Question
What should we think about homosexuality and love between two men? Is it
possible, or contrary to the philosophy of zazen? Above all, why?
Pascal
Answer from Master Kosen
Love is so rare and so precious—what if, on top of that, we had to discriminate between heterosexual and homosexual love????? We love our brother, our father, our best childhood friend, our favorite singer. If love between two men did not exist…
We so often confuse love with consumption: loving a woman means fucking her, loving a man means fucking him in the ass—that is the extent of our definitions.
The question is: can one love a goat?
The sexual act should be only the outcome of sincere and pure intimacy.
And yet animal impulses exist in everyone; we must accept them but manage them without disrespecting ourselves or the other person. That is quite an undertaking.
Kosen