February 24, 2025 at 6:11 am
#53639
Keymaster
As I said above, LGBT is primarily a mental issue (except for the kamma vipaka aspect).
- You are trying to explain it within “worldly ideas/perceptions.”
- Issues like this cannot be debated because you are arguing from a different point of view.
- The Buddha referred to his teachings as “not subject to debates” (“atakkāvacaro“). See, for example, “Bodhirājakumāra Sutta (MN 85).” “‘adhigato kho myāyaṁ dhammo gambhīro duddaso duranubodho santo paṇīto atakkāvacaro nipuṇo paṇḍitavedanīyo” OR “‘This Dhamma I have discovered is deep, hard to see, hard to understand, peaceful, sublime, beyond the scope of mundane logic, subtle, comprehensible to the wise.”
- That verse appears in several suttas: DN1, DN 14, SN 6.1, MN 72, MN 95, Iti 43.
P.S. Of course, someone can say, “I believe mine is the Buddha’s version.” So, it is up to each person to decide. I can only explain how I see it; your analysis may make sense in your mind. We have to leave it at that.