correlate to this precept when the Buddha enjoins a follower to "observe celibacy or at least do not have sex with another's wife." Theosophy In the Theosophy of Blavatsky, Kama is the fourth principle of the septenary, associated with emotions and desires, attachment to existence, volition, and lust. Kamaloka is a semi-material plane, subjective and invisible to humans, where disembodied "personalities", the astral forms, called Kama-rupa remain until they fade out from it by the complete exhaustion of the effects of the mental impulses that created these eidolons of human and animal passions and desires. It is associated with Hades of ancient Greeks and the Amenti of the Egyptians, the land of Silent Shadows; a division of the first group of the Trailokya. See also Kamashastra Kama Sutra Arishadvargas, six enemies Alcmaeon (mythology) Buddhist cosmology of the Theravada school Cupid Hinduism and LGBT topics Kaam, a word with a similar meaning References Sources Ireland, John D. (trans.) (1983). Dhammika Sutta: Dhammika (excerpt) (Sn 2.14). Retrieved 5 Jul 2007 from "Access to Insight" at Dhammika Sutta: Dhammika. Khantipalo, Bhikkhu (1982, 1995). Lay Buddhist Practice: The Shrine Room, Uposatha Day, Rains Residence (The Wheel No. 206/207). Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society. Retrieved 5 Jul 2007 from "Access to Insight" at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/khantipalo/wheel206.html. Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tipitaka Series (n.d.) (SLTP). (AN 5.1.3.8, in Pali). Retrieved 3 Jul 2007 from "MettaNet-Lanka" at 5:3 Pancangikavaggo - Pali. Thanissaro Bhikkhu (trans.) (1997a). Dvedhavitakka Sutta: Two Sorts of Thinking (MN 19). Retrieved 3 Jul 2007 from "Access to Insight" at Dvedhavitakka Sutta: Two Sorts of Thinking. Thanissaro Bhikkhu (trans.) (1997b). Samadhanga Sutta: The Factors of Concentration (AN 5.28). Retrieved 3 Jul 2007 from "Access to Insight" at Samadhanga Sutta: The Factors of Concentration. H. P. Blavatsky, 1892. The Theosophical Glossary. London: The Theosophical Publishing Society External links About.com page Kamadeva's holy sacrifice Puruṣārthas Buddhist philosophical concepts Theosophical philosophical concepts Sanskrit words and phrases Hindu philosophical concepts Hinduism and sexuality Pleasure Happiness Theories of truth Tantra Relational ethics Hindu ethics