How To Prevent An Affair

Jan. 29 | Question: I find it difficult to observe the third precept of abstaining from sexual misconduct. I tend to have sexual thoughts of others besides my spouse. Please advise as to what I should do. I understand there is no quick fix formula, so is there...

How Subha Gave & Gained Her Eye

Oct. 12 | External beauty is only skin deep and the skin is not very deep. - Stonepeace From the Therigatha, ‘Verses of the Elder [Buddhist] Nuns’, the world’s earliest collection of poetry by women, is a dramatic incident, that almost climaxed...

The Buddha On Bondage To Sexuality

Jun. 15 | Of all attachments and desires, none is more extreme than lust. With lust as a desire, its greatness has no other. Fortunately, there is only one [of its kind]! If there are two similar desires, of all humans under the heavens [in the world], no one would...

Guilt From Adultery Haunting Me

Feb. 7 | Question: I have committed adultery. The guilt is haunting me. Answer: Why not visit a temple, and bow to the Buddha for an extended period of time to express your remorse formally, and vow not to ever let it happen again? If you feel it is appropriate,...