PRACTICE OF BRAHMACHARYAM : SECTION II : CHAPTER - 7-1.
24/12/2018. SECTION II. THE GLORY OF BRAHMACHARYAM : 7-1. CHAPTER - 7. THE MEANING OF BRAHMACHARYAM -1 1. INTRODUCTION Brahmacharya literally means Achara or conduct that leads to the realization of Brahman or one’s own Self. It means the control of semen, the study of the Vedas and contemplation on God. The technical meaning of Brahmacharya is self-restraint, particularly mastery of perfect control over the sexual organ or freedom from lust in thought, word and deed. Strict abstinence is not merely from sexual intercourse, but also from auto-erotic manifestations, from homosexual acts and from all perverse sexual practices. It must further involve a permanent abstention from indulgence in erotic imagination and voluptuous reverie. All sorts of sex anomalies and evil habits of various sorts like masturbation and sodomy must be completely eradicated. They bring about a total breakdown of the nervous system and immense misery. Brahmacharya is purity in thought, word and dee...