Continued from above…

Have you read the Pali cannons which were written some years after Buddha's demise by his senior disciples, where details of his life are recorded? Please do read these literatures before you spout out misleading and totally false statements.

Do you not know about Buddha's discourse about women entering the monastic life, especially the discourse with his aunt and then later the arguments put forward by Ananda to Buddha later?

It is amazing how blank you are on this history and yet you speak as though you are in the know of these factors. Please stop pretending to be a Buddhist. You are for the most, a misrepresentative of Gautam Buddha.

Antonio Domene wrote:

I have never presented myself as an authority because I am not an authority....here it is clear that you are the authority and for that reason you have written " Your situation is pathetic: " this statement does not disqualify me...you disqualify yourself.....by writing this kind of statements.....

Alfredo 5 years ago

To be celibate or have the vow of Brahmacharya attracts lots of criticism in the LinkedIn post from which these conversations came from.

Many of the participants fall within the parameters of the American New Age movement, and the orbits of J. Krishnamurthi, Rajnesh, and other influential Gurus or philosophers within that orientation.

There is also a misleading idea of what Tantra is whereby many people in the West think that the very small left path of Tantra that dabbled in sex, is the whole of it. This is totally misleading, and also prevalent among many participants there.

My vow of Brahmacharya predates my knowing Michael and it was precisely when I started a thread on this very issue, at that LinkedIn group and was being attacked, that Michael wrote a comment and that comment called my attention about him.

AspiringSiddha 5 years ago

WOW...Thank you kindly Yogi Madhva for ALL the Clarification!