What is the prime source of strength & bliss? … Brahmacharya (Celibacy).

Be Thou Virile O Man!

Practise brahmacharya, shun all lust and desire; be a devotee of the Lord, for your life if you care. Wake up in the morning and keep cheerful ever, give up grief and worries that only breed misery. As per your strength do exercises every morning O brother! For, there is nobody’s monopoly in this sector. Live a hundred years while carrying out auspicious acts, dear! It is verily your bounden duty to keep healthy ever.

• By sheer virtue of brahmacharya did Hanumanaji cross the ocean.
• The same power enabled Lakshmana defeat Meghanada even.
• When Angada, the brahmachari, rooted his foot on the ground; even the strongest in Lanka failed to move it by an inch.
• Ramamurti and Gama too had observed brahmacharya, which earned them name and fame both in India and abroad.
• O brave Indians! Be thou virile through brahmacharya, which has been extolled even in the holy Vedas!

Pujya Bapuji's message:

The number of students, male and female, who out of ignorance waste their prime source of physical and mental energy (and end up wasting their precious lives in ignominy and debility), is not in lakhs, but in crores. They cannot disclose their miserable condition out of shame and suffer silently. They become weak and live in a pitiable condition. Their lives are completely ruined, while they are also deprived of proper physical and mental growth. Such young people are plagued by anaemia, forgetfulness and general weakness. This is the reason why the number of clinics and hospitals, and the use of thousands of different allopathic medicines and injections are on the increase in our country today. Innumerable doctors have set up their own business, and yet the number of diseases and patients is constantly on the rise.

What is the main reason for this phenomenon? It is due to evil habits and wastage of semen through immoral, unnatural, and unrestrained sex. Loss of semen leads to loss of immunity and depletion of the vital energy. If this country is to regain the glory of being Guru of the entire world, if She is to be the polestar of global civilization and culture, if She is to reach the summit of the world once again, then her worthy sons must appreciate the importance of brahmacharya, and practise it meticulously, exercising constant vigil and self-restraint. For, it is by virtue of brahmacharya alone that our young generation can bring about a balanced and superior development of their personality. Observance of brahmacharya sharpens the intellect, promotes immunity gainst diseases and makes one enthusiastic and confident enough to set up great objectives and achieve them. One develops a firm determination, and one’s will power is strengthened too.

It is brahmacharya alone which is the very root of spiritual progress as well. Our country may make great progress and attain a great deal of prosperity in the industrial, technical, and economic fields, but if we are not able to protect and preserve the true wealth of our youth (their youthful vigour), then all material developments will ultimately lead only to destruction, for no social system can run smoothly without self-restraint and purity of conduct. The all round development of India depends entirely on self-restraint and purity of character of her youth.

Therefore, it is our bounden duty to educate the youth about the measures needed to maintain sexual health and live a disease-free long life; and also about the methods needed to check the evil of lust. This duty, if ignored, will bring misery to our society and the entire nation. Observance of brahmacharya alone can ensure a strong and vibrant India.

What is Brahmacharya?

“Abstaining from copulation physically orally and mentally, in all actions, at all times, and in all places is alone brahmacharya.” (The Yajnavalkya samhita)

“To renounce the pleasures of the sense organs through self-restraint is defined as brahmacharya.”

Lord Shiva says: 'O Parvati! What is there in this world that cannot be attained by one who has achieved total preservation of his sexual fluid?’

The sÍdhakas, who sublimate their sexual energy through sÍdhanÍ and thereby progress on the yogic path, achieve mastery over various supernatural powers. All powers reside at the feet of an urdhvaretÍ yogi. In fact, siddhis become his facile servants. Such a person can attain Self-realization within a short time. Even the Gods have attained God-hood through brahmacharya. Brahmacharya is a great virtue. It provides man with constant support to face and overcome all sorts of difficulties in life.

‘The gods have conquered death through the penance of brahmacharya. Indra, the king of the gods, has attained a still higher status and greater pleasures compared to other gods only by the virtue of brahmacharya.’ (The Atharva Veda: Kanda 11 Sukta 7 Mantra 19)

Brahmacharya: The Supreme Penance

Ascetics engage themselves in a variety of penances. But regarding brahmacharya, Lord Shiva says: "Brahmacharya alone is the supreme penance. There is no penance greater than brahmacharya in all the three worlds. An urdhvaretÍ saint is a veritable God in flesh and blood."

Brahmacharya is also hailed in Jain scriptures, "Brahmacharya is the supreme penance.’ (The Jain Sutrakritanga: 6.23)

Preservation of Semen Promotes Longevity

Semen is like the emperor of this bodily kingdom. If this king is strong and powerful, enemies in the form of diseases can never attack this kingdom. Diseases afflict the body only if the semen, the king, is weak. This is why it is written in the scriptures : “Death is hastened by expending semen and life is prolonged by its preservation.” Jain scriptures term the lack of brahmacharya as a grave sin. `Non observance of brahmacharya is a grave sin.’ (The Dasha Vaikalika Sutra : 6.17)

The Atharva Veda declares that brahmacharya is the greatest among religious observances.

In ‘Ayurveda’, brahmacharya is considered to be the source of supreme power: ‘Brahmacharya is the Supreme strength.’

The glory of brahmacharya has been sung by all men of virtue and wisdom. The great yogi Gorakhnath declares: ‘A yogi grieves for his lost semen in the same way as a lustful wife pines for her husband.’

Lord Shiva has even gone to the extent of saying that it is only due to the power of brahmacharya that He has attained such an elevated state of glory.

Modern Medical Opinions

Even eminent European medical experts have endorsed the statements of the yogis of India. Dr. Nicole says, “It is a medical and physiological fact that the best blood in the body goes to form the elements of reproduction in both the sexes. In a pure and orderly life, this matter is reabsorbed. It goes back into circulation ready to form the finest brain, nerve and muscular tissues. This vital fluid of man carried back and diffused through his system, makes him strong, manly, brave and heroic. If wasted, it leaves him effeminate, weak, and physically debilitated and prone to sexual irritation and disordered function, a wretched nervous system, epilepsy, and various other diseases and death. The suspension of the use of the generative organs is attended with a notable increase of bodily and mental and spiritual vigour.”

As a result of the most patient and persevering scientific investigations it has been found that whenever the seminal secretions are conserved and reabsorbed into the system, they go towards enriching the blood and strengthening the brain.

Dr. Dio Lewis also believes that the conservation of semen is essential in strengthening the body, and increasing vigour of mind and keeness of intellect. Another writer, Dr. E.P. Miller, declares: “Waste of spermatic secretions, whether voluntary or involuntary, is a direct waste of the life-force. It is almost universally conceded that the choicest elements of the blood enter into the composition of the spermatic secretion. If these conclusions are correct, then it follows that a chaste life is essential to man’s well-being.”

Eminent doctors of the west say that various kinds of diseases arise from the loss of semen, particularly in young age. Boils on the body, acne or eruptions on the face, blue lines around the eyes, absence of beard, sunken eyes, pale face with anaemia, loss of memory, loss of eye-sight, shortsightedness, discharge of semen along with urine, enlargement of the testes, pain in the testes, debility, drowsiness, laziness, gloominess, palpitation of the heart, dyspnoea, or difficulty in breathing, phthisis, pain in the back, loins, head and joints, weak kidneys, passing urine in sleep, fickle-mindedness, lack of thinking power, bad dreams and wet dreams and restlessness of mind are some of the symptoms connected with the excessive loss of the vital fluids.

Brahmacharya is the sole remedy to prevent and cure the above disorders. The following preparation will help observe brahmacharya: Mix 80 gm of ÍmlÍ powder with 20 gm of turmeric powder. Take 3 gm of the mixture in the morning and evening. Miraculous relief in all the above diseases will be seen in just 8 to 10 days. It will also help preserve semen.

The Secret of a Magnetic Personality

Conservation of semen results in the emergence of a charismatic power in the body, which is named ojas by the ancient Ayurvedic physician Dhanvantari. The same ojas goes a long way to help one attain the most coveted goal of Self-realization. Whenever you see someone who has made extraordinary achievements in life, who reflects a magnetic aura, possesses a charismatic personality, whose speech is impressive and who is enthusiastic, then know for sure that this is due to the power of conserving semen, in other words - brahmacharya.

Let us assume that an ordinary man consumes 800 gm of food daily; thus he consumes 32 kg of food in 40 days yielding 20 gm of semen. Hence he will accumulate about 15 gm of semen in one month’s time. This is almost equal to the amount of semen that is discharged in just one act of sexual intercourse.

‘Non-observance of brahmacharya leads to loss of longevity, glory, strength, vigour, intellect, wealth, fame, virtues and pure love.’

Therefore the practice of brahmacharya, i.e. conservation of semen, is most praiseworthy indeed.

The Literal Meaning of Brahmacharya
‘Brahmacharya’ is a wonderful and pious term. In common parlance, a Brahmachari is one who is unmarried, does not indulge in sex, shuns the company of women, etc... etc. But this is a very limited definition. This creates an impression that only the preservation of the seminal energy is what brahmacharya is all about. But preservation of semen is only the means, not the goal. The ultimate goal of human life is to attain Self-knowledge, to attain Self-realization. One who has realized the Real Self is a Jivanamukta. He is absorbed in the bliss of Brahman, i.e., he lives in a state of perennial Self Bliss. He expects nothing from the world. He has discovered the fountain of bliss within himself. No more does he depend upon external objects for his happiness. He is absolutely free, beyond all bondages, and all his actions are performed quite effortlessly. Worldly objects or events cannot disturb his state of perennial spiritual Bliss. Intoxicated with Self Bliss he moves about totally care-free having realized the hollowness of this dream-like world of sense pleasures. It makes no difference to him whether he wears just a loincloth or expensive clothes, whether he lives in a hut or a palace, whether he is a householder or an ascetic. Such a person may externally appear to be a destitute, but internally he is the King of kings, because all his desires are destroyed. For him there is no duty left to be discharged, because he has transcended them all. Such an enlightened one remains established in Brahman while performing all sorts of activities. He remains in a natural and uninterrupted state of samadhi. He is always absorbed in his Brahmic bliss. Technically, brahmacharya is the conservation of seminal energy. In this context, brahmacharya is the supreme observance, the supreme penance and the supreme sÍdhanÍ. The outcome of this sÍdhanÍ is Self-knowledge, Self-realization. It is only by attaining this ultimate goal that the full import of brahmacharya is comprehended. Even if there be a single desire in the mind, one cannot be called a true BrahmachÍri, and before attaining Self-knowledge, one cannot be completely free from the shackles of desire. While conservation of seminal energy is great, excellent, and always desirable, it is also the most essential part of sÍdhanÍ that helps eradicate desires and brings about purity of mind. This leads to a healthy and happy life, and finally helps one attain the highest goal of human life, i.e. Self-realization, or in other words, the Supreme Bliss. Now we will discuss how to observe brahmacharya with the aid of some very effective physical and mental techniques for more read the book...

Miracles of Preserving the Seminal Energy

Supremely great powers lie latent in each and every cell of the semen. Great spiritual masters like Adi Shankaracharya, Mahaveera, Sant Kabir, Guru Nanak, etc., as well as great warriors, ingenious scientists and fascinating writers, were all born from this seminal energy. Even in the future, geniuses will continue to be born through this seminal energy. One, who does not conserve his seminal energy and instead wastes it for momentary sensual pleasure, only paves the way to his own doom.

Semen is verily brilliance, radiance and effulgence.’ (Shatpath Brahman). Semen is an extremely valuable energy that is vital for one’s true uplift in life. Here are some examples that amply prove the unparalleled importance of preserving semen.

By Virtue of Brahmacharya

None has attained fame in this world without brahmacharya;
By virtue of brahmacharya had Parashurama 21 times the earth conquered,
By virtue of brahmacharya had Valmiki, the Ramayana, authored.
No one could ever enjoy life in this world without brahmacharya;
By virtue of brahmacharya did Lord Rama get a bridge across the ocean built,
By virtue of brahmacharya was Meghanada by Laxmanaji killed.
Dependent they all become who do not practise brahmacharya;
By virtue of brahmacharya did Hanumanaji burn Lanka to soot,
By virtue of brahmacharya had Angadji fixed to the ground his foot.
Everyone has suffered ignominy in this world without brahmacharya;
By virtue of brahmacharya Alha-Udal did 52 forts conquer.
In the battle field did he rout even Prithviraj, Delhi’s emperor.
It is naught but poison in this world for one who does not practise brahmacharya;
By virtue of brahmacharya did Grandsire Bhishma on a bed of arrows lie,
By virtue of brahmacharya did the brave Shivaji make the Mughal forces cry.
All the six tastes have we tasted in the bliss of brahmacharya;
By virtue of brahmacharya did Ramamurti smash a stone against his chest bare,
Broke an iron chain and stopped a motor car pair.
In brahmacharya alone is there life, everything else in this world is but strife.

Ways to Preserve the Seminal Energy
Mantras Helpful in Observing Brahmacharya
Ayurvedic Choorna for Brahmacharya
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