Monday, November 28, 2016

Mental adultery

There are religious sayings that if we look at women with sex in mind , we are already committed an adultery.  Why ? we have not done any harm to anybody ? It is only our dirty mind only. 

In Buddhism, thinking is the first step and to be follow by action.  So, in precaution, we stop the thinking ahead of the actions. But , this need not be the case as some of us only thinking about it and will forget it after our self gratification. This is only a moment of craving or desire  which rise within our brain.  We can just let it go and no harm is done. Why is it a sin ?

There are so many thoughts going through our mind and there will be a lot of sins if we consider thinking about it is a sin. Buddha's eight fold path is it forbidding this thoughtful sins ?  Right action, Right thoughts , Right words , etc. Do we allow our mind to wonder and swing under the precept of Right thoughts ?  I think it is only deterrent effect on this guiding precepts. When we don't want temptation, we must get away from the temptation. Just like we don't want to think dirty , we stop looking at girls or man which could trigger a dirty thought.

But, why do we look at pretty girls or handsome man and then stirred up our urge ? It is an instinct and a natural re-action from our inner self.  Man are born with a hot - blooded desire.  Otherwise, how do our population continued to grow.  Who cares what we think ? It is all in our mind and nobody can see.   We only feed guilty our self if we have dirty thoughts. All self contained .

I believe we see and think without action is still okay but without starting a desire to hurt or kill another person or act to hurt their integrity or human rights. In other words, we can do whatever we can in our mind to gratify our self if our mind is not properly trained or discipline. It is all our actions, our sin and our karma. Nevertheless, we can train our mind in a proper manner , then we should do it and kill all this thoughts at its bud.

We are what we are and think and act within.

Namaste.

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