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| | Homosexuality and Buddhism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Most Buddhist schools construe this to mean that monks and nuns are to practice celibacy. | | | Therefore, there is no definite Buddhist view on homosexuality except to say that celibacy is required for ordained monks or nuns. | | | Japan, areas where Buddhism was or remains one of the chief religions their cultures have been historically unconcerned with the gender of sexual activity or the object of desire. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_views_of_homosexuality
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| | buddhism homosexuality Sera Mey Redevelopment Project |
| | The lay Buddhist is not required to be celibate, but she or he is advised to avoid certain types of sexual behaviour. | | | As homosexuality is not explicitly mentioned in any of the Buddha's discourses (more than 20 volumes in the Pali Text Society's English translation), we can only assume that it is meant to be evaluated in the same way that heterosexuality is. And indeed it seems that this is why it is not specifically mentioned. | | | The minimum that is required of the lay Buddhist is embodied in what is called the Five Precepts (panca sila), the third of which relates to sexual behaviour. |
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http://serameyproject.org/buddhism-homosexuality.shtml
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| | The Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry |
| | Bernard Faure, in his cultural critique of Zen Buddhism titled The Rhetoric of Immediacy [underlined] remarks that homosexuality seems to be overlooked in Zen teachings, and indeed in classical Buddhist texts. | | | There is, of course, a precept about sex which Zen Buddhists inherit from earlier classical Buddhists teachings. | | | The word Zen means "exacting meditation," descriptive of the formal practice which is central for the Zen Buddhist. |
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http://www.rcfm.org/positions/zen.htm
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| | Religions and Homosexuality |
| | While it would be wrong to say that Buddhism is opposed to homosexuality, it would also be misleading to say that Buddhism is openly welcoming of homosexuality. | | | Since there are many schools of Buddhism, there are also different views of homosexuality in Buddhism. | | | Homosexuality in Buddhism is a very complex issue, even more so than in other major religions. |
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http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/7-18-2004-56791.asp
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| | Japanese History For Gay Men |
| | Many Buddhist monks in a Buddhist monastery practiced "the homosexuality" with "Tigo" who served for the monks because the relationships with female were absolutely prohibited in the Buddhist dogma. | | | Shinto schlars advanced the doctorine that Shinto deities were the truly reality and Buddhist gods their reflection, and Confucianism and Buddhism lost some of their influence. | | | In Medieval Times Buddhist temples outshone the Shinto shrines. |
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http://www.geocities.co.jp/Berkeley/3508/japanesehistory.html
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| | ACCEPT Romania - Accept Newsletter, Issue no. 32-33, June-July 2000 |
| | This is why, according to the traditional norms, sexual abstinence in obligatory in Buddhist monastic communities. | | | Protestant churches have always interpreted the Bible in a literal way and rejected homosexuality, as being a “sin against God” — though in the last years, some changes could be noticed in their attitude, too. | | | The Catholic Church rejects homosexuality, using arguments from the Old and the New Testament. |
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http://accept.ong.ro/buletin3233geng.html
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| | Buddhism and Abortion |
| | For the devout, traditional Buddhist, that is the end of the matter. | | | Asian Buddhists have often shown a less tolerant side when Buddhism was made the state religion, Western Buddhists have evinced no interest in evangelism or the institutionalization of Buddhist moral edicts as state policy. | | | Not Mixing Up Buddhism: Essays on Women and Buddhist Practice. |
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http://www.changesurfer.com/Bud/Abortion.html
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| | Frequently Asked Questions About Buddhism |
| | For many Buddhists, this faith is expressed and reinforced through traditional devotional practices, such as bowing before a Buddha statue and reciting passages from the early Pali texts. | | | And even the Buddhist view of cosmology, which some may at first find farfetched, is a logical extension of the law of kamma. | | | This act is what makes one nominally "Buddhist." But going for refuge also implies a willingness — if only provisional, at first — to accept the cornerstone of the Buddha's teachings: the law of kamma. |
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http://www.accesstoinsight.org/bfaq.html
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| | Summary of Religious Views on Homosexuality |
| | Founded by the Rev. Troy Perry in 1968, the Metropolitan Community Church is an ecumenical religious denomination that predominately serves the gay and lesbian community, although they welcome all worshipers. | | | While the letter said fundamental rights of homosexual men and women were to be respected and defended, it insisted sexual intimacy be limited to man and wife in a marriage. | | | The message, described as an "outstretched hand" to parents who learn that their children are gay, was developed by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' committee on marriage and family. |
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http://gayhaven.tripod.com/Information/religious_views.htm
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| | BBC NEWS Have Your Say US gay bishop row: Your views |
| | Homosexuals can easily live their lifestyle practices outside the church; not foisting it on the church. | | | I would not ridicule God and his infinite wisdom by believing that I, a mere human struggling daily to be the highest spiritual being that I can be, could judge people as being fit or unfit for bishop. | | | All those who are homophobic because the Bible calls homosexuality an abomination need to be reminded that the Bible also says that polygamy is acceptable, as is child slavery, and it also says that a rebellious child can be brought the city gates and stoned to death. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/3136611.stm
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| | BBC NEWS Have Your Say US gay bishop row: Your views |
| | It is sad because this will cause some believers to break away from the church and not return, it will cause some in the homosexual community to come to church and believe that what they are doing is not contradictory to what the Bible teaches. | | | The bible makes it clear that homosexuality is a sin, while the bible does not say that being a woman is a sin. | | | It is clear that the Bible says that sex between homosexuals is abhorrent in God's eyes and the mere fact that he is not a practicing one is just blurring the lines a little more. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/3121611.stm
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| | gerrymander: Jesus Talks With a Gay Man |
| | Moreover, the views I argued for in our discussion do not have their basis in a secular ideology such as Marxism but are based on my reading of the Bible. | | | Homosexual people have and are essentially social outcasts to "the church". | | | As a Christian, you need to state why it is that homosexuality is no longer a sin but rather a religion, and you should try to do so with reference to the Bible. |
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http://gerrymanderring.blogspot.com/2005/03/jesus-talks-with-gay-man.html
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| | An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics - Cambridge University Press |
| | War and peace; Buddhist analyses of the causes of conflict; Solutions to conflict; Non-violent reflections on a violent world; The position of the soldier; Buddhist ‘justifications’ of and involvement in, violence; Buddhist action for peace in the modern world; 7. | | | Professor Harvey draws on texts of the main Buddhist traditions, and on historical and contemporary accounts of the behaviour of Buddhists, to describe existing Buddhist ethics, to assess different views within it, and to extend its application into new areas. | | | This systematic introduction to Buddhist ethics is aimed at anyone interested in Buddhism, including students, scholars and general readers. |
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http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521553946
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| | Homosexuality and other forms of queerness |
| | He is a religious adviser to many Buddhist societies and has published many Buddhist books. | | | If a true Buddhist who practices Buddhism but also on the same time is a homosexual, is he by any means considered on breaking precept especially pertaining to the precept of "avoid having sexual misconduct"? | | | Sir for your 50 years of services for Buddhism and most importantly for the good of mankind.For the past few years, I have been posed by questions from my fellow gay friends who are interested to know what Buddhism views of homosexuals. |
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http://www.geocities.com/heartland_sg/BuddHomoSriDhammanada.htm
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| | Religion and homosexuality |
| | Other religion s do not have a theological problem with homosexuality, and do not believe that it is inherently sinful. | | | In some, including the traditional branches of the Abrahamic religion s, homosexuality is a mortal sin; while in others, it is entirely acceptable. | | | They say that such approval is incompatible with their faith. |
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http://www.portaljuice.com/religion_and_homosexuality.html
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| | Homosexuality and Neopaganism: Information From Answers.com |
| | Pan, the patron god of shepherds and god of nature, is famous for his sexual prowess with both maidens and shepherds. | | | Most traditional Wiccans worship the God and Goddess. | | | Sometimes their desire is more specifically to move away from what they see as homophobic pressure in their original religion. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/neopagan-views-of-homosexuality
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| | Gay Spirituality & Culture: Is homosexuality a disability? Or: a summary of my views on gayness |
| | I do not believe that homosexuality is a defective or inferior version of a normative heterosexual human sexuality (the traditional view based on the values of mythic religions). | | | The value, meaning, and purpose of homosexuality is not derived by holding the literal beliefs of premodern mythic religious (Tushnet) or civic republican (Rauch) traditions that contain a vision of the world appropriate for horticultural and agricultural social milieus of an earlier era of evolutionary history... | | | Homosexuality and faith are among the topics of this daily blog. |
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http://gayspirituality.typepad.com/blog/2004/05/is_homosexualit.html
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| | Attainment of arahanthahood : in “What Buddhists Believe” by Ven. | | | The Jhanas in Theravada Buddhist Meditation (BPS WH 351; 1988): Henepola Gunaratana | | | Homosexuality and Theravada Buddhism : A. De Silva |
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http://web.ukonline.co.uk/buddhism/specials.htm
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| | The Religion Report - 28/02/01: Religion and homophobia; Vatican vs the Australian bishops; remembering Richard ... |
| | The difficulty is of course that you can talk about Buddhism, but then you have to deal with particular embodied forms of Buddhism, that is, Buddhism living in a particular culture, and usually Buddhism will pick up then, things within that culture. | | | Is Buddhism then in some respects, not anti-sex, not opposed to sex, but there seems to be a sort of a conflict of interest there, between sexuality and Buddhist practice. | | | But that doesn’t mean that Buddhism teaches that, it means that it’s part of the original culture into which Buddhism has moved. |
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http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/relrpt/stories/s252548.htm
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| | List of Buddhist topics |
| | List of Buddhist topics Footprint of the Buddha | | | List of Buddhist topics Obaku (school of Buddhism) | | | List of Buddhist topics Buddhist views of homosexuality |
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http://www.infoslurp.com/information/List_of_Buddhist_topics
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| | Faith |
| | The doors are open for all humanity to enter the Cause of God, irrespective of their present circumstances; this invitation applies to homosexuals as well as to any others who are engaged in practices contrary to the Baha'i Teachings." A 1995 statement from the Universal House of Justice, the Baha'i governmental body. | | | "Because open homosexuals are rigorously excluded from Protestant congregations, and frowned upon in Catholic services, the only avenue for spiritual expression for homosexuals in Haiti is Vodou." An article by a priestess of the Vodou. | | | Homosexuality and the Church: Gay Acceptance, Ordination, Split Nation's Faithful. |
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http://www.bridges-across.org/ba/faith_communities.htm
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| | Definition of buddhist |
| | , Buddhistic -- of or relating to or supporting Buddhism; "Buddhist sculpture" |
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http://www.dictionarydefinition.net/buddhist.html
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| | Talk:Religion and homosexuality |
| | Some other religions, such as Buddhism, embrace non-heterosexuality as a valid human trait and do not believe homosexuality to be inherently sinful. | | | I removed the Wiccan views of homosexuality from this page since this page only has links to the very general religions (Christianity, Islam, Neopaganism etc.). | | | --LMS I removed the Wiccan views of homosexuality from this page since this page only has links to the very general religions (Christianity |
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http://www.baapoo.com/wiki,index,goto,Talk:Religion_and_homosexuality.html
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| | Homosexuality in the Japanese Buddhist Tradition |
| | The history of homosexuality in Japanese Buddhism has attracted a certain amount of academic attention in Japan and Japanese bibliographies on the topic including both historical texts and their more recent commentaries are immense. | | | Kim, Insook, ‘A comparison of the Buddhist monastic communities of Korea, Taiwan and Japan and the sexism of the “Eight Rules”’ in U.S.-Japan Women’s Journal English supplement, no. 8, 1995. | | | Levering, Miriam, ‘The Dragon Girl and the Abbess of Mo-Shan: Gender and Status in the Ch’an Buddhist Tradition’, The Journal of International Association of Buddhist Studies, vol. |
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http://www.westernbuddhistreview.com/vol3/homosexuality.html
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| | Sutra_of_the_Heart of_Perfection of_Wisdom MetaFilter |
| | One of my favorite sources for Buddhist texts is Access to Insight, focused on Therevada Buddhism. | | | with no dis to anyone who follows buddhist beliefs; i can't for the life of me see any reason to listen to the dude. | | | Teachings of the Dalai Lama : some are available online alongside texts by other Buddhist monks. |
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http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/41126
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| | Buddhist view of marriage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | While it is generally understood that what constitutes "misconduct" from a Buddhist perspective is widely dependent from the local cultural reality (e.g. | | | polygamy "misconduct"?), there are nonetheless some clear and universal guidelines, some of which theoretically apply for all Buddhist schools. | | | While Buddhist practice varies considerably among its various schools, Marriage is one of the few concepts specifically mentioned in the context of Sila (Buddhist behavior discipline). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_view_of_marriage
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| | GLBTQ Religious and Spiritual Issues. |
| | - Non-normative Sex/Gender Categories in the Theravada Buddhist Scriptures. | | | - Homosexuality and the Bible: A Case Study in the Use of the Bible for Ethics. | | | Homosexuality and the African American Church: The Paradox of the "Open Closet" Am. |
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http://www.youth-suicide.com/gay-bisexual/links7a.htm
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| | Sexual orientation |
| | This view is especially held by religious groups or groups connected to them. | | | Some religions advocate chastity or celibacy for some members, and many religions condemn incest and bestiality. | | | Moreover, some cultural traditions (especially religious) assert that people should have only one class of objects of desire. |
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http://www.freetemplate.ws/se/sexual-orientation.html
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| | Buddhist Resources LinksPitaka Gay Studies |
| | Kelaniya, Sri Lanka: The Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, 1993. | | | Jackson, Peter Anthony: Thai Buddhist accounts of male homosexuality and AIDS in the 1980s. | | | Corless, Roger J. Coming Out in the Sangha: Queer Community in American Buddhism ; in " The Faces of Buddhism in America ", ed. |
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http://www.pitaka.ch/gay.htm
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| | ∙Press Announcement - 3/4/2003 - By |
| | The academic presentation portion of this year’s conference will focus on the relationships of the Buddhist, Hindu, and Jewish faiths with the greater Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community. | | | “Homosexuality in Buddhism, Judaism, and Hinduism: Part II” | | | Workshops will cover a broad range of topics to supplement the academic speakers’ presentations. |
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http://www.godandsexuality.org/shownews.asp?newsid=40
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| | Buddhist Views on Sexual Ethics & Behaviour |
| | [ Buddhist Nuns/Monastic Life ] [ Science and Buddhism ] [ Interreligious Dialogue ] [ Other Articles/Audio ] |
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http://www.thubtenchodron.org/OtherArticlesAudio/q_and_a_sexual_ethics_and_behaviour.html
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| | Religion and homosexuality |
| | Within these religions there are grounds for specific condemnation of homosexual acts within the sacred texts; however | | | The documents he adduced challenged the widely current official view of the Catholic Church's past relationship to its gay members | | | Buddhist views of homosexuality Christian views of homosexuality Hindu views of homosexuality Islamic views of homosexuality Jewish views of homosexuality Neopagan views of homosexuality Religious views of homosexuality vary widely |
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http://www.baapoo.com/wiki,index,goto,Religion_and_homosexuality.html
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| | Homosexuality and Buddhism |
| | When the Dalai Lama was in the US, a lot of journalist likes to ask him about his views on gay monks and gay Buddhists. | | | An except from the talk given Venerable George from the Amitabha Buddhist Centre | | | Although, I do not think that the Dalai Lama's view on homosexuality is that liberal, based on what I have been reading. |
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http://www.geocities.com/heartland_sg/VG_Bkarma.htm
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| | List of gay-related topics |
| | List of gay-related topics Buddhist views of homosexuality | | | List of gay-related topics Unification Church views of sexuality | | | List of gay-related topics Quaker views of sexuality |
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http://www.infoslurp.com/information/List_of_gay-related_topics
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| | Greenbelt Interfaith News - Subject Index |
| | In an interview with Greenbelt Interfaith News, the head of the Anglican Church of Canada speaks about better ways for the world's Anglicans to achieve unity and inclusiveness. | | | Last summer, the Episcopal Church nearly approved a resolution that would have have allowed the denomination to develop blessings for same-sex unions. | | | Last year, an Episcopal bishop was tried for heresy after he ordained a practicing homosexual. |
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http://www.greenbelt.com/news/su.htm
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