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(This has been bothering me for some time)Can you attain enlightenment while having a girlfriend?
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Dec 24, 2021
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Dec 24, 2021
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I just started really getting into your channel and am really interested in Buddhism and I’m a teenager(16)
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You can attain, at least, the first stage of enlightenment while being in a relationship but you may have to give up sexual activity during periods of intensive meditation practice.
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Dec 24, 2021
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Having a girlfriend is not conducive to attaining enlightenment. Because it takes a considerable effort and time to maintain a romantic relationship. Lay people are not expected to give up romance in favor of spiritual development. But it is possible to attain enlightenment even as a lay person as long as you walk the noble eightfold path.
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Having girlfriend for a lay buddhist is a natural thing. The matter of concern is how is your relationship with her.
If you continue with her keeping precepts then no problem.
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