Dalai Lama says ‘okay’ to gay marriage

Belfast Telegraph ^ | 07 March 2014 | Antonia Malloy

[sockmonkey]

I’d like to know the Buddhist Position on Homosexual Acts.

Hard to give a one sentence answer as there is Southern and Norhern Buddhism, Tharavada, and Mayahana. But basially, desire is the root of all suffering, and anal and oral sex would be desires that are not in keeping with the Laws of nature, that sex is procreative.

They would be against the Buddha Nature-Bodhisattva.

[TigersEye]

It puts a little different light on things doesn’t it? :)

[little jeremiah]

Yes, it certainly does.

Reminds me of how leftists love to twist what Pope Francis says.

And of course they twist everything they get their dirty little hands on...

[jwalsh07]

Well that settles it then.

[little jeremiah]

Thanks - in other words, universal natural law as explained in Buddhist dharma, makes total sense of course.

[TigersEye]

Yes, indeed. He hasn’t changed his mind on the Dharma as far as I can see.

[CorporateStepsister]

He’s been far too much a part of the world, instead of leading an austere, contemplative life as a man of religion. He should be less a celebrity and more a monk.