seSexual intercourse spells trouble, says Dalai Lama - Telegraph
Conjugal life causes too many "ups and downs", the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader told reporters in a Lagos hotel.
"Sexual pressure, sexual desire, actually, I think is short-period satisfaction and, often, that leads to more complication," he said.
"Naturally as a human being...some kind of desire for sex comes, but then you use human intelligence to make comprehension that those relationships are always full of trouble."
Problems arising from conjugal life could even lead to suicide or murder, the Dalai Lama warned.
Moreover, he added, the "consolation" in choosing a life of celibacy is that, although "something" is missing, one can have a life with "more independence, more freedom".
Considered a Buddhist Master exempt from the religion's wheel of death and reincarnation, the Dalai Lama waxed eloquent on the Buddhist credo of non-attachment.
"Too much attachment towards your children, towards your partner," was "one of the obstacles or hindrances of peace of mind," he said.
The Dalai Lama arrived in Nigeria on Wednesday for a three-day visit to attend a conference. He has made no political speeches in the west African country.
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