In the Eisenhower expressway near Chicago, a couple had been filmed making love in a moving car. Say, if there is a Buddhist cop around, what would you think would be his priority? To give the couple a ticket for driving dangerously or to give them one for breaking the third of the Buddhist five precepts for layman: Kāmesumicchācāra veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi. I undertake the training to avoid sensual misconduct? Perhaps, you'd disagree that the couple had been involved in any sensual misconduct but then sex is just as intoxicating as any fermented drink. Perhaps, you'd like to book the couple for breaking the fifth precept then. Surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi. I undertake the training rule to abstain from fermented drink that causes heedlessness. Just replace fermented drink with sex.
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