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I love this forumOriginally Posted by Ymyyakhtakh
Non-existent. I don't want to lose the purity of my heart, and I don't want to turn into an adult.
The coolest person I follow on Twitter is a 32-year-old virgin. He's been going on dates recently, but I'm afraid for him, because he's facing a serious risk of becoming corrupt and joining the dark side.
In Pāṭimokkha, which is a code of monastic discipline used by Theravāda Buddhism, even holding hands with a female falls into the second most severe class of violations (Sanghadisesa) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pāṭimokkha#Sanghadisesa):
The thirteen sanghadisesas are rules requiring an initial and subsequent meeting of the sangha (communal meetings). If the monk breaks any rule here he has to undergo a period of probation or discipline after which, if he shows himself to be repentant, he may be reinstated by a sangha of not less than twenty monks. Like the parajikas, the sanghadisesas can only come about through the monk's own intention and cannot be accidentally invoked. The thirteen sanghadisesas for bhikkus are:
1. Discharge of semen or getting someone to discharge your semen, except while dreaming
2. Lustful bodily contact with a woman, including kissing or holding hands
3. Making lustful remarks to a woman alluding to her genitals or sexual intercourse
4. Requesting sexual favors from a woman, or telling her that she would benefit spiritually from having sex with the monk
5. Arranging for a date, affair, or marriage between a man and woman
6. Building a hut without permission from the sangha, or building a hut that exceed 3 x 1.75 meters in size
7. Having someone else build a hut for you without permission from the sangha, or exceeding 3 x 1.75 meters in size
8. Making unfounded charges about another bhikkhu in the hopes of having him disrobed
9. Making deceitfully worded charges about another bhikkhu in the hopes of having him disrobed
10. Agitating for a schism, even after having been rebuked three times
11. Supporting an agitator, even after he was rebuked three times (only applies if there are fewer than four supporters)
12. Rejecting well-grounded criticism, even after having been rebuked three times
13. Criticizing the justice of one's own banishment, even after having been rebuked three times
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