Why is the relationship between gender and sexuality the root cause of the birth-and-death cycle? Supreme Master Ching Hai explains that without the desire for sexual relations there would be no birth and death, and nothing would be created, which would not be to the demons’ liking. Among the demons, the Devaputramara, the subordinates of the Maya (Demon) kings of the Three Realms, hinder the spiritual liberation of souls to a level higher than their own. The desire for sexual relations is extremely ...