BRAHMACHARYA
Freedom from sexual impulses leading
to celibacy in thoughts, speech and action.
The Gnani Purush shows the modern day world
meaningful way of attaining celibacy
and the resultant benefits of the state
of
brahmacharya
with unprecedented clarity.
The Akram Vignani, Pujya Shri A.M. Patel opened up new
avenues for those seeking a correct approach to
the eternal puzzle faced by those striving for
celibacy in the path of attaining a higher order of
bliss and spirituality. These satsangs are now available in the form
of a major work of 2 volumes called
Samaj Thi Prapt
Brahmacharya
( Celibacy through Knowledge and Right
Understanding )
edited by
Dr. Niruben Amin
These volumes were published in 1997 by
Dada Bhagwan Foundation ( Madras ) in Gujarati
and are available by
contacting
Dr.Niruben Amin
The Satsang on Brahmacharya with The
Gnani
Vast amount of new information is now
available. What follows is merely excerpts from the
books.
Sexuality from the perspective of the Self
Realised, The Gnani.
Sexual impulse...Vishaya...impedes the bliss of the
Self. It makes a human being plunge into the garbage
heap of the five senses with senseless fervour.
Human birth has the potential for the realization of the
supreme
bliss of true freedom but alas, out of sheer
ignorance of this potential, one gets stuck in ever increasing pile of garbage
of sexuality and its consequences of bondage life after life. Even animals do
not prefer such garbage.
Lord Mahavir proclaimed and defined the
Fifth Mahavrat ...great
vow of brahmacharya for
human beings of this era because these beings
have brought forth with them heavy burdens of sexual cause and effects, and to
show them the way to true freedom...moksha he defined the fifth vow of
brahmacharya, celibacy
of thoughts, speech and
action.
Vishaya...sexuality is
vikruti...non self, not
necessary for the bliss of the Self.
It is simply a toy of the mind
!
After the unbearable heat of a day why is it that
the cattle soak in the dirty muddy waters ? The deep desire
for
coolness from heat makes them forget the stench
of the dirty muddy water. Similarly modern day humans who
suffer from the constant struggles and
tensions of daily life at work and at at home, seek a diversion from the fire of
such tensions and a release through sex and forget its consequences over and
over again !
After terminating the enjoyment of a sexual act,
even the strongest of man becomes a temporary weakling and
appears near dead ! What did he gain from it
?
Vishaya...sexuality is
poison. Once identified as a poison would anyone touch it ?
If there is anything that needs to be feared in
this world, it is this poison of Vishaya. It is worse than all
the
snakes and fearful animals of this world. And yet
the ignorant of this world consider it the potion of supreme
pleasure ! Where is the end of ignorance and its
opinions ?
Human birth is the result of endless lives of
spiritual progress.
Only as a human being one has the potential to
acquire moksha...true
freedom
But alas ! in the momentary pleasures of sex, he
looses all he has gained from previous lives
It is not possible for man to stay niralumb...independant and not wanting
anything.
Only a Gnani
Purush... the Awakened One can stay niralumb. All the
rest have asked for a wife, son etc.,
in their previous lives according to their
buddhi...prevailing
intellect. They had just asked for...desired a woman
but along with comes the entire entourage of
mother-in-law, father in law, brother in law, sister-in law, uncles,
and
aunts from her side !! Wait a minute, he says, "
I had only wanted a wife ! " Did you not know that she was going
to
bring with her a whole gang of other relations ?"
This is called bebhaanpanu...ignorance of the self. Not an iota of
the thought of the consequences of the desire of
sex !! And thereafter his life is like the ox that goes round and round
labouring at the grain mill !
No one has taught him or shown him what is
correct and right. Even as a child he or she hears from the
elders
that the spouse to be shall have such and such
qualities, and marriage is a foregone conclusion, so that the family lineage is
maintained.
Atmasookh...the bliss
of the Self
versus
Vishayasookh... the
pleasure of sex
After attaining the bliss of the Self , the
pleasures of sex become tasteless and redundant, just as a
cup of tea looses its sweetness after having had
a sweet dessert. The higher the order of bliss the less
appealing the routine of the physical aspects of
sexual pleasures. The enjoyment of food is not
prohibited.
There is no good to be attained in the enjoyment
of sexual impulses. Know that it is merely an aspect of
imaginations.
Vishaya...sexual
culmination is sundaas...excretory toilet. But, because he becomes
tanmayakaar...doer of
the act...ie, "I am having fun in this act ", he lays new causal seeds for
more
of the same and its associated consequences
mentioned above, life after life.
Vishaya...sexual
inclination is not a consequence of intellect. It is a consequence of the
distorted mind.
Therefore, with the help of buddhi it can be overcome and
conquered.
If bliss indeed resided in sexual pleasures, then
all the chakravarty rajas...great kings would not
have abandoned their many queens in the search
for bliss...permanent pleasure.
What is the aim of life ? To procreate and die ?
To acquire bliss or create problems and illnesses ?
You have studied so much and have had so much
education. What for ? For maintenance of life ? To what end
?
What is the goal of this engine ( body ) of yours
? Moksha...True
freedom. But what direction were we supposed to take and look where we are
headed !!!
Why do you attempt to stop bleeding from a cut ?
To prevent shock and weakness .
Likewise this Vishay...sexual event drains your body
and makes it weak.
Brahmacharya...Sexual
continence is pudagalasaar...the essence of living body. So preserve it.
Economize on virya...semen and laxmi...money !
Semen is the ultimate extract of your food. With
sexual incontinence it is depleted and disappears.
So strive for preservation of the essence of life
for a higher goal.
Only that Brahmacharya...continence of sexuality
in thoughts, speech and action
which results in
moksha...liberation
is worth it.
This Akram
Vignan...The new direct science of the
Gnani
has the power to liberate and give moksha
to
married ones as well.
For the one desiring to attain the state of
Brahmacharya...
He or she should ask for the strength
from
Dada Bhagwan...The
Lord Within
" Dearest Lord Within me...Grant me the strength
to remain free from sexual impulses
and remain in
brahmacharya..."
Eradicate even the beginning of a sexual thought
at the very instant it arises.
Do not engage your eyes towards a person of the
opposite sex with such a thought.
If your eyes are attracted...retract them from
within and do pratikraman
pratikraman
recall, repentance and avowal not to repeat the
aggression
This pratikraman should be of the "shoot on sight
"type...done as soon as the transgression is known from
within.
The Nischaya...supreme and unwavering
determination of brahmacharya...freedom from sexual inclinations
must be constant and this
plus
the benevolence and grace of the ever
present Gnani Purush with appropriate
guidance of such a One as This...leads to
permanent escape from the clutches of
sexuality...vishaya.
Brahmacharya.
How does it help in the attainment of
Atmasookh ... Bliss of the
Self ?
It helps a lot.
Abrahmacharya...Sexual
incontinence destroys everything...physical strength, mental strength,
intellectual strength,
ego strength. Whereas brahmacharya solidly strengthens
the entire antahkaran...the inner organ of mind, intellect,
citta and ego.
The practice of
Brahmacharya ...is most beneficial and
good.
Even when this is not possible, the knowledge
that abrahmacharya...sexual promiscuity is harmful is
in itself a great education and a lesson
learned indeed.
The Mahavrat of Brahmacharya is attained by the one to whom it becomes a natural
state.
In such a state there is not even a memory of
vishaya...sex
nor is there an opinion lingering
about
brahmacharya or abrahmacharya...sexual continence or incontinence
Indeed, the Atma...Soul is eternally asexual and in
brahmacharya.
The Soul has never enjoyed vishaya...sex
Atma is sookshmatum...the subtlest of the
subtle, whereas vishaya...sex is sthoola...gross.
The subtle can never interact, enjoy the
gross.
Param Pujya Dadashri...The absolutely revered Dadashri...The Gnani says
that...
"After this Gnan...the Event in 1958, I
have not had even a thought of vishaya ".
Only then the words that eradicate the disease of
vishaya from the roots... flows forth.
These is a direct translation a part of the
editorial of Pujya Niruben Amin in the first
volume of the book.
Dr. Niruben Amin continues to do the work started
by the Akram Vignani.
She is readily available to field all questions
related to issues raised in this and allied web sites
of
The Gnani Purush, The Awakened
One
your links to real happiness....
I want
more satsang on brahmacharya
I
want to know all about this Gnani Purush The
Gnan Vidhi...Arriving Home Karma &
Freedom
-
For more information:
shuddha