>>12963202 Numbered Discourses 7
5. A Great Sacrifice
50. Sex
Then the brahmin J??usso?i went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha, “Does Master Gotama claim to be celibate?”
“Brahmin, if anyone should be rightly said to live the celibate life unbroken, impeccable, spotless, and unmarred, full and pure, it’s me.”
“But what, Master Gotama, is a break, taint, stain, or mar in celibacy?”
“Firstly, an ascetic or brahmin who claims to be perfectly celibate does not mutually engage in sex with a female. However, they consent to being anointed, massaged, bathed, and rubbed by a female. They enjoy it and like it and find it satisfying. This is a break, taint, stain, or mar in celibacy. This is called one who lives the celibate life impurely, tied to the fetter of sex. They’re not freed from rebirth, old age, death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress. They’re not freed from suffering, I say.
Furthermore, an ascetic or brahmin who claims to be perfectly celibate does not mutually engage in sex with a female. Nor do they consent to massage and bathing. However, they giggle and play and have fun with females. …
they gaze into a female’s eyes. …
they listen through a wall or rampart to the sound of females laughing or chatting or singing or crying. …
they recall when they used to laugh, chat, and have fun with females …
they see a householder or their child amusing themselves, supplied and provided with the five kinds of sensual stimulation. …
