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Buddhism teaches that, originally, there was no sexual differentiation in the race, but that it came about through division of labor during the rice harvest. Reproduction was carried on through spiritual, rather than sexual means, before this sexual differentiation came about.

Buddhism teaches that perfection is our ultimate goal, and perfection is attained by becoming completely independent of subservience to the urges and cravings of nature. Once ...

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