Practice of Brahmacharyam : Section-3 - Swami Sivananda
========================================================= ======================================================= Thursday, April 28, 2022. 6:00 AM. Section-3 : Techniques of Sex Sublimation : 15. To marry or not to marry -4 ===================================================== 4.To be a celibate? Or to be a householder? It is only for passionate people that the Grihastha Ashram or householder’s life is prescribed, because they cannot control their lust. If one is born with sufficient spiritual Samskaras, inborn Viveka and Vairagya, like Sankara or Sadasiva Brahman, he will not enter the Grihashtha Ashram. He will at once take to Naishthik Brahmacharya and then embrace Sannyasa. The Srutis also endorse this. Says the Jabala Upanishad: “Renounce the world on the very day you get Vairagya”. To some, marriage hinders the spiritual progress; to others, it helps. For Raja Bhartrihari, it was a hindrance; for saint Tukaram, it was a help. Man reaches the same goal in the long run....