Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00213)

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>Celibacy, alone and with little or no attraction for divinity and virtue,
>can produce insanity. But when one is ready it is essential.  Patanjali
>and generations of yogis, many known for a higher wisdom and compassion
>know that.  Shankara and the renunciate order he founded know that.
>Buddha and his celibate monks know that.  No, not every celibate monk or
>nun is an arhat, bodhisattva or sage -- but no arhat, bodhisattva or sage
>can reach that stage without celibacy.  Which by the way, means much more
>than abstaining from copulation.
>


Please read Sex and Buddhism which shows the opposite of what
you are saying here. The notion that "no arhat, bodhisattva or sage
can reach that stage without celibacy" is sheer flapdoodle. You will
not even find HPB or her Masters saying such a silly thing. What they
do say is that celibacy is expected in _their_ system. There
have been countless Tibetan bodisattvas, for example, who practice
karmamudra--meditation while in sexual union with a partner. One
of the greatest Adepts of all time was Ramakrisna, and he was
married.

Jerry S.