1. sciencealert.com

    A mathematical model of celibacy. This hints that celibacy can evolve by natural selection. To find out more about the details of how this happens, we built a mathematical model of the evolution of celibacy, where we studied the consequences of becoming a monk on a man's evolutionary fitness, that of his brothers and of other members of the ...
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  3. learnreligions.com

    The large majority of Tibetan monks and nuns are celibate, as are all of the monastic orders of Burma, Cambodia, China, Laos, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. Note that in Buddhism the monastic orders are not separate from the priesthood, as is the case in Catholicism. Most orders have two levels of ordination, beginner, and full ordination.
  4. Religious celibacy can now evolve by natural selection because, while the monk is not having any children, he is helping his brothers to have more. But importantly, if the choice to become a monk is down to the boy himself, it is likely to remain rare - from an individual's perspective, it isn't very advantageous.
  5. independent.co.uk

    The wives of men with a monk brother also tended to have children at an earlier age. Those with a monk son also had more grandchildren since their non-celibate sons faced lesser competition within ...
  6. sciencenewslab.com

    Now our new study, published in Royal Society Proceedings B and conducted in Western China, tackles this fundamental question by studying lifelong religious celibacy in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries. Until recently, it was common for some Tibetan families to send one of their young sons to the local monastery to become a lifelong, celibate monk.
  7. theconversation.com

    In the first episode of Discovery, an ongoing series available via The Conversation Weekly podcast, we hear about new research with the families of Tibetan monks that suggests celibacy might have ...
  8. tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia.com

    Celibacy (brahmacariya) is the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse. Buddhist monks and nuns must be celibate as are lay people during the time they practise either the eight or the ten Precepts. During the Buddha's time some of the more serious lay men and women chose to be celebate while still living with their spouses (M.I,490).
  9. academic.oup.com

    The historical Buddha insisted on celibacy for monks and nuns because suffering was caused by ignorant craving and because sexual relations encouraged attachment to the world. Both functioned as obstacles to mental concentration. Monastic rules helped one to comprehend the reason for the essential role of celibacy in the quest for liberation.

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