Wow. I did not know this!

[Michie]

I've known Buddhists & they always gave the impression that homesexuality was not a big issue. Learn something new everyday.

Editorial - The Dalai Lama, Like the Pope, Says Gay Sex is "Sexual Misconduct"

But there is a notable difference between the two on this issue


By John-Henry Westen

Nov. 2, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - While it is little known and seldom heard, Buddhism, like Catholicism opposes homosexual acts as "sexual misconduct".

With all the North American media giving attention to the Dalai Lama during his current visit and his upcoming visit with Pope Benedict XVI, it is a good time to draw attention to his views on homosexual relations. The media harp on the Pope’s views on homosexuality, yet have remained relatively silent on a very similar position held by the leader of the world’s Buddhists.

Continued- http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/nov/07110208.html

[MrJim]

the buddhists aren't "tolerant"...heheheh

[DailyBlessings]

I've known Buddhists & they always gave the impression that homesexuality was not a big issue. Learn something new everyday.

Editorial - The Dalai Lama, Like the Pope, Says Gay Sex is "Sexual Misconduct"

But there is a notable difference between the two on this issue


By John-Henry Westen

Nov. 2, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) -

Continued- http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/nov/07110208.htmlOh yes. So far as I know, in none of the dharmic faiths is homosexuality openly embraced. Far from Asia, I think people start to form their own version of Buddhism, Yoga, etc., based more strongly on their own idealized conception of what a religion ought be than on the actual demands of that faith. Not that their version is invalid, I think we all have the right to redefine and reform our faith, but there can be a bit of confusion when the two versions of already loosely defined traditions meet up.

[Rhamiel]

a smart man I knew said westerners who take up eastern faiths do it because they can do whatever they want in it, this is not true for the eastern faiths but that is how we treat them in the west

[progressivegal]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso%2C_14th_Dalai_Lama also gives a brief "summary" the Dalai Lama's overall position on the issue of Homosexuality