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.
In a rare interview about experiences he had missed that ordinary people have, he pointed to his groin and laughed, saying: “I obviously missed this.”?
He was quick to point out that 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.”?
And he was not convinced that he would have made a good father, admitting to having a bad temper, just like his father before him.
