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by vitor-n
Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:29 pm
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: Does rape fall under sexual misconduct?
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Re: Does rape fall under sexual misconduct?

It is also important to remember that by breaching, as Chris said, one of these precepts you are 'at risk', so to speak, of violating the four remaining. For they are not to be understood as separate ones, but constantly linked with each other. In the Abhisanda Sutta ( AN 8.39 ) it is read that the ...
by vitor-n
Sat Oct 13, 2012 4:25 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Greetings from Brazil
Replies: 8
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Greetings from Brazil

Hi fellow Dhammawheel friends! My name is Vitor and I've been interested in Buddhism since I was 15 years old - now I'm 21; I find it very difficult to meet anyone fond of and willing to discuss and practice Buddhism here, for most of the population in the area I live come from a Christian backgroun...