Why are monks celibate?
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Apart from certain schools in Japan and Tibet, most who choose to practice Buddhism as ordained monks and nuns, also choose to live in celibacy. Sex is seen as a serious monastic transgression. In the case of monasticism, abstaining completely from sex is seen as a necessity in order to reach enlightenment.
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Why are monks celibate?
❱ Celibacy is the practice of abstaining from sexual behaviour, particularly sexes. Buddhist monks and nuns must be celibate as are lay people during the time they practice either the eight or the ten Precepts.
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