In
China we pray to the great Buddha by saying his present name as he stands
in heaven,
南無阿彌陀佛.We find that in his scriptures he clearly states that smoking,
drinking and sexing are forbidden.We
have no time for Him, if we are occupied by them.
（邊聼邊讀吧！）
All of
us know that simple addictions like watching TV are a waste of time, but
few of us have ever calculated the waste of sexual addiction.The way it kills time is legendary – people often say, “quit
jerking off and get to work!”The
masses spend hours upon hours looking at flesh.Before Amazon.com, the primary business on the internet was porn,
and it still makes more profit than any other.This is why the Onion ran an humor article, calling the internet
the “Masturbation Superhighway” [November 2, 1994, Computer-industry
leaders call for creation of Masturbation Superhighway.], touting that
people all over the world can now start wasting more of their time with
self-abuse.
Aside
from the actual time spent masturbating, time is needed to rate women’s
bodies, talk about the girlfriends and wives of others, and women at work
and your clients and so on.And
like annoying commercials, this persistent target of desire plays like a
chorus in the mind over and over and over.And then there’s money – look all the personal ads searching
for “financially secure” men.We
find that many women are looking for the highest bidder.And making all this money sucks people into trivialities, and
creates wage slaves – mortgage-paying, habit-supporting automatons.
In
comparison, the chaste man has many more hours in the day – and a much
clearer mind, than the common sexer.He
can move mountains because he has every minute of his precious life to do
constructive things.He can
think clear thoughts, and outproduce common men while doing just half the
work.This is why one of
celibacy’s greatest gifts is the gift of time.
When
one sits down to write at night, he can make a list of things that he’s
thankful for.And always on
that list will be the extra time and clarity of thought that chastity has
given him.Then it is good to
repeat Buddha’s holy name,
南無阿彌陀佛。南無阿彌陀佛。南無阿彌陀佛。Reflecting
on all the tasks one has accomplished in just one day, and knowing how
much it has improved from one’s former life of losing and ruin, one
cannot but feel truly blessed to be a celibate.
