1. 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.
2. Brahmacharya is purity in thought, word and deed. It is celibacy and continence.
Brahmacharya is the vow of celibacy. The term ‘celibacy’ is from the Latin ‘caelebs’, meaning
unmarried or single, and signifies the state of living unmarried. But Brahmacharya is not mere
bachelorhood. It includes the control, not only of the sex or reproductive Indriya, but also of all
other Indriyas in thought, word and deed. This is the definition of Brahmacharya in a broad
sense of the term. The door to Nirvana or perfection is complete Brahmacharya. Complete
celibacy is the master-key to open the realms of Elysian bliss. The avenue to the abode of
supreme peace begins from Brahmacharya or purity.
3.Brahmacharya is absolute freedom from sexual desires and thoughts. A real Brahmachari
will not feel any difference in touching a woman, a piece of paper or a block of wood.
Brahmacharya is meant for both men and women. Bhishma, Hanuman, Lakshman, Mira Bai,
Sulabha and Gargi were all established in Brahmacharya.
4.Mere control of the animal passion will not constitute Brahmacharya. This is incomplete
Brahmacharya. You must control all the organs—the ears that want to hear lustful stories, the
lustful eye that wants to see objects that excite passion, the tongue that wants to taste exciting
things and the skin that wants to touch exciting objects.
5.To look lustfully is adultery of the eyes; to hear anything that excites passion is adultery
of the ears; to speak anything that excites passion is adultery of the tongue.
***** SWAMI SIVANAND JI MAHARAJ
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.
2. Brahmacharya is purity in thought, word and deed. It is celibacy and continence.
Brahmacharya is the vow of celibacy. The term ‘celibacy’ is from the Latin ‘caelebs’, meaning
unmarried or single, and signifies the state of living unmarried. But Brahmacharya is not mere
bachelorhood. It includes the control, not only of the sex or reproductive Indriya, but also of all
other Indriyas in thought, word and deed. This is the definition of Brahmacharya in a broad
sense of the term. The door to Nirvana or perfection is complete Brahmacharya. Complete
celibacy is the master-key to open the realms of Elysian bliss. The avenue to the abode of
supreme peace begins from Brahmacharya or purity.
3.Brahmacharya is absolute freedom from sexual desires and thoughts. A real Brahmachari
will not feel any difference in touching a woman, a piece of paper or a block of wood.
Brahmacharya is meant for both men and women. Bhishma, Hanuman, Lakshman, Mira Bai,
Sulabha and Gargi were all established in Brahmacharya.
4.Mere control of the animal passion will not constitute Brahmacharya. This is incomplete
Brahmacharya. You must control all the organs—the ears that want to hear lustful stories, the
lustful eye that wants to see objects that excite passion, the tongue that wants to taste exciting
things and the skin that wants to touch exciting objects.
5.To look lustfully is adultery of the eyes; to hear anything that excites passion is adultery
of the ears; to speak anything that excites passion is adultery of the tongue.
***** SWAMI SIVANAND JI MAHARAJ
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