PRACTICE OF BRAHMACHARYAM : SECTION II : CHAPTER - 7-3.
12/02/2019. SECTION II. THE GLORY OF BRAHMACHARYAM : 7-3. CHAPTER - 7. THE MEANING OF BRAHMACHARYAM -3 3. Physical Brahmacharya and mental Brahmacharya It is very necessary that you should be pure in mind if you wish to be a Brahmachari. Mental Brahmacharya is more important. You may succeed in physical Brahmacharya, but you must succeed in mental Brahmacharya also. That state of mind wherein no single sexual thought enters the mind is termed mental Brahmacharya. If thoughts are impure, the sex impulse will be very strong. Brahmacharya depends upon regulating the whole course of life. When you cannot control the lustful thoughts, at least control the physical body. Physical Brahmacharya must be strictly practiced at first. Control the body when the sex impulse troubles you. Mental purity or mental Brahmacharya will gradually manifest. Surely it is better to control the Karma Indriyas at least than to indulge actually in sensual pleasures. Gradually the thoughts will be pu...