n\nThe major teachings of Buddha are found in the Benares Sermon of Buddha, which stressed the “Middle Way”.  That this “Middle Way” might be realized by humanity, is what Buddha proclaimed what are now known as the Four Noble Truths:\n\n•Existence (life) is a succession of suffering ---or, to exist is to suffer;\n•Suffering is caused and created by desires or cravings; the ignorance of true reality allows ambition, anger, illusion, to continue to cause an endless cycle of existence;\n•The extinguishing of suffering can be achieved only by the elimination of desire;\n• The elimination of desire or craving can be achieved only through the Noble Eightfold Path.\n\nThe Noble Eightfold Path by which the Buddhist must strive to perfect is as noted below.  These are:\nRight views\nRight aspirations\nRight speech\nRight behavior\nRight living\nRight effort\nRight thoughts\nRight concentration\n\nBuddha, in his teachings, did give five Commandments or Prohibitions, which were:\nDo not kill\nDo not steal\nDo not be unchaste\nDo not lie\nDo not drink alcohol\nNone of Buddha’s teachings is of greater significance than the doctrine of Karma.  The wheel, one of the earliest Buddhist symbols, stands for the unending cycle of existence through which life goes on by birth and rebirth.  According to this doctrine of Karma, the sum total of a person’s good or bad actions, comprising thoughts, words and deeds, determine his specific destiny in the next rebirth in this unending cycle of life.\n\nAs translated from the Gospel of Buddha by Paul Carus, Buddha taught that “All beings have Karma as their portion: they are heirs of their Karma; they are sprung (meaning their very origination) from their Karma; their Karma is their kinsman; their Karma is their refuge; Karma allots beings to meanness or to greatness”.\n\nWhile Hinduism holds a similar belief in reincarnation, the wheel of existence and Karma, Buddhism differs in that Buddha taught that there is no self, therefore, no actual transmigration of the soul or continuity of the individual.\n\nIn fact, Buddhists technically prefer the term “demise” to death as they assert there is no death as life is not confined to one’s body, but that the life force experiences a series of rebirths.  In popular Buddhism, the adherent tends to think of himself as a candidate for rebirth.\n\nMan determines his Karma by his actions that he has made himself.  This force, Karma, is held to be the motive power for the round of rebirths and deaths endured until one has freed himself from its effects and escapes from the Wheel of Existence.\nThe state to which the Buddhist aspires is Nirvana.  It is a state of being freed from the cycle of rebirth or the Wheel of Existence.  It is the final release from Karma and can be achieved only by long, laborious effort, self-denial, Godly deeds, thoughts, and purification through successive lives.\n\nAn exact definition of Nirvana seems unobtainable since Buddha refrained from describing this state.  He called it the summit of existence, the enlightenment of mind and heart, the city of peace, the lake of ambrosia and peace, perfect, eternal, and absolute.\n\nIt is the state in which Buddha’s followers believe him to be now as a result of the Enlightenment, which he achieved.\n\nIt was the lack of a clear definition of Nirvana that caused the Gre
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The Buddha's statement about religion "keep the meaning forget the words". Everyone else argues over which dogma and theology is the right one-he simply stated without prejudice if it has meaning believe in it- in effect he was embracing the fundamental moral precepts of all religions while rejecting the dogma.
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Actually, I think that a lot of the gay community that appear to be atracted to either the Asian or Paganistic lifesstyles are not doing it so much for the sex, but for the acceptance of who they are.  THere is a higher number of transgender individuals in Asia than anywhere else in the world.  Why?  Because they are more accepting.  Buddhism, Taoism and even Hinduism do not exclude people based on their orientation like so many CHristian faiths do.  Personally, I enjoy that asian culture and like to have asian themed stuff around the house, but with me, it is more out of respect and personal enjoyment of the culture than an atraction to their males.  I have a husband of my own, and that is more than enough to keep me occupied.  I also did martial arts for may years, which may be part of why the culture appeals to me.
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Yes.\n\nJudeo-Christian tradition has taught for thousands of years:\n1. Single people should be celibate.\n2. Married people should be faithful to each other (adultery is wrong).\n\nThe Catholic Church recognizes the power of sex when it teaches, "Sexuality affects all aspects of the human person in the unity of his body and soul."\n\nChastity means the successful integration of sexuality within the person. A chaste person's body and spirit lives in unity and opposes any behavior that would impair that unity.\n\nMasturbation is contrary to the human dignity of the person and anyone about whom the person has lustful thoughts, and the dignity of human sexuality.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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Pagans,wickens new agers etc are the best...\n\nThey are not nasty like chrisitians who only ever used to repress people and quote their nasty bible whilst burning people alive, relgious wars  etc...\n\n\nPagans like sex and sexuality and beauty and affection and fun.\n\nThey are not sexist and see males and females as two parts of a whole and equal. And that includes behavour like you being flirty, wanting to be kissy  and pawy with boyfriend.\n\nIts all part of nature.\n\n\nThey have no problems with gays either.\n\n\nTheir ethical system is as long as it harms none do as you will.\n\n\nThey are the true relgion in the sense of many of the christian and other relgions stole their festivals (ie easter... the easter bunny was origonally the easterous hare (or sounds something like that) a pagan fertility god of spring... look it up.\n\nThe wickens were early doctors and the herbs still work. Other magic is based around psychology.\n\nThink hippies.\n\nWomen are empowered unlike in christianity this is why they say its immoral and wicked ...\n\nIts their way of keeping the girlies down.\n\nCheck out new age shops.\n\nAs you said if you mention the P word it shows chrisitn scum in their true nature. Best described in the iris magdelen laundry system\n\nsee\nhttp://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/magdalen.html \nhttp://www.netreach.net/~steed/magdalen.html\nhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380703/ \nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/drama/sinners/interviews/annemarie.shtml \nOrigonal documentry available from \nhttp://cgi.ebay.com/SEX-IN-A-COLD-CLIMATE-DVD-DOCUMENTRY-REG-0_W0QQitemZ6437066430QQcategoryZ617QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem \n\n\nPagans would never be that nasty.\n\nAnd this is from an athiest not a pagan... I just see that pagans have the right idea even if I don't Believe in astrology... Pagans are soo cool.\n\nNothing nasty about them...\n\nThe other relgions make up all the nasty burn in hell stuff up about them as they are competition and actually they are nicer.\n\nAs for getting in touch as said crystal new age shops should help. Other then that check the net.\n\n\n\nor just quit on all relgions...\n\n\nPAganisiam is not about worship though
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Joanna,\nYou ask a genuinely thoughtful and, I think, respectful question.  You deserve a likewise, respectful answer.  I don't know your age, so I can't determine how much experience you may have talking about or hearing different views on the subject of   people's sexual orientation.  I've had many years of listening to the rantings of religious conservatives (granted, usually through the media) who have at various times claimed that: gays deserved AIDS as it is God's punishment for immoral behavior; gays and lesbians should not be allowed to teach school, providing a negative role model for kids; homosexuality is sinfully perverted, no different than pedophilia, or any number of other criminal behaviors; public signs of affection between same sex partners is somehow more disgusting and socially aberrant than straight PDA's; etc, etc, etc, etc, ad nauseum.\n\nIf gay people and those who know, love and support them and their right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness have a hard time having a "talk" with religious conservatives (Christian or otherwise) it may be because there often seems to be a condescending, 'holier than thou' attitude to these discussions.  We're told that "I love homosexuals, but hate their lifestyle", or "God made us all equal, but we must overcome our urges to sin"!  Ugh, it's depressing, frustrating and frankly insulting coming from someone who isn't gay and hasn't lived through the threats, intimidation and sometimes physical violence perpetrated on gay people.\n\nWe sometimes feel like the 'last acceptable minority' to single out to disparage and scapegoat.  Sorry, Joanna, but you asked the question, and I want you to know the answer from my perspective.  I'm a spiritual person, who believes deeply in my connection to God, the divine, and it's awfully offensive to have to hear people with no greater moral compass than I, and often I think, much less, offer pronouncements on my soul's fate.\n\nThat you've "never heard anyone say 'I HATE gays'...", doesn't sound very convincing to me, I'm afraid.  It does speak volumes about 'how' we hear what we hear, and what we 'want' to hear at times.  Trust me, it's being said, in many ways subtle, sometimes with sweet, sweet kind tones.....but make no mistake about it, the intention IS there.\n\nI wish we could have had this discussion in person; I certainly don't mean to offend you, and I hope I don't come across that way, but I do emphatically want to stress that when you, or anyone talks to a gay person about their life, lifestyle, etc. you are treading on something so fundamental, so private, and so much about who they are as a person, that you can't help but stir their deepest feelings.
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I don't know that that is something that someone can answer for you since people around the world have different moral and spiritual values... but a rough outline would probably include...\n\nHow you define premarital sεx... are we counting kissing? οral sεx? only vaginal? gay sεx? masturbatiοn?\n\nDoes premarital sex even have ANYTHING to do with morals or spirituality? why or why not?\n\nWhat moral values are you using? Describe them..\n\nHow does this behavior relate to them? does it go with? or against these values? are these values held by the entire world? country? state? just your family? If moral values say it os ok... how will that affect the world? How will it affect the world/community if it isn't ok?\n\nAre your moral values part of your spiritual values?\n\nWhat are your spiritual values?\nHow does this behavior relate to them? does it go with? or against these values? are these values held by the entire world? country? state? just your family? If spiritual values say it os ok... how will that affect the world? How will it affect the world/community if it isn't ok?\n\nAre there people that don't share your views? Does it have different implications for them?\n\nIn your conclusion, summarize your points... if you are trying to make a point with your paper, sum it up in plain language here.\n\nGood Luck!
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Well, I didn't have to open the above link to know what it would say.\n\nYour question was extremely eloquent, and very valid to question these things.\n\nIn all fairness, I gave up on religion (at least my religion, catholicism, anyways), as I did not agree with many of their outdated views. They continue to ban homosexuality, rating it as a sin, and continue not to allow women priests.\n\nBeing gay myself, I know, as you know yourself, that this is how you are made. This is who you are. No amount of praying or trying to be anything else is ever going to change that.\n\nDeep down, I think we all know that this is how God made us. Infedelity, murder, greed, all easy to see how they are sins - they are perpetrated and can be redeemed... but wanting to be in loving relationships with members of your own sex - I could never understand how sinful that is.\n\nI know this is how I always was, I know that there is a lot of good I do in my life, and I try to lead a good and honest one, by being kind to my fellow human beings, respecting them, and overall trying to do some good.  The fact that I want to spend my life with a man instead of a woman - well I am positive that if I'm going to hell, it won't be because of this - how can it possibly? \n\nThe people on this earth who say we will go to hell, have not personally died and witnessed where straight and gay people go after they die. Hence they have no authority to tell us what will happen to us in an afterlife, and your guess is as good as theirs.\n\nAt least you know this is who you are - do not fight it, live a good and happy life, try to do good and live a moral life - one that you will be happy and fulfilled with, not one you will be miserable in and struggle to overcome something that is not overcomable. And know that while some will think you are sinning, there are others who are sure you are not. Its all opinion anyway.\n\nNo quoting bibles guys, the law of the bible is more strict than what is being practiced now anyway - statements such as slavery being acceptable are clearly wrong in this day and age, so why can people selectively discard these statements but hold onto its thoughts about homosexuality?\n\nToo many youths are depressed and sometimes comitting suicide due to society's inacceptance to gays. This has got to end. It's been a long time coming.
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I think sex is something we think of while in the body. When the souls leave the body and are hanging around in paradise I don't think sex is an issue.
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I think your viewpoints are very healthy.  What I believe is very similar to you.  I think we should question everything and use our God given free will to logically find the truth.  Never fall for what someone else tells you to believe simply because they claim to have the one true word of God.\n\nGay people-  I'm Gay.  I have control over my actions, but not my emotions.  I've never been romantically attracted to any females, and can't understand how I could be.  If there is a God, He/She/it made me this way, just like God made me male, white, brown hair, brown eyes, etc.\n\nMuslims- I think of Muslims the same way I think of Christians.  Most are alright, but when they become extremists no good can come from it.\n\nAtheists- Well, there is no proof of God, but there is no lack of proof either.  You can believe what you want to.  I believe in something, but many would not call it God.\n\nPremarital sex- Well, I can't get "married" so, I'm fine with it, however, I think that there should be some sort of commitment going along with sex.  I don't think Promiscuity is a good idea, but those practicing it have their own free will.\n\nAbortion- I'm divided on this issue.  In one respect it's taking a life, but a life in terrible conditions is no life at all.  I'm not really sure.\n\nPeople not of your religion- I'm fine with it.  I have friends of all sorts of persuasions, Wiccan, Sikh, Buddhist, Christian.  Never met a Muslim though... I'd like to.\n\nPeople dating out of their religion- I'm fine with it.  As long as the two are in love, and get along on a basic personal level, religious issues shouldn't become a major part of choosing a partner.
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Very interesting question . . . but life trumps all else!  Abortion is murder, no matter what.  That the child might have any "defect", physical, emotional, etc is not the point.  The child might grow up to be a serial killer, but that does not mean they do not have the right to life.  \n\nHomosexual orientation (being attracted only to members of one's own gender) is not a sin in and of itself.  The sin is acting on a disordered desire . . . just as it is sin to have heterosexual sex outside of marriage.  As far as parenting a homosexually oriented child, I think the same difficulties apply as with any child (of course, I am speculating here).  You still have to help your child understand sin and that they will have desires that are sinful and that they must choose to not act on those desires.  I am sure this is a difficult task with any child.  \n\nAbortion, however, is not the solution to any of this.
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"t seems to me that people who don't believe in God, should have no problem with that kind of behavior."\n\nThis sounds like you're saying that if God didn't tell you "no, no, dear child, don't have sex with animals" that you'd think it was fine and dandy.\n\nThis is so patently stew-pid an argument, you must be a loyal watcher of Fox "News" channel.\n\n\nEDIT FOR ADDITION:  Awww, aren't you cute?  OK then.  Expanding the definition of marriage to include single-sex couples would both be a benefit to the individuals involved AND to society.  There is ample evidence that people who live in stable, committed couples are healthier, happier, and wealthier than those who are single. Gay marriage is a good idea because it will benefit not only the gay couple but their families, friends, neighbors, and taxpayers whose burdens to care for the gay partners singly would be greater.\n\nSex with animals would NOT benefit society. And I dare say it wouldn't benefit the animal part of that practice.\n\nBeastiality and gay marriage present very different issues. Each should be evaluated on its own, not treated as if one is a necessary extension of the other.\n\nAnd there's this wonderful thing called ethics, which is a way to determine if something is right or wrong *without divine authority*.  It works quite well.