Before you begin a sexual relationship with someone, practice mindfulness. Looking deeply into the situation of the other person and yourself. Will the act destroy your lives or create a lot of suffering for the people you love, for your family? Awareness and mindfulness bring understanding and wisdom. And wisdom brings about love and wise conduct, the understanding that helps you refrain from making actions that will lead to suffering. This is how mindfulness of compassion can help you from getting burned by the flame of desire.
---Thich Naht Hanh---
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