Yoga as a Universal Science: 10-2. Swami Krishnananda
======================================================================================================== Sunday 12, January 2025, 05:30. Yoga&Meditation Yoga as a Universal Science-10-2 Chapter 10: Brahmacharya – An Outlook of Consciousness-2. Swami Krishnananda. ======================================================================================== 2.Conservation of Energy for Brahma-Sakshatkara: Here is the basic foundation of the great admonition by the Yoga teacher that we have to conserve energy. We generally understand brahmacharya to be celibacy, a very poor translation of the word, and a misdirected meaning also. By celibacy we mean abstinence from marriage, and we associate or identify celibacy with brahmacharya or continence in the light of the requirement of Yoga, especially as mentioned by Patanjali. But, nothing of the kind is brahmacharya. It is not non-marriage, and it is not celibacy in its popular meaning. A person who has not married need not necessarily be ...