https://www.christophertitmussblog.org/ ... -proposalsAnother student in the USA told me that her husband, who has sat numerous Goenka courses, had moved into their spare room. She said he did not want to share the same bed with her, or let her touch him. He said he wanted to preserve the purity of his practice.
She told me: “I am not interested in attending these meditation courses. My husband is married to a Buddhist sect.”
A number of assistant teachers and senior students regard celibacy as a sign of spiritual development since it ends communication and inter-action of bodily sensations. Such students believe that celibacy shows the transcendence of the desire for pleasurable body sensations. Some married assistant teachers and other long-standing students now sleep in separate bedrooms.
I have heard this sort of complaint in Sri Lanka, that some women who attend these meditation programs refuse relationships with their legitimate husbands. Perhaps it seems that there is some misunderstanding of their attainments as they are Anagamis.