Related:: [[Itthi]]
# Sex (Methuna)
> [!error] Going the WRONG way, like an idiot :) — In Tissametteyyasutta ([snp4.7](https://suttacentral.net/snp4.7/en/sujato))
> “When someone **indulges in sex**,”
> _“Methunamanuyuttassa,_
>
> replied the Buddha,
> _(metteyyāti bhagavā)_
>
> “**they forget their instructions**
> _Mussate vāpi sāsanaṁ;_
>
> and **go the wrong way**—
> _Micchā ca paṭipajjati,_
>
> that is something **==ignoble== in them**.
> _Etaṁ tasmiṁ **==anāriyaṁ==**._
>
> ---
> Someone who formerly lived alone
> _Eko pubbe caritvāna,_
>
> and then resorts to sex
> _methunaṁ yo nisevati;_
>
> is like a **chariot careening off-track**;
> _Yānaṁ bhantaṁva taṁ loke,_
>
> in the world they call them a **low, ordinary person**.
> _hīnamāhu **==puthujjanaṁ==**._
>
> ---
> Their **former fame and reputation**
> _Yaso kitti ca yā pubbe,_
>
> also **fall away**.
> _hāyate vāpi tassa sā;_
>
> Seeing this, they’d train
> _Etampi disvā sikkhetha,_
>
> to give up sex.
> _methunaṁ vippahātave._
>
> ...
>
> ---
> They **once were considered astute**,
> _Paṇḍitoti samaññāto,_
>
> committed to the solitary life.
> _ekacariyaṁ adhiṭṭhito;_
>
> But then they indulged in sex,
> _Athāpi methune yutto,_
>
> **dragged along by desire like an idiot**.
> _mandova parikissati._
>
> ...
>
> ---
> Knowing this danger
> _Etamādīnavaṁ ñatvā,_
>
> in falling from a former state here,
> _Muni pubbāpare idha;_
>
> **a sage would firmly resolve to wander alone**,
> _Ekacariyaṁ daḷhaṁ kayirā,_
>
> **and would not resort to sex**.
> _Na nisevetha methunaṁ._
>
> > [!tip] 智者不入爱河
^falling-off
## Video
- DN 28 - Attainments of Vision ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez37LLFo5-U&t=1s))
- (Great) on the difference between **_Sexuality_** v.s. [[Kama|Sensuality]]
## Suttas
- [[AN7.50 Methunasutta]]
- [[AN5.55 Mātāputtasutta]]
- snp4.7 With Tissametteyya ([link](https://suttacentral.net/snp4.7/en/sujato))
- One loses everything when indulging in sex again :) (after being on the [[Brahmacariya|Brahmacārī]])
- including respect, reputation,