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.
JAPAN HAS A BUDDHIST MONK FIGHTG FOR GAY RIGHTS?
The robt fellow held my ey wh an tense, almost sctisg gaze, when I asked him if Siddhartha ever talked about homosexualy. ”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. 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.
BUDDHIST AND GAY?
”I still wonred why homosexualy would crease your sufferg this day and age. Surely there are lots of gay people who live enjoyable liv wh plenty of material posssns, a partner they love, children they re for and the eedom to be who they really are.
If gay people often are faced wh tolerance, if they are kept om achievg certa liberti life and if they stggle wh themselv bee of their preference, uld be nsired they are not at ease and unable to fd peace, ” he explaed. If I, pecially beg a straight man wh Mlim roots, was to publicly announce that homosexualy led to sufferg and was fact ed by sexual misnduct, I would be nsired a ‘gay hater’.
So uld the Buddhist view on homosexualy be seen as fact ‘gay hatg’? It appears that there are no clear guil wh the Buddhist fah ncerng homosexualy.