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can buddhist monks have relationships

can buddhist monks have relationships

I should have said that holding on to the concept of self is an obstacle to enlightenment. The moldy old pot with the water snake or, in this case, spaghetti sauce smell sits waiting in the sink. My existence as an urban working mother precludes most of what monks and nuns do in the course of a day, but this is a piece of monastic life, along with meditation and seclusion, that I can practice in the privacy of my own home. Eventually, I left. We got married in October of last year, in the dharma hall of a Buddhist center in Massachusetts, fall leaves glowing with color. Such ceremonies would usually take place at a public gathering. The temple was empty, except for a few monks resting in their quarters.

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