NEWS.com.au | Dalai Lama misses sex, shoots guns (July 29, 2003): "THE Dalai Lama has admitted that, in a lifetime dedicated to celibacy and non-violence, he has missed out on sex and that he shoots at hawks in anger.



Asked in an interview what experiences he had missed that ordinary people had not, he pointed towards his groin and laughed, saying: 'I obviously missed this.'



He was not sorry, however: 'For monks and nuns, the practice of celibacy is not just a rule. Our target is to try and reduce negative emotions. Sexual desire and attachment are enjoyable, but act as a basis to anger, hatred and jealousy.'



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