Thai Buddhist monk cuts off penis

An Eternal Now SG

Erm... pls have some respect la.

Having penis isn't a prerequisite of going to heaven as far as I know

bohiruci SG

anyway the monk can opt for vasectomy ... so it dun function at all

i feel its totally wrong to do such thing ..as state in Sutra of 42 sections

then woman how ? feel a sensation at the breast ,so what they do .. this is
quite silly and doesnt gets to the root of the problem

Embarassed
Laughing

neutral_onliner SG

silly Neutral

Herzog_Zwei SG

As I said before, cut off head and you will cut off all emotions. But once you do that, say goodbye to your life. I doubt that there is a more practical and permanent solution than that.

An Eternal Now SG

That is not the most practical solution because nobody wants to die.

So Buddhism is the most practical solution.

An Eternal Now SG

Let me remind you again:

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http://buddhism.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=220961

Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:
You can kill yourself to end your suffering.

Please, don't promote suicidal idea in Buddhist forum, if not we will have to remove your post.
fyi, in Buddhism pov, the guilt of suicidal action don't just end in one life, it continue to haunt in the next life when the person is reborn in the ghost realm. that mean the ghost have to undergo repeating action of the suicide for many times.

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Herzog_Zwei SG

How so is Buddhism the most practical solution? Lust is a natural part of life, unless you are remove your brain or are dead, it's just going to be there.

An Eternal Now SG

Forgot to add... as a matter of fact, it is AGAINST Vinaya rules to severe it.

Now at that time a certain monk, tormented by dissatisfaction, cut off his own male organ. They told this matter to the Lord. He said: "This foolish man, monks, cut off one thing when another should have been cut off. Monks, one should not cut off one's own male organ. Whoever should cut it off, there is a grave offence."
(Vinaya Piṭaka, Mahāvagga 110. Horner trans.)

An Eternal Now SG

Not necessarily. Wait.. I thought you said you do not have lust? Laughing

Xprobe SG

What a stupid guy, the erection is from the heart la, not the body. so cut off -penis also no use...nowadays all these so-call practitioners practise all the wrong stuff...still got face to accept offerings from public...sigh

Xprobe SG

shows that he does not have the intelligence to be considered as sangha

An Eternal Now SG

Yes exactly... so when Buddha said,

Now at that time a certain monk, tormented by dissatisfaction, cut off his own male organ. They told this matter to the Lord. He said: "This foolish man, monks, cut off one thing when another should have been cut off. Monks, one should not cut off one's own male organ. Whoever should cut it off, there is a grave offence."
(Vinaya Piṭaka, Mahāvagga 110. Horner trans.)

"This foolish man, monks, cut off one thing when another should have been cut off." - 'another' refers to the attachment, defilements and fetters

Xprobe SG

the problem doesnt end here, there are repercussions especially when nowadays the public associate sangha with “bald head” practioners only, some will immediately get the wrong impression and reject buddhism altogether, the karma of this is on his head, he becomes a destroyer of buddhism in this context

An Eternal Now SG

True.. I think the only 'remedy' is to really inform others about what the true teachings of Buddhism are..

Herzog_Zwei SG

Wait a while, many people do not consider me naturally human either. Laughing
Just being around normal humans for a while and I learn that normal people have lust at all times. I am the odd one out!

OO_OO_OO SG

i wonder how he's doing now Rolling Eyes

An Eternal Now SG

"Normal" is just a perspective. In Buddhism's perspective, being born in Samsara, as a sexual being, is not even normal. So being a human isn't normal (unless you are enlightened). Having craving isn't normal.

Normal to us is the enlightened mind. While it is indeed normal to have sexual hormones, it does not necessarily mean a human must be attached to sexual feelings and then act according to the feelings.

And.. just because majority thinks otherwise, doesn't change the fact that it is just a matter of perspective.

TWE SG

Heee like what bohiruci said , anyway if cultivation were to be so direct n simple , then might as well cut off all limbs and sexual organs of all monk n nun then confirm all will be enlightened ? Sigh !!! Can’t imagine someone whom study so much buddhism teachings to do such things . It just shows how much he really understand it . To study and know is one thing , but to really understand and practice it is another thing . Hope we will not hear such things anymore .

Xprobe SG

ditto that man, this is a crappy samsara we live in, nothing beautiful about it, and only the "highest endurance" bohdisava (mind my spelling) will come here

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