Redisverg Buddhism’s LGBT history of gay monks, homoerotic samurai, and genr-nonnformg practners and gods
Contents:
- THE GAY PRECEPT: HOW BUDDHISM VIEWS HOMOSEXUALY
- JAPAN HAS A BUDDHIST MONK FIGHTG FOR GAY RIGHTS?
- BUDDHIST AND GAY?
THE GAY PRECEPT: HOW BUDDHISM VIEWS HOMOSEXUALY
A gay Buddhist monk talks about his sexualy and relign. * monk buddhist gay *
Although there is no general nsens wh regard to sexual orientatn and genr inty wh Buddhism, overall the third precept is most often referenced when discsg gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and queer issu. Yet a 1997 prs nference he mented that “om a Buddhist pot of view [lbian and gay sex] is generally nsired sexual misnduct. Ined, how do Buddhism view homosexualy?
I grew up Europe and sce I am part Danish/part Turkish, I was raised wh the Abrahamic monotheistic fahs and their views on homosexualy. Beg an aspirg vtigative journalist, I cid to probe the waters and seek the Buddhists view on homosexualy.
The robt fellow held my ey wh an tense, almost sctisg gaze, when I asked him if Siddhartha ever talked about homosexualy.
JAPAN HAS A BUDDHIST MONK FIGHTG FOR GAY RIGHTS?
”In the time of the Buddha, there were no homosexuals, so our great teacher did not mentn anythg about this; hence is difficult to discs the subject om a Buddhist pot of view. Bee of this, a subsequent life, you might be rernated as neher a real man, nor a woman, but a homosexual _ an ‘ between’, ” he ntued. Thuriya had mentned that homosexualy, his fah, was perceived as sexual misnduct or promiscuy.
BUDDHIST AND GAY?
So I wonred if all homosexual relatnships were perceived this way…even the monogamo on.
The lecturer then went on to elaborate on Thuriya’s exposn regardg why homosexualy uld be ed by bad karma:”This might sound sexist to you, but Buddhism the hight physil state one n be reborn to is that of a man. ”I still wonred why homosexualy would crease your sufferg this day and age.