# Sexuality is False **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 6, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799 "2019-09-06T17:07:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Machinaforce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799/1 "2019-09-06T17:07:38Z")
[http://www.buddhism.org/?p=435](http://www.buddhism.org/?p=435) The link is saying that sexual desire is false and an illusion of sorts because it’s based on the false construct of a “self”. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799/2 "2019-09-06T17:11:55Z")
> [@Machinaforce](#): > > [http://www.buddhism.org/?p=435](http://www.buddhism.org/?p=435) > > The link is saying that sexual desire is false and an illusion of sorts because it’s based on the false construct of a “self”. I don’t see where you’re getting that from. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799/3 "2019-09-06T17:14:26Z")
> [@Machinaforce](#): > > [http://www.buddhism.org/?p=435](http://www.buddhism.org/?p=435) > > The link is saying that sexual desire is false and an illusion of sorts because it’s based on the false construct of a “self”. Didn’t we already do this? That’s the website that starts out sounding like you can eradicate both your desires for sex and SLEEP by sheer force of will, but as you read it you realize that they’re just talking about staying awake and on task _while meditating_. In any case, if they actually are arguing that their philosophy shows that there’s no such thing as sexual desire, I have a Modus tollens argument on hand and I’m not afraid to use it. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799/4 "2019-09-06T17:19:53Z")
> [@](#): > > If one earnestly takes up the hwadu in this way when the sexual desire arises, the sexual desire disappears without a trace. And why the Hell would I want that to happen? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799/5 "2019-09-06T17:34:25Z")
I prefer Multiple choice. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799/6 "2019-09-06T18:44:12Z")
Maybe you should forget all this bullshit, and start working on your career. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799/7 "2019-09-06T19:01:09Z")
> [@Machinaforce](#): > > [http://www.buddhism.org/?p=435](http://www.buddhism.org/?p=435) > > The link is saying that sexual desire is false and an illusion of sorts because it’s based on the false construct of a “self”. What are you trying to accomplish? Does this idea meet your goals? Why did you share this? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799/8 "2019-09-06T19:02:05Z")
Careers are false and an illusion of sorts because they are based on the false construct of a “self”. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799/9 "2019-09-06T19:02:39Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Maybe you should forget all this bullshit, and start working on your career. Those dirty bowls won’t wash themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799/10 "2019-09-06T19:06:15Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Those dirty bowls won’t wash themselves. The desire for fries is an illusion. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799/11 "2019-09-06T19:11:44Z")
No, Telemark: Frei Will does exist. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799/12 "2019-09-06T20:01:32Z")
Dear **Machinaforce** : [Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=881594) is a link where someone says that everything stated at a link is false. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799/13 "2019-09-06T20:03:34Z")
What’s next - “hunger for food and thirst for water are illusions?” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799/14 "2019-09-06T21:46:34Z")
Jeez, dude. Go get a stack of comic books and just read for fun. This ‘study’ you’re doing is a very, very deep rabbit hole. Down at the bottom is rabbit shit. No fun in that. ---
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799/15 "2019-09-06T22:25:50Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Jeez, dude. Go get a stack of comic books and just read for fun. This ‘study’ you’re doing is a very, very deep rabbit hole. Down at the bottom is rabbit shit. No fun in that. Seconded. Seriously, bro. Your study of Buddhism through the lens of the internet is, and Imma type this slowly for ya…not doing you any good. Maybe it’s not the right fit for you, and something else is. Maybe it’s all b.s. Maybe it’s something that takes years of study in the Tibetan Mountains to understand. Maybe it’s a lot of things. But I’ll tell you what it definitely is: not working for you, no matter how hard you try. I respect your search for answers, I really do. But as the wise man Meatloaf once said, “There ain’t no Coupe de Ville hidin’ at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box.” That’s not a koan. That just says that if you can’t find what you’re looking for somewhere, **look somewhere else.** Peace ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799/16 "2019-09-06T23:44:19Z")
Am I the only person who sees a blank screen where the OP should be? Eerie man. It’s like, it’s like, oh man, it’s like the OP _doesn’t exist_! 😮😮 ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799/17 "2019-09-07T00:29:38Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > Didn’t we already do this? That’s the website that starts out sounding like you can eradicate both your desires for sex and SLEEP by sheer force of will Getting married and having two kids did all that for me. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799/18 "2019-09-07T02:19:55Z")
I was gonna say you really need a girlfriend, but apparently, you don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799/19 "2019-09-07T02:25:35Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I was gonna say you really need a girlfriend, but apparently, you don’t. Boyfriend. He’s falsely gay. (And he truly hates it.) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799/20 "2019-09-07T05:40:46Z")
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