Comments on: Homosexuality, Buddhism and Sri Lankan Society http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/28/homosexuality-buddhism-and-sri-lankan-society/ groundviews is an award winning Sri Lankan citizen journalism initiative Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:45:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: suntzu http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/28/homosexuality-buddhism-and-sri-lankan-society/#comment-1125 suntzu Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:32:39 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/28/homosexuality-buddhism-and-sri-lankan-society/#comment-1125 Buddhism may not have anything against homosexuals Jake...but the buddhist clergy in Sri Lanka are certainly against it! More power to you Jake...and all the best! Buddhism may not have anything against homosexuals Jake…but the buddhist clergy in Sri Lanka are certainly against it!
More power to you Jake…and all the best!

]]> By: Jake http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/28/homosexuality-buddhism-and-sri-lankan-society/#comment-1124 Jake Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:23:32 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/28/homosexuality-buddhism-and-sri-lankan-society/#comment-1124 About the Dalai Lama fact in the article... once Dalai Lama did not support homosexuals, but he has changed his views and supports them. He doesn't ENCOURAGE it, but he is OK with it. I read he has attended international gay conferences and he has extended his support to homosexuals who are harrassed around the world. I am Buddhist, and gay. Being gay was never my choice, and I do not harm anyone while I am gay. I don't think Buddhism has anything against us. About the Dalai Lama fact in the article… once Dalai Lama did not support homosexuals, but he has changed his views and supports them. He doesn’t ENCOURAGE it, but he is OK with it. I read he has attended international gay conferences and he has extended his support to homosexuals who are harrassed around the world.

I am Buddhist, and gay. Being gay was never my choice, and I do not harm anyone while I am gay. I don’t think Buddhism has anything against us.

]]> By: to see a world in a grain of sand » Blog Archive » Speak for yourself http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/28/homosexuality-buddhism-and-sri-lankan-society/#comment-1123 to see a world in a grain of sand » Blog Archive » Speak for yourself Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:51:23 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/28/homosexuality-buddhism-and-sri-lankan-society/#comment-1123 [...] (This post was partly inspired by this article on Homosexuality, Buddhism and Sri Lankan Society) [...] [...] (This post was partly inspired by this article on Homosexuality, Buddhism and Sri Lankan Society) [...]

]]> By: Suri http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/28/homosexuality-buddhism-and-sri-lankan-society/#comment-1122 Suri Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:17:16 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/28/homosexuality-buddhism-and-sri-lankan-society/#comment-1122 1. The venerable monk is right about the colonial origins of the crime of homosexuality. Homosexual conduct was criminalised in the Island first by the Catholic Portuguese, then by the Roman-Dutch Law and eventually by the Ceylon Penal Code introduced in 1885 by the British Colonial Administration. 2. The the monk does not discuss the issue at the fundamental level, perhaps keeping in mind the nature of his audience. Buddhist concept of Nirvana or Enlightenment is a state where one has shed all attachments and has reached a point of true selflessness. At this point the cause of suffering ceases for one has no desires and nothing to lose. Getting there requires the progressive taming of our passions, emotions and desires whatever they may be. There is no distinction between homosexual and heterosexual passion. If one wishes to reach the goal one has to rid them all. This does not detract from the monk’s position but justifies it further. 1. The venerable monk is right about the colonial origins of the crime of homosexuality. Homosexual conduct was criminalised in the Island first by the Catholic Portuguese, then by the Roman-Dutch Law and eventually by the Ceylon Penal Code introduced in 1885 by the British Colonial Administration.

2. The the monk does not discuss the issue at the fundamental level, perhaps keeping in mind the nature of his audience. Buddhist concept of Nirvana or Enlightenment is a state where one has shed all attachments and has reached a point of true selflessness. At this point the cause of suffering ceases for one has no desires and nothing to lose. Getting there requires the progressive taming of our passions, emotions and desires whatever they may be. There is no distinction between homosexual and heterosexual passion. If one wishes to reach the goal one has to rid them all. This does not detract from the monk’s position but justifies it further.

]]> By: suntzu http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/28/homosexuality-buddhism-and-sri-lankan-society/#comment-1121 suntzu Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:04:16 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/28/homosexuality-buddhism-and-sri-lankan-society/#comment-1121 Though some people might think so...Buddhism is not a religeon, it is a philosophy! Though some people might think so…Buddhism is not a religeon, it is a philosophy!

]]> By: groundviews » Speak for yourself http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/28/homosexuality-buddhism-and-sri-lankan-society/#comment-1120 groundviews » Speak for yourself Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:11:19 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/28/homosexuality-buddhism-and-sri-lankan-society/#comment-1120 [...] (This article was partly inspired by this article on Homosexuality, Buddhism and Sri Lankan Society) [...] [...] (This article was partly inspired by this article on Homosexuality, Buddhism and Sri Lankan Society) [...]

]]> By: bellanvila sudaththa thero http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/28/homosexuality-buddhism-and-sri-lankan-society/#comment-1119 bellanvila sudaththa thero Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:24:47 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/28/homosexuality-buddhism-and-sri-lankan-society/#comment-1119 buddhism is for everyone. what i tried to to say is that buddhism is completely different than other religons. base of the buddhism is not a book or faith for someone you cannot see. in buddhism you have to use brain not faith.so if you dont use the brain its useless being a buddhist. i tried to talk homosexuality is right or wrong. because buddhist scripts say nothing about it i had to use other ways to decide that. this is one way. but open marrages is not a thing that "allowed" in buddhism. buddhism is for everyone. what i tried to to say is that buddhism is completely different than other religons. base of the buddhism is not a book or faith for someone you cannot see. in buddhism you have to use brain not faith.so if you dont use the brain its useless being a buddhist. i tried to talk homosexuality is right or wrong. because buddhist scripts say nothing about it i had to use other ways to decide that. this is one way.

but open marrages is not a thing that “allowed” in buddhism.

]]> By: Sifaan http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/28/homosexuality-buddhism-and-sri-lankan-society/#comment-1118 Sifaan Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:42:17 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/28/homosexuality-buddhism-and-sri-lankan-society/#comment-1118 I thought Buddhism was for everybody.. or is it an elitist philosophy reserved for the "wise"? Why not to respond to the argument instead of attacking the messenger? I thought Buddhism was for everybody.. or is it an elitist philosophy reserved for the “wise”?

Why not to respond to the argument instead of attacking the messenger?

]]> By: Pippi http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/28/homosexuality-buddhism-and-sri-lankan-society/#comment-1117 Pippi Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:37:14 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/28/homosexuality-buddhism-and-sri-lankan-society/#comment-1117 If something is wrong it is indeed wrong. All though the claim is that some homosexuals are genetically predisposed towards homosexuality the majority of us know instinctively that such thoughts are not not be indulged in even if they do strike us because they go against everything good, pure and moral. Come on please stop this fashionable habit of blaming everything on colonialism including homosexuality now; was the pre-colonial era an Utopia then and if so why not regress to those times again in that case since life apears to have been bliss then? If something is wrong it is indeed wrong. All though the claim is that some homosexuals are genetically predisposed towards homosexuality the majority of us know instinctively that such thoughts are not not be indulged in even if they do strike us because they go against everything good, pure and moral. Come on please stop this fashionable habit of blaming everything on colonialism including homosexuality now; was the pre-colonial era an Utopia then and if so why not regress to those times again in that case since life apears to have been bliss then?

]]> By: Bellanvila Sudaththa Thero http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/28/homosexuality-buddhism-and-sri-lankan-society/#comment-1116 Bellanvila Sudaththa Thero Mon, 17 Sep 2007 02:08:55 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/28/homosexuality-buddhism-and-sri-lankan-society/#comment-1116 [Sentence deleted] in buddhism you are encourage to use your brain. buddhism is for wise people not to idiots. may wise people understand to which comment i am replying [Sentence deleted] in buddhism you are encourage to use your brain. buddhism is for wise people not to idiots.

may wise people understand to which comment i am replying

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