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==================================================================================== Wednesday 11, December 2024, 05:30.  BRAHMACHARYA–AN OUTLOOK OF CONSCIOUSNESS:  Swami Krishnananda ======================================================================================== The last one among various items of self-restraint constituting the Yamas, is Brahmacharya, which actually means the ‘conduct of the Absolute’. ‘Brahman’ is the Supreme Being; ‘Charya’ is conduct, or behaviour. How God behaves–that is called Brahmacharya, finally. It is a very difficult thing for us to understand, because we do not know how God behaves, how the Absolute conducts Itself. The attitude of the Supreme Being towards the universe and all beings is Brahmacharya, and to the extent that we are able to participate in this attitude, it may be said that we are also following that canon. Our participation in the attitude of the Supreme Being may be infinitesimal, but there should be at least this ‘tendenc...