Examples of using Celibacy in English and their translations into Chinese
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And in my experience, most men simply do not understand commitment and always see celibacy as some kind of deprivation.
I sometimes fasted for two months at a time, and I observed celibacy for decades.
Henry then took holy orders, which required him to maintain celibacy, ending the possibility that he would produce a legitimate heir, infuriating Charles, who had not been consulted.
Swami Sivananda, from Behala, India, was raised by a spiritual guru and has attributed his long life to yoga, food with no spices and celibacy.
For his own celibacy, he explained: As a philosopher, I must be free from profession, woman, child, motherland and faith.
I have had long periods of celibacy, not by choice except that I chose not to have casual sex and just within a more meaningful relationship.
Gray held a series of councils in his diocese from 1241 to 1255 which endeavoured to enforce clerical celibacy, keep benefices from being inherited, and improve the education and morals of the clergy.
Conceding he's become"kind of a poster boy" for the debate over priests being celibate, Cutié said priestly celibacy is good, but should be optional.
Celibacy” comes from the Goddess Cybele and has no biblical basis whatever.
As punishment he was castrated to remind him of his vows of celibacy.
For their government,‘celibacy syndrome' is part of a looming national catastrophe.
Jesus has most of the characteristic features of the revolutionary activist, including celibacy.
When people hear the word"celibacy," they make jokes to me about romantic comedies.
Although such laywomen wear robes and keep celibacy, they are not considered members of the monastic sangha.
Science is a profession, not a religious vocation, and does not justify an oath of poverty or celibacy.
Celibacy is seen by Christianity as a sacrifice, and sacrifice means giving up what is regarded as precious.
Aoyama, 52, is trying to cure what Japan's media calls sekkusu shinai shokogun, or“celibacy syndrome”.
This is the stage of real, natural celibacy, when not even a thought of passion arises in the mind.
Marriage carries a lot of suffering, but celibacy does not have any pleasure.
About celibacy also: don't enforce it upon yourself.