To: average joe who wrote (33936 ) 11/10/2002 7:47:09 PM From: 2MAR$ Respond to Well , you have to understand that Buddha was adressing his "monks" who had already taken the vows of chastity and renunciations that were common to the "Sages of the Forests""If the woman be old, regard her as your mother, if young, as your sister, if very young, as your child. The samana who looks on a woman as a woman, or touches her as a woman, has broken his vow and is no longer a disciple of the Tathagata. The power of lust is great with men, and is to be feared withal; take then the bow of earnest perseverance, and the sharp arrow-points of wisdom.
