Celibacy ☀️ bright quality
3 discourses
Also known as: abstinence, chastity, sexual restraint
Pāli: brahmacariya
In As It Was Said (Itivuttaka)
The Buddha describes the two behaviors that lead to suffering and rebirth in hell if not abandoned.
In Middle Length Discourses (Majjhima Nikāya)
The Buddha distinguishes pleasant abidings in the here and now from the way of effacement leading upwards to complete quenching. Effacement is shown as the gradual chipping away of defilements through restraint, cultivation of the noble eightfold path, and diligent training, culminating in the complete freedom of Nibbāna.
In The Buddha's Ancient Discourses (Sutta Nipāta)
The Buddha answers Tissa Metteyya's questions about who is content in the world, who is not perturbed, and who has gone beyond the net of existence.