In this fire-round episode, Ven Damcho will answer 5 top-rated questions you asked on Telegram about masturbation, lust, kinks and more!
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ABOUT OUR GUESTS:
Venerable Thubten Damcho is a Buddhist nun residing at Sravasti Abbey, one of the first Tibetan Buddhist training monasteries in the United States. Born and raised in Singapore, she graduated from Princeton University in 2006 and worked as a high school teacher and public policy analyst in the Singapore government before returning to the U.S. to take novice ordination in 2013. She tells her story in The Straits Times Singapore.

Venerable Damcho's monastic life is rich and varied. She serves as assistant to Sravasti Abbey’s founder, author and well-known Buddhist teacher Venerable Thubten Chodron. Her other responsibilities range from translating Chinese texts into English to removing weeds from the Abbey's 300-acre property. Venerable Damcho has given Dharma talks in Spokane, Idaho, California, India, and Singapore. She was the Chinese-English interpreter at a full ordination program in Taiwan in 2019, and has studied Tibetan through Maitripa College and with other teachers since 2017.

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Wilson Ng: Navigating the uncertain waters of love and lust while learning to accept his sexuality, Wilson has learnt a lot from the mistakes made. He is learning to accept himself for his attachment to lust and to see the inherently unsatisfactory nature of sex and lust.

Transcript:
https://bit.ly/hol-bonus-ep



(0:00) What does Buddhism say about Masturbation?

(2:46) How do monastics skilfully relate to sexual desire?

(4:20) Importance of spiritual friendship in navigating desire-related afflictions

(6:14) Dealing with lustful thoughts while in a committed relationship

(9:31) Self-awareness of own identity & respect for others’ identity

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:
Buddhist Youth Network, Lim Soon Kiat, Alvin Chan, Soh Hwee Hoon, Geraldine Tay, Venerable You Guang, Wilson Ng, Diga, Joyce, Tan Jia Yee, Joanne, Suñña, Shuo Mei, Tan Key Seng

Editor and transcriber of this episode: Tee Ke Hui, Cheryl Cheah

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