In God We Lust
June, 2003
BuddhismMasturbation: A Buddhist precept exhorts believers to "refrain from committing sexual misconduct," which is defined as not causing harm to yourself or others. So masturbation is not a problem for most Buddhists, though some believe that sex distracts from the quest for enlightenment. They cite Buddha's First Sermon, in which he called the pursuit of sensual pleasure "vulgar, coarse, ignoble and unbeneficial."Premarital Sex: One scholar argues that Buddha encouraged ce...
