Contraception and Buddhism

[Gabriel_L]

Hi @SC1100, the topic below is related and worth linking here:

Anyone have some medical advice on embryonic development?

The Buddhist texts contain a theory of prenatal development, one of the earliest if not the earliest found anywhere. The principle underlying this is that the embryo undergoes a gradual process of growth, little by little acquiring the physical features and sense organs. During this process the embryo is nurtured by the food supplied by the mother. In other words, it is a naturalistic explanation. In SN 10.1 this process is given in response to a question by a yakkha, who believes in a soul the…