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Factors that shape sexual expression
The divine
Sacred scriptures
Human resposibility - to live in accordance with dharma to Achieve Moksha
The 4 Purusharthas
The four Purusharthas
Dharma
- Ashrama (appropriate sexual expression in the 4 life stages) and Samanya (self controlled sexual expression)
Artha
- seeking of security (money and family)
Kama
- desire or pleasure
Form the Triple ideal. All three must be pursued in order to escape Samsara
Moksha
- escape from Samsara. Requires the following of one's dharma and thus appropriate sexual expression
4 life stages:
Student
Householder
Retiree
Ascetic
Marriage must be:
Monogamous
Faithful
Progeny bearing
Selection in marriage:
endogamy and exogamy
Qualification for partners
Marriageable age
Purpose of marriage:
progeny
performance of religious rites and ceremonies
pleasure
Asceticism
Sannyasin - renounces thir old life and adopts a path of spirituality
Sadhu - moves straight from a student into this stage
Varying views of literature on:
Adultery
Fornication
Incest
Homosexuality/bestiality
Prostitution
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Hinduism - Sexual Ethics
Description
Describe and Explain Hindu ethical teachings on sexual ethics
Updated
2012-08-01T10:58:12Z
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