Originally Posted by
Sal Canzonieri
I've gotten this question asked me a few times:
If the monks / priests that practiced Qi / Nei Gong were celibate (especially Buddhist, Shaolin, etc), then can these practices cause a person to became sterile or loss their sex drive?
Like, would Shaolin Qi / Nei Gong encourage loss of sex drive, and other physical symptoms that would encourage celibacy and all that would connotate in a monastery?
Another way of looking at this question is to ask whether monastic values (i.e. celibacy) drive the qigong practice. I know of no way to verify statements about any neigong resulting in sterility, but the desire to negate the sex drive could be causative in that it would inform the practice and perhaps replace the sexual urge with something as fulfilling.
In tantric practices such as found in the vajrayana of the Nyingma school, celebacy isn't even a requirement except during periods of monastic refuge. The sexual urge is seen as an opportunity for ritual transformation of the mind. Instead of being a stumbling block, a fully functioning sex drive is an asset. Of course, it's not the same in Chan practices.
I expect that cultural phobias regarding the loss of jing have become a part of some qi/nei gong teachings.
jd
Last edited by jdhowland; 12-18-2012 at 11:25 AM.
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