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<div>The meaning of the term Asteya (अस्तेय) is non-stealing. Also known as Achourya (अचौर्य) It means to not steal or have an intention to steal and property of other person through thought, speech and action. This is considered as a Yama as per Patanjali Yoga Sutra.<br />
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== '''Scriptural Occurrences:''' ==<br />
1. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29)<ref name=":0">[https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29 2.30]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।।<br />
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''yamaniyamAsanaprANAyAmapratyAhAradhAraNAdhyAnasamAdhayo.aShTAva~NgAni || 2.29 ||''</blockquote>Meaning : The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi.<br />
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2. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":0" /><br />
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The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiMsAsatyAsteyabrahmacharyAparigrahA yamAH || 2.30 ||''</blockquote>Meaning : The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha. As per other texts the number may vary.<br />
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3. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad<ref>Shandilya Upanishad verse [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html 1]</ref> are as below.<blockquote>“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....”<br />
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''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''</blockquote>Meaning: Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. <br />
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4. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika,(2013), Bihar, Yoga Publications Trust - Chap. 1 verse 17</ref> also mentions Satya as below. <blockquote>अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः |<br />
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दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
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''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |''<br />
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''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning : “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama)”<br />
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== '''Why Asteya is required?''' ==<br />
Asteya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
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a. M. K. Gandhi in From Yervada Mandir says<ref>M. K. Gandhi, From Yeravda Mandir (Ashram Observances) (1932) Translated from Gujarati by: Valji Govindji Desai, Ahmedabad, Navjivan Trust</ref><blockquote>Non-stealing will bring about a progressive reduction of his own wants. Much of the distressing poverty in this world has arisen out of breaches of the principle of Non-stealing.</blockquote>b. Osho also discusses about Non-stealing in “Revolution in Education” <ref>Osho, Revolution in Education (1969), Talks given in Idniaon various locations. [https://www.mtcglobal.org/uploads/3_ml.pdf.pdf] </ref> <blockquote>The present education system cannot do anything, because the whole system of education today is devised keeping goals in mind. We are teaching goals to children. We are teaching children not to steal – non-stealing is the goal. That goal is somewhere in the future: today the children steal. Today the teacher is stealing, the father is stealing, the mother is also stealing, the town is stealing, the whole world is stealing. And everybody is teaching non-stealing, to give up stealing. The child also takes a vow to give up stealing, but the moment this vow is being taken, at that very moment the stealing is accepted; stealing will continue – because the child says, he will give up stealing. What is promised for tomorrow becomes a lie; nothing is to be done today. Today stealing is to be done, has to be done – but it will have to be given up, that is the goal of man. Talking about the goals in the life of man is a highly dishonest thing.</blockquote>c. Osho gives below details of Asteya in Talks on Yoga - the Alpha and Omega <ref>Osho, Yoga - the Alpha and Omega Vol – 5. Pg 138 , online edition [http://www.baytallaah.com/osholibrary/reader.php?endpos=301403&page=138&book=Yoga%20-%20The%20Alpha%20and%20the%20Omega,%20Vol%205]</ref><blockquote>"The third is asteya, achaurya -- nonstealing, honesty. The mind is a great thief. In many ways it goes on stealing. You may not be stealing things from people, but you can steal thoughts. I say something to you; you go out and you pretend that that is your thought. You have stolen it, you are a thief -- you may not be aware what you are doing."<br />
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"Says Patanjali, "Be in a state of nonstealing." Knowledge, things -- nothing should be stolen. You should be original and should always be aware that "these things don't belong to me." Remain empty, it is better, but don't fill your house with stolen things, because if you go on stealing you will lose all originality. Then you will never be able to find your own space: you will be filled with others' opinions, thoughts, things. And, finally, they don't prove of any value. Only that which comes out of you is valuable. In fact only that which comes out of you can you possess, nothing else. You can steal but you cannot possess."<br />
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"A thief is never at ease, cannot be -- he is always afraid of being caught. And even if nobody catches him he knows that this is not his. This remains a constant burden in his being."<br />
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"Patanjali says, "Don't be a thief -- in any way, in any dimension," so that your originality can flower. Don't burden yourself with stolen things and thoughts, philosophies, religions. Allow your inner space to flower."</blockquote><br />
== References ==</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Asteya_(%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D_)&diff=132491Asteya (अस्तेयम् )2021-10-20T14:38:13Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Asteya (अस्तेय) is non-stealing. Also known as Achourya (अचौर्य) It means to not steal or have an intention to steal and property of other person through thought, speech and action. This is considered as a Yama as per Patanjali Yoga Sutra.<br />
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== '''Scriptural Occurrences:''' ==<br />
1. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29)<ref name=":0">[https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29 2.30]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।।<br />
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''yamaniyamAsanaprANAyAmapratyAhAradhAraNAdhyAnasamAdhayo.aShTAva~NgAni || 2.29 ||''</blockquote>Meaning : The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi.<br />
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2. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":0" /><br />
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The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiMsAsatyAsteyabrahmacharyAparigrahA yamAH || 2.30 ||''</blockquote>Meaning : The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha. As per other texts the number may vary.<br />
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3. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad<ref>Shandilya Upanishad verse [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html 1]</ref> are as below.<blockquote>“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....”<br />
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''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''</blockquote>Meaning: Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. <br />
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4. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika,(2013), Bihar, Yoga Publications Trust - Chap. 1 verse 17</ref> also mentions Satya as below. <blockquote>अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः |<br />
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दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
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''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |''<br />
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''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning : “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama)”<br />
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== '''Why Asteya is required?''' ==<br />
Asteya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
a. M. K. Gandhi in From Yervada Mandir says<ref>M. K. Gandhi, From Yeravda Mandir (Ashram Observances) (1932) Translated from Gujarati by: Valji Govindji Desai, Ahmedabad, Navjivan Trust</ref><blockquote>Non-stealing will bring about a progressive reduction of his own wants. Much of the distressing poverty in this world has arisen out of breaches of the principle of Non-stealing.</blockquote>b. Osho also discusses about Non-stealing in “Revolution in Education” <ref>Osho, Revolution in Education (1969), Talks given in Idniaon various locations. [https://www.mtcglobal.org/uploads/3_ml.pdf.pdf] </ref> <blockquote>The present education system cannot do anything, because the whole system of education today is devised keeping goals in mind. We are teaching goals to children. We are teaching children not to steal – non-stealing is the goal. That goal is somewhere in the future: today the children steal. Today the teacher is stealing, the father is stealing, the mother is also stealing, the town is stealing, the whole world is stealing. And everybody is teaching non-stealing, to give up stealing. The child also takes a vow to give up stealing, but the moment this vow is being taken, at that very moment the stealing is accepted; stealing will continue – because the child says, he will give up stealing. What is promised for tomorrow becomes a lie; nothing is to be done today. Today stealing is to be done, has to be done – but it will have to be given up, that is the goal of man. Talking about the goals in the life of man is a highly dishonest thing.</blockquote>c. Osho gives below details of Asteya in Talks on Yoga - the Alpha and Omega <ref>Osho, Yoga - the Alpha and Omega Vol – 5. Pg 138 , online edition [http://www.baytallaah.com/osholibrary/reader.php?endpos=301403&page=138&book=Yoga%20-%20The%20Alpha%20and%20the%20Omega,%20Vol%205]</ref><blockquote>"The third is asteya, achaurya -- nonstealing, honesty. The mind is a great thief. In many ways it goes on stealing. You may not be stealing things from people, but you can steal thoughts. I say something to you; you go out and you pretend that that is your thought. You have stolen it, you are a thief -- you may not be aware what you are doing."<br />
<br />
<br />
"Says Patanjali, "Be in a state of nonstealing." Knowledge, things -- nothing should be stolen. You should be original and should always be aware that "these things don't belong to me." Remain empty, it is better, but don't fill your house with stolen things, because if you go on stealing you will lose all originality. Then you will never be able to find your own space: you will be filled with others' opinions, thoughts, things. And, finally, they don't prove of any value. Only that which comes out of you is valuable. In fact only that which comes out of you can you possess, nothing else. You can steal but you cannot possess."<br />
<br />
<br />
"A thief is never at ease, cannot be -- he is always afraid of being caught. And even if nobody catches him he knows that this is not his. This remains a constant burden in his being."<br />
<br />
<br />
"Patanjali says, "Don't be a thief -- in any way, in any dimension," so that your originality can flower. Don't burden yourself with stolen things and thoughts, philosophies, religions. Allow your inner space to flower."</blockquote><br />
== References ==<br />
# Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29)<br />
# The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad<br />
# Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India<br />
# From Yeravda Mandir (Ashram Observances) By: M. K. Gandhi Translated from Gujarati by: Valji Govindji Desai, first edition 1932<br />
# Osho also discusses about Non-stealing in “Revolution in Education” chap 9, pg 102.<br />
# Osho, Yoga - the Alpha and Omega Vol – 5. Pg 138 , online edition</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Asteya_(%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D_)&diff=132488Asteya (अस्तेयम् )2021-10-20T01:44:17Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Asteya (अस्तेय) is non-stealing. Also known as Achourya (अचौर्य) It means to not steal or have an intention to steal and property of other person through thought, speech and action. This is considered as a Yama as per Patanjali Yoga Sutra.<br />
<br />
== '''Scriptural Occurrences:''' ==<br />
1. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29)<ref name=":0">[https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29 2.30]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।।<br />
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''yamaniyamAsanaprANAyAmapratyAhAradhAraNAdhyAnasamAdhayo.aShTAva~NgAni || 2.29 ||''</blockquote>Meaning : The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi.<br />
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2. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":0" /><br />
<br />
The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiMsAsatyAsteyabrahmacharyAparigrahA yamAH || 2.30 ||''</blockquote>Meaning : The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha. As per other texts the number may vary.<br />
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3. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad<ref>Shandilya Upanishad verse [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html 1]</ref> are as below.<blockquote>“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....”<br />
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''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''</blockquote>Meaning: Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. <br />
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4. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika,(2013), Bihar, Yoga Publications Trust - Chap. 1 verse 17</ref> also mentions Satya as below. <blockquote>अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः |<br />
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दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
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''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |''<br />
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''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning : “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama)”<br />
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== '''Why Asteya is required?''' ==<br />
Asteya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
a. M. K. Gandhi in From Yervada Mandir says<ref>M. K. Gandhi, From Yeravda Mandir (Ashram Observances) (1932) Translated from Gujarati by: Valji Govindji Desai, Ahmedabad, Navjivan Trust</ref><blockquote>Non-stealing will bring about a progressive reduction of his own wants. Much of the distressing poverty in this world has arisen out of breaches of the principle of Non-stealing.</blockquote>b. Osho also discusses about Non-stealing in “Revolution in Education” <blockquote>The present education system cannot do anything, because the whole system of education today is devised keeping goals in mind. We are teaching goals to children. We are teaching children not to steal – non-stealing is the goal. That goal is somewhere in the future: today the children steal. Today the teacher is stealing, the father is stealing, the mother is also stealing, the town is stealing, the whole world is stealing. And everybody is teaching non-stealing, to give up stealing. The child also takes a vow to give up stealing, but the moment this vow is being taken, at that very moment the stealing is accepted; stealing will continue – because the child says, he will give up stealing. What is promised for tomorrow becomes a lie; nothing is to be done today. Today stealing is to be done, has to be done – but it will have to be given up, that is the goal of man. Talking about the goals in the life of man is a highly dishonest thing.</blockquote>c. Osho, Yoga - the Alpha and Omega Vol – 5. Pg 138 , online edition<br />
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<nowiki>http://www.baytallaah.com/osholibrary/reader.php?endpos=301403&page=138&book=Yoga%20-%20The%20Alpha%20and%20the%20Omega,%20Vol%205</nowiki> <br />
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<blockquote>is asteya, achaurya -- nonstealing, honesty. The mind is a great thief. In many ways it goes on stealing. You may not be stealing things from people, but you can steal thoughts. I say something to you; you go out and you pretend that that is your thought. You have stolen it, you are a thief -- you may not be aware what you are doing.</blockquote><blockquote>Says Patanjali, "Be in a state of nonstealing." Knowledge, things -- nothing should be stolen. You should be original and should always be aware that "these things don't belong to me." Remain empty, it is better, but don't fill your house with stolen things, because if you go on stealing you will lose all originality. Then you will never be able to find your own space: you will be filled with others' opinions, thoughts, things. And, finally, they don't prove of any value. Only that which comes out of you is valuable. In fact only that which comes out of you can you possess, nothing else. You can steal but you cannot possess.</blockquote><blockquote>A thief is never at ease, cannot be -- he is always afraid of being caught. And even if nobody catches him he knows that this is not his. This remains a constant burden in his being.</blockquote><blockquote>Patanjali says, "Don't be a thief -- in any way, in any dimension," so that your originality can flower. Don't burden yourself with stolen things and thoughts, philosophies, religions. Allow your inner space to flower.</blockquote><br />
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== References ==<br />
# Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29)<br />
# The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad<br />
# Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India<br />
# From Yeravda Mandir (Ashram Observances) By: M. K. Gandhi Translated from Gujarati by: Valji Govindji Desai, first edition 1932<br />
# Osho also discusses about Non-stealing in “Revolution in Education” chap 9, pg 102.<br />
# Osho, Yoga - the Alpha and Omega Vol – 5. Pg 138 , online edition</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Satya_(%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132477Satya (सत्यम्)2021-10-19T16:55:33Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Satya is truthfulness. It means to be truthful in thought, speech and action to self and others. This is considered as a Yama as per Patanjali Yoga Sutra.<br />
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== Scriptural Occurance ==<br />
1. Satya is mentioned in Rigveda .<ref>[https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rvsan/rv10022.htm) Rigveda, Mandal - 10, Sukta - 22, Verse - 25] </ref><blockquote>अस्मे ता त इन्द्र सन्तु सत्याहिंसन्तीरुपस्प्र्शः | ''asme tā ta indra santu satyāhiṁsantīrupasprśaḥ |''</blockquote>Meaning: May those soft impulses of thine, O Indra, be fruitful and innocent to us.<br />
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2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29)<ref name=":0">Patanajal Yoga Sutra 2.29, 2.30 [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":0" /><blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha. As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad<ref>[https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1]</ref> are as below.<blockquote>“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....”<br />
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''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''</blockquote>Meaning: Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Shauch are 10 Yamas. <br />
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5. Bhagvad Gita<ref name=":1">Bhagvad Gita, The Song Divine (2007), Gorakhpur, Gita Press - Chapter 10 , 16, 17</ref> mentions Ahimsa is below verses . <blockquote>अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत् |<br />
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स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते || 17.15||<br />
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''anudvegakaraṁ vākyaṁ satyaṁ priyahitaṁ ca yat |''<br />
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''svādhyāyābhyasanaṁ caiva vāṅmayaṁ tapa ucyate || 17.15||''</blockquote>Meaning : Words which cause no annoyance to others and are truthful, agreeable and beneficial, as well as the study of the Vedas and other Shastras and the practice of the chanting of the Divine Name <br />
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this is known as penance of speech. <br />
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6. M. K. Gandhi in "The Young India" <ref>M. K. Gandhi, "The Young India" (Jan 1927), Ed. 20<sup>th</sup>, Madras, S Ganesan - page 21 </ref>, wrote, <blockquote>"I am not a 'statesman in the garb of a saint'. But since Truth is the highest wisdom, sometimes my acts appear to be consistent with the highest statesmanship. But, I hope I have no policy in me save the policy of Truth and ahimsa. I will not sacrifice Truth and ahimsa even for the deliverance of my country or religion. That is as much as to say that neither can be so delivered. " </blockquote>7. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika,(2013), Bihar, Yoga Publications Trust - Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16</ref> also mentions Satya as below.<blockquote>“Non-violence, truth, non-stealing, continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”</blockquote><br />
== Why Satya is required? ==<br />
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Ahimsa is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
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a. Bhagvad Gita<ref name=":1" /> explains as per below verse, <blockquote>बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसम्मोह: क्षमा सत्यं दम: शम: |<br />
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सुखं दु:खं भवोऽभावो भयं चाभयमेव च || 10.4||<br />
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अहिंसा समता तुष्टिस्तपो दानं यशोऽयश: |<br />
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भवन्ति भावा भूतानां मत्त एव पृथग्विधा: || 10.5||<br />
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''buddhirjñānamasammoha: kṣamā satyaṁ dama: śama: |''<br />
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''sukhaṁ du:khaṁ bhavo'bhāvo bhayaṁ cābhayameva ca || 10.4||''<br />
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''ahiṁsā samatā tuṣṭistapo dānaṁ yaśo'yaśa: |''<br />
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''bhavanti bhāvā bhūtānāṁ matta eva pr̥thagvidhā: || 10.5||''</blockquote>Meaning : Reason, right knowledge, unclouded understanding, forbearance, veracity, control over the senses and mind, joy and sorrow, evolution and dissolution, fear and fearlessness, non-violence, equanimity, contentment, austerity, charity, fame and obloquy, these diverse traits of creatures emanate from Me alone.<blockquote>अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्याग: शान्तिरपैशुनम् |<br />
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दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम् || 16.2||<br />
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''ahiṁsā satyamakrodhastyāga: śāntirapaiśunam |''<br />
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''dayā bhūteṣvaloluptvaṁ mārdavaṁ hrīracāpalam || 16.2||''</blockquote>Meaning: Non-violence in thought, word and deed, truthfulness and geniality of speech, absence of anger, even on provocation, disclaiming doership in respect of actions, quietude or composure of mind, abstaining from slander, compassion towards all creatures, absence of attachment to the objects of senses even during their contact with the senses, mildness, a sense of shame in transgressing the scriptures or social conventions, and abstaining from frivolous pursuits.<br />
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b. Bhagvad Gita - Commentary by Sri Ramanujacharya <ref>[https://hi.krishnakosh.org/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE_-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83._398 Bhagvad Gita - Commentary by Sri Ramanujacharya - pg 398 chap. 16, verse 2 link] </ref>gives a definition and also requirement as below, <blockquote>सत्यं यथादृष्टार्थगोचरभूतहितवाक्यम्। ''satyaṁ yathādr̥ṣṭārthagocarabhūtahitavākyam।''<br />
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Meaning in Hindi: देख-सुनकर समझी हुई बात को ठीक वैसे ही बतलाने के लिये कहे जाने वाले प्राणियों के हितकर वचन का नाम ‘सत्य’ है।</blockquote>c. Gandhiji in "The story of my experiments with Truth" gives the requirement of the Satya as below, <ref>Mahadev Desai (M. K. Gandhi), The story of my experiments with Truth (translated from the Gujarati), chap. 2, page 4, Ahemdabad, Navajivan Publishing House</ref><blockquote>Just about this time, I had secured my father's permission to see a play performed by a certain dramatic company. This play Harishchandra- captured my heart. I could never be tired of seeing it. But how often should I be permitted to go? It haunted me and I must have acted Harishchandra to myself times without number. 'Why should not all be truthful like Harishchandra?' was the question I asked myself day and night. To follow truth and to go through all the ordeals Harishchandra went through was the one ideal it inspired in me. I literally believed in the story of Harishchandra. The thought of it all often made me weep. My common sense tells me today that Harishchandra could not have been a historical character. Still, both Harishchandra and Shravana are living realities for me, and I am sure I should be moved as before if I were to read those plays again today.</blockquote>d. Osho also discusses about Satya in “Amrit Kan (अमृत कण)”<ref>Osho, Amrit Kan(अमृत कण) , [https://oshoworld.com/amrit-kan/ www.oshoworld.com]</ref><blockquote>“ जेम्स लावेल ने कहा हैः ‘सत्य को हमेशा सूली पर लटकाए जाते देखा और असत्य को हमेशा सिंहासन पाते! मैं कहता हूं कि यह बात तो सत्य है, किंतु आधी सत्य है, क्योंकि सत्य सूली पर लटका हुआ भी सिंहासन पर होता है और असत्य सिंहासन पर बैठकर भी सूली पर ही लटका रहता है। सत्य विश्वास नहीं है। सब विश्वास अंधे होते हैं और सत्य तो आत्म चक्षु है। वह विश्वास नहीं, विवेक है। और विवेक के जन्म के लिए समस्त विश्वासों की जंजीरें तोड़ देनी होती हैं, क्योंकि जिसे सत्य को जानना है उसे सत्य को मानने का अवकाश ही नहीं है। क्या कोई अंधा अंधा रहकर भी प्रकाश को देखने में समर्थ हो सकता है और क्या कोई तट पर जंजीरों से बंधा हुआ जहाज भी सागर की यात्रा कर सकता है? सत्य सिद्धांत नहीं, अनुभूति है। इससे शास्त्र में नहीं, स्वयं में ही उसे खोजना है। शब्दों से हुआ उसका ज्ञान तो अक्सर अज्ञान से भी घतक है। क्योंकि अज्ञान में एक पीड़ा है और उसके ऊपर उठने की आकांक्षा है, लेकिन तथाकथित थोथा शास्त्रीय ज्ञान तो उल्टे अहंकार की दृष्टि बन जाता है, अहंकार अज्ञान से भी घतक है वस्तुतः तो ज्ञान का अहंकार, अज्ञान का ही अत्यंत घनीभूत रूप है- इतना घनीभूत कि वह फिर अज्ञान ही प्रतीत नहीं होता है। सत्य शक्ति है। असत्य अशक्ति इसलिए असत्य को चलने के लिए सत्य के ही पैर उधार लेने होते हैं। सत्य के सहारे के बिना यह एक पल भी जीवित नहीं रह सकता। “</blockquote><br />
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== References ==</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Satya_(%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132473Satya (सत्यम्)2021-10-19T12:25:08Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Satya is truthfulness. It means to be truthful in thought, speech and action to self and others. This is considered as a Yama as per Patanjali Yoga Sutra.<br />
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== Scriptural Occurance ==<br />
1. Satya is mentioned in Rigveda (Rigveda, Mandal - 10, Sukta - 22, Verse - 25).<ref>[https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rvsan/rv10022.htm) Rigveda, Mandal - 10, Sukta - 22, Verse - 25] </ref><br />
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अस्मे ता त इन्द्र सन्तु सत्याहिंसन्तीरुपस्प्र्शः | ''asme tā ta indra santu satyāhiṁsantīrupasprśaḥ |''<br />
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Meaning: May those soft impulses of thine, O Indra, be fruitful and innocent to us.<br />
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2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29)<ref name=":0">Patanajal Yoga Sutra 2.29, 2.30 [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
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यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।'' <br />
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Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":0" /><br />
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अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
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Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad are as below.<br />
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“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....”<br />
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''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''<br />
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Meaning: Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Shauch are 10 Yamas. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1.<br />
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5. Bhagvad Gita mentions Ahimsa is below verses from Chapter 17. (The Bhagavad Gita or The Song Divine. Gita Press, Gorakhpur).<br />
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अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत् |<br />
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स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते || 17.15||<br />
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''anudvegakaraṁ vākyaṁ satyaṁ priyahitaṁ ca yat |''<br />
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''svādhyāyābhyasanaṁ caiva vāṅmayaṁ tapa ucyate || 17.15||''<br />
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Meaning : Words which cause no annoyance to others and are truthful, agreeable and beneficial, as well as the study of the Vedas and other Shastras and the practice of the chanting of the Divine Name <br />
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this is known as penance of speech. (15)<br />
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6. M. K. Gandhi in "The Young India" magazine Ed. 20<sup>th</sup> Jan 1927, page 21, wrote, <blockquote>"I am not a 'statesman in the garb of a saint'. But since Truth is the highest wisdom, sometimes my acts appear to be consistent with the highest statesmanship. But, I hope I have no policy in me save the policy of Truth and ahimsa. I will not sacrifice Truth and ahimsa even for the deliverance of my country or religion. That is as much as to say that neither can be so delivered. " </blockquote>7. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram also mentions Satya as below.<blockquote>“Non-violence, truth, non-stealing, continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”</blockquote>Ref: Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India<br />
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== Why Satya is required? ==<br />
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Ahimsa is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
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बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसम्मोह: क्षमा सत्यं दम: शम: |<br />
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सुखं दु:खं भवोऽभावो भयं चाभयमेव च || 10.4||<br />
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अहिंसा समता तुष्टिस्तपो दानं यशोऽयश: |<br />
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भवन्ति भावा भूतानां मत्त एव पृथग्विधा: || 10.5||<br />
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''buddhirjñānamasammoha: kṣamā satyaṁ dama: śama: |''<br />
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''sukhaṁ du:khaṁ bhavo'bhāvo bhayaṁ cābhayameva ca || 10.4||''<br />
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''ahiṁsā samatā tuṣṭistapo dānaṁ yaśo'yaśa: |''<br />
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''bhavanti bhāvā bhūtānāṁ matta eva pr̥thagvidhā: || 10.5||''<blockquote>Meaning : Reason, right knowledge, unclouded understanding, forbearance, veracity, control over the senses and mind, joy and sorrow, evolution and dissolution, fear and fearlessness, non-violence, equanimity, contentment, austerity, charity, fame and obloquy, these diverse traits of creatures emanate from Me alone. (4-5)</blockquote>Ref: Bhagvad Gita 4, 5 verses of Chapter 10. (The Bhagavad Gita or The Song Divine. Gita Press, Gorakhpur).<br />
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अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्याग: शान्तिरपैशुनम् |<br />
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दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम् || 16.2||<br />
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''ahiṁsā satyamakrodhastyāga: śāntirapaiśunam |''<br />
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''dayā bhūteṣvaloluptvaṁ mārdavaṁ hrīracāpalam || 16.2||''<blockquote>Meaning: Non-violence in thought, word and deed, truthfulness and geniality of speech, absence of anger, even on provocation, disclaiming doership in respect of actions, quietude or composure of mind, abstaining from slander, compassion towards all creatures, absence of attachment to the objects of senses even during their contact with the senses, mildness, a sense of shame in transgressing the scriptures or social conventions, and abstaining from frivolous pursuits; (2)</blockquote>Ref: Bhagvad Gita verse, 2 of Chapter 16. (The Bhagavad Gita or The Song Divine. Gita Press, Gorakhpur).<br />
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b. Bhagvad Gita - Commentary by Sri Ramanujacharya, pg 398 chap. 16, verse 2 commentaries. <br />
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सत्यं यथादृष्टार्थगोचरभूतहितवाक्यम्। ''satyaṁ yathādr̥ṣṭārthagocarabhūtahitavākyam।''<br />
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Meaning in Hindi: देख-सुनकर समझी हुई बात को ठीक वैसे ही बतलाने के लिये कहे जाने वाले प्राणियों के हितकर वचन का नाम ‘सत्य’ है।<br />
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=== c. Ref: The story of my experiments with truth, chap. 2, page 4, Navajivan Publishing House, translated from the Gujarati by Mahadev Desai ===<br />
<blockquote>There was a similar incident connected with another play. Just about this time, I had secured my father's permission to see a play performed by a certain dramatic company. This play Harishchandra- captured my heart. I could never be tired of seeing it. But how often should I be permitted to go? It haunted me and I must have acted Harishchandra to myself times without number. 'Why should not all be truthful like Harishchandra?' was the question I asked myself day and night. To follow truth and to go through all the ordeals Harishchandra went through was the one ideal it inspired in me. I literally believed in the story of Harishchandra. The thought of it all often made me weep. My common sense tells me today that Harishchandra could not have been a historical character. Still, both Harishchandra and Shravana are living realities for me, and I am sure I should be moved as before if I were to read those plays again today.</blockquote><br />
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=== d. Osho also discusses about Ahimsa in “Amrit Kan (अमृत कण)” 1968 Ed., chap 1, Satya, pg 5. ===<br />
<blockquote>“ जेम्स लावेल ने कहा हैः ‘सत्य को हमेशा सूली पर लटकाए जाते देखा और असत्य को हमेशा सिंहासन पाते! मैं कहता हूं कि यह बात तो सत्य है, किंतु आधी सत्य है, क्योंकि सत्य सूली पर लटका हुआ भी सिंहासन पर होता है और असत्य सिंहासन पर बैठकर भी सूली पर ही लटका रहता है। सत्य विश्वास नहीं है। सब विश्वास अंधे होते हैं और सत्य तो आत्म चक्षु है। वह विश्वास नहीं, विवेक है। और विवेक के जन्म के लिए समस्त विश्वासों की जंजीरें तोड़ देनी होती हैं, क्योंकि जिसे सत्य को जानना है उसे सत्य को मानने का अवकाश ही नहीं है। क्या कोई अंधा अंधा रहकर भी प्रकाश को देखने में समर्थ हो सकता है और क्या कोई तट पर जंजीरों से बंधा हुआ जहाज भी सागर की यात्रा कर सकता है? सत्य सिद्धांत नहीं, अनुभूति है। इससे शास्त्र में नहीं, स्वयं में ही उसे खोजना है। शब्दों से हुआ उसका ज्ञान तो अक्सर अज्ञान से भी घतक है। क्योंकि अज्ञान में एक पीड़ा है और उसके ऊपर उठने की आकांक्षा है, लेकिन तथाकथित थोथा शास्त्रीय ज्ञान तो उल्टे अहंकार की दृष्टि बन जाता है, अहंकार अज्ञान से भी घतक है वस्तुतः तो ज्ञान का अहंकार, अज्ञान का ही अत्यंत घनीभूत रूप है- इतना घनीभूत कि वह फिर अज्ञान ही प्रतीत नहीं होता है। सत्य शक्ति है। असत्य अशक्ति इसलिए असत्य को चलने के लिए सत्य के ही पैर उधार लेने होते हैं। सत्य के सहारे के बिना यह एक पल भी जीवित नहीं रह सकता। “</blockquote><br />
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== References ==</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Satya_(%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132472Satya (सत्यम्)2021-10-19T12:13:36Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Satya is truthfulness. It means to be truthful in thought, speech and action to self and others. This is considered as a Yama as per Patanjali Yoga Sutra.<br />
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== Scriptural Occurance ==<br />
1. Satya is mentioned in Rigveda (Rigveda, verse 10.22.25).<br />
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(Ref: <nowiki>https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rvsan/rv10022.htm</nowiki>)<br />
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अस्मे ता त इन्द्र सन्तु सत्याहिंसन्तीरुपस्प्र्शः | ''asme tā ta indra santu satyāhiṁsantīrupasprśaḥ |''<br />
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Meaning: May those soft impulses of thine, O Indra, be fruitful and innocent to us.<br />
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2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
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यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।'' <br />
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Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<br />
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अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
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Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad are as below.<br />
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“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....”<br />
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''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''<br />
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Meaning: Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Shauch are 10 Yamas. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1.<br />
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(<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>)<br />
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5. Bhagvad Gita mentions Ahimsa is below verses from Chapter 17. (The Bhagavad Gita or The Song Divine. Gita Press, Gorakhpur).<br />
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अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत् |<br />
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स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते || 17.15||<br />
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''anudvegakaraṁ vākyaṁ satyaṁ priyahitaṁ ca yat |''<br />
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''svādhyāyābhyasanaṁ caiva vāṅmayaṁ tapa ucyate || 17.15||''<br />
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Meaning : Words which cause no annoyance to others and are truthful, agreeable and beneficial, as well as the study of the Vedas and other Shastras and the practice of the chanting of the Divine Name <br />
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this is known as penance of speech. (15)<br />
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6. M. K. Gandhi in "The Young India" magazine Ed. 20<sup>th</sup> Jan 1927, page 21, wrote, <blockquote>"I am not a 'statesman in the garb of a saint'. But since Truth is the highest wisdom, sometimes my acts appear to be consistent with the highest statesmanship. But, I hope I have no policy in me save the policy of Truth and ahimsa. I will not sacrifice Truth and ahimsa even for the deliverance of my country or religion. That is as much as to say that neither can be so delivered. " </blockquote>7. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram also mentions Satya as below.<blockquote>“Non-violence, truth, non-stealing, continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”</blockquote>Ref: Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India<br />
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== Why Satya is required? ==<br />
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Ahimsa is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
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बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसम्मोह: क्षमा सत्यं दम: शम: |<br />
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सुखं दु:खं भवोऽभावो भयं चाभयमेव च || 10.4||<br />
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अहिंसा समता तुष्टिस्तपो दानं यशोऽयश: |<br />
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भवन्ति भावा भूतानां मत्त एव पृथग्विधा: || 10.5||<br />
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''buddhirjñānamasammoha: kṣamā satyaṁ dama: śama: |''<br />
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''sukhaṁ du:khaṁ bhavo'bhāvo bhayaṁ cābhayameva ca || 10.4||''<br />
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''ahiṁsā samatā tuṣṭistapo dānaṁ yaśo'yaśa: |''<br />
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''bhavanti bhāvā bhūtānāṁ matta eva pr̥thagvidhā: || 10.5||''<blockquote>Meaning : Reason, right knowledge, unclouded understanding, forbearance, veracity, control over the senses and mind, joy and sorrow, evolution and dissolution, fear and fearlessness, non-violence, equanimity, contentment, austerity, charity, fame and obloquy, these diverse traits of creatures emanate from Me alone. (4-5)</blockquote>Ref: Bhagvad Gita 4, 5 verses of Chapter 10. (The Bhagavad Gita or The Song Divine. Gita Press, Gorakhpur).<br />
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अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्याग: शान्तिरपैशुनम् |<br />
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दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम् || 16.2||<br />
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''ahiṁsā satyamakrodhastyāga: śāntirapaiśunam |''<br />
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''dayā bhūteṣvaloluptvaṁ mārdavaṁ hrīracāpalam || 16.2||''<blockquote>Meaning: Non-violence in thought, word and deed, truthfulness and geniality of speech, absence of anger, even on provocation, disclaiming doership in respect of actions, quietude or composure of mind, abstaining from slander, compassion towards all creatures, absence of attachment to the objects of senses even during their contact with the senses, mildness, a sense of shame in transgressing the scriptures or social conventions, and abstaining from frivolous pursuits; (2)</blockquote>Ref: Bhagvad Gita verse, 2 of Chapter 16. (The Bhagavad Gita or The Song Divine. Gita Press, Gorakhpur).<br />
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b. Bhagvad Gita - Commentary by Sri Ramanujacharya, pg 398 chap. 16, verse 2 commentaries. <br />
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सत्यं यथादृष्टार्थगोचरभूतहितवाक्यम्। ''satyaṁ yathādr̥ṣṭārthagocarabhūtahitavākyam।''<br />
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Meaning in Hindi: देख-सुनकर समझी हुई बात को ठीक वैसे ही बतलाने के लिये कहे जाने वाले प्राणियों के हितकर वचन का नाम ‘सत्य’ है।<br />
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=== c. Ref: The story of my experiments with truth, chap. 2, page 4, Navajivan Publishing House, translated from the Gujarati by Mahadev Desai ===<br />
<blockquote>There was a similar incident connected with another play. Just about this time, I had secured my father's permission to see a play performed by a certain dramatic company. This play Harishchandra- captured my heart. I could never be tired of seeing it. But how often should I be permitted to go? It haunted me and I must have acted Harishchandra to myself times without number. 'Why should not all be truthful like Harishchandra?' was the question I asked myself day and night. To follow truth and to go through all the ordeals Harishchandra went through was the one ideal it inspired in me. I literally believed in the story of Harishchandra. The thought of it all often made me weep. My common sense tells me today that Harishchandra could not have been a historical character. Still, both Harishchandra and Shravana are living realities for me, and I am sure I should be moved as before if I were to read those plays again today.</blockquote><br />
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=== d. Osho also discusses about Ahimsa in “Amrit Kan (अमृत कण)” 1968 Ed., chap 1, Satya, pg 5. ===<br />
<blockquote>“ जेम्स लावेल ने कहा हैः ‘सत्य को हमेशा सूली पर लटकाए जाते देखा और असत्य को हमेशा सिंहासन पाते! मैं कहता हूं कि यह बात तो सत्य है, किंतु आधी सत्य है, क्योंकि सत्य सूली पर लटका हुआ भी सिंहासन पर होता है और असत्य सिंहासन पर बैठकर भी सूली पर ही लटका रहता है। सत्य विश्वास नहीं है। सब विश्वास अंधे होते हैं और सत्य तो आत्म चक्षु है। वह विश्वास नहीं, विवेक है। और विवेक के जन्म के लिए समस्त विश्वासों की जंजीरें तोड़ देनी होती हैं, क्योंकि जिसे सत्य को जानना है उसे सत्य को मानने का अवकाश ही नहीं है। क्या कोई अंधा अंधा रहकर भी प्रकाश को देखने में समर्थ हो सकता है और क्या कोई तट पर जंजीरों से बंधा हुआ जहाज भी सागर की यात्रा कर सकता है? सत्य सिद्धांत नहीं, अनुभूति है। इससे शास्त्र में नहीं, स्वयं में ही उसे खोजना है। शब्दों से हुआ उसका ज्ञान तो अक्सर अज्ञान से भी घतक है। क्योंकि अज्ञान में एक पीड़ा है और उसके ऊपर उठने की आकांक्षा है, लेकिन तथाकथित थोथा शास्त्रीय ज्ञान तो उल्टे अहंकार की दृष्टि बन जाता है, अहंकार अज्ञान से भी घतक है वस्तुतः तो ज्ञान का अहंकार, अज्ञान का ही अत्यंत घनीभूत रूप है- इतना घनीभूत कि वह फिर अज्ञान ही प्रतीत नहीं होता है। सत्य शक्ति है। असत्य अशक्ति इसलिए असत्य को चलने के लिए सत्य के ही पैर उधार लेने होते हैं। सत्य के सहारे के बिना यह एक पल भी जीवित नहीं रह सकता। “</blockquote><br />
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== References ==</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Aparigraha_(_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9:_)&diff=132463Aparigraha ( अपरिग्रह: )2021-10-18T16:23:19Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Aparigraha (अपरिग्रह) is non-covetousness. It means to be truthful in thought, speech and action to self and others. This is considered as a Yama as per Patanjali Yoga Sutra.<br />
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== Scriptural Occurrence: ==<br />
1. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29)<ref name=":0">Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29 2.30 2.39 [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
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यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''<br />
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Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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2. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":0" /><br />
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अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
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The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha. As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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3. Patanjali explains Aparigraha in Sutra 2.39<ref name=":0" /> as below. <br />
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अपरिग्रहस्थैर्ये जन्मकथंतासंबोधः ।। २.३९ ।। ''aparigrahasthairye janmakathaṁtāsaṁbodhaḥ ।। 2.39 ।।''<br />
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Meaning: As one gets free from desires and wants, the real purpose of the life is revealed.<br />
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== Why Aparigraha is required? ==<br />
Aparigraha is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
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a. Osho also discusses about Aparigraha in “Amrit Kan (अमृत कण)” <ref>Osho, Amrit Kan(अमृत कण) , [https://oshoworld.com/amrit-kan/ www.oshoworld.com] [https://oshoworld.com/amrit-kan/] </ref><blockquote>“अपरिग्रह यानी आत्मनिष्ठा। परिग्रह का विश्वास वस्तुओं में है, अपरिग्रह का स्वयं में। अपरिग्रह का मूलभूत संबंध संग्रह से नहीं, संग्रह की वृत्ति से है। जो उसका संबंध संग्रह से ही मान लेता है, वह संग्रह के त्याग में ही अपरिग्रही की उपलब्धि देखता है, जब कि संग्रह का आग्रहपूर्ण त्याग भी वस्तुओं में ही विश्वास है। वह परिवर्तन बहुत ऊपरी है और व्यक्ति का अंतस्तल उससे अछूता ही रह जाता है। संग्रह नहीं, संग्रह की विक्षिप्त वृत्ति विचारणीय है। स्वयं की आंतरिक रिक्तता और खालीपन को भरने के लिए ही व्यक्ति संग्रह की दौड़ में पड़ता है। रिक्तता से भय पैदा होता है और उसे किसी भी भांति धन से, यश से, पद से, पुण्य से या ज्ञान से भर लेने से सुरक्षा मालूम होने लगती है। यह रिक्तता की दौड़ से भी भरी जा सकती है। लेकिन ऐसे रिक्तता भरती नहीं केवल भूली रहती है और मृत्यु का आघत सारी वंचना को नष्ट कर देता है। “</blockquote>b. B. K. S Iyengar says below on Aparigraha in "Light on Yoga Sutras of Patanjali" <ref>Iyengar, B. K. S, Light on Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (2002), London, Thorsons</ref><blockquote>“One who observes aparigraha will come to know of his past and future lives.”<br />
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“Aparigraha means not only non-possession and non-acceptance of gifts, but also freedom from the rigidity of thought. Holding on to one's thoughts is also a form of possessiveness, and thoughts, as well as material possessions, should be shunned. Otherwise, they leave strong impressions on the consciousness and become seeds to manifest in future lives. These cycles of life continue until the sadhaka is totally clean and clear in thoughts, words and deeds.<br />
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Aparigraha is the subtlest aspect of Yama, and difficult to master. Yet, repeated attempts must be made to gain pure knowledge of 'what I am' and 'what I am meant for' ”</blockquote>c. Swami Niranjanananda Saraswat says in Yoga magazine<ref>Swami Niranjanananda Saraswat, Yoga (Magazine)(June, 2020), Bihar, Bihar School of Yoga, Chapter on Yogic Lifestyle Sadhana.[https://www.biharyoga.net/pdfs/english/2020/june-2020-yoga.pdf]</ref> <blockquote>Cultivate the habit to live happily with minimum comfortable requirements and needs. Don’t be greedy, insecure and uncertain – for today’s restrictions are tomorrow’s freedom. </blockquote><br />
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== References ==</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Aparigraha_(_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9:_)&diff=132462Aparigraha ( अपरिग्रह: )2021-10-18T16:08:25Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Aparigraha (अपरिग्रह) is non-covetousness. It means to be truthful in thought, speech and action to self and others. This is considered as a Yama as per Patanjali Yoga Sutra.<br />
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== Scriptural Occurrence: ==<br />
1. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29)<ref name=":0">Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29 2.30 2.39 [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
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यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''<br />
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Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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2. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":0" /><br />
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अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
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The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha. As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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3. Patanjali explains Aparigraha in Sutra 2.39<ref name=":0" /> as below. <br />
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अपरिग्रहस्थैर्ये जन्मकथंतासंबोधः ।। २.३९ ।। ''aparigrahasthairye janmakathaṁtāsaṁbodhaḥ ।। 2.39 ।।''<br />
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Meaning: As one gets free from desires and wants, the real purpose of the life is revealed.<br />
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== Why Aparigraha is required? ==<br />
Aparigraha is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
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a. Osho also discusses about Aparigraha in “Amrit Kan (अमृत कण)” <ref>Osho, Amrit Kan(अमृत कण) , [https://oshoworld.com/amrit-kan/ www.oshoworld.com] [https://oshoworld.com/amrit-kan/] </ref><blockquote>“अपरिग्रह यानी आत्मनिष्ठा। परिग्रह का विश्वास वस्तुओं में है, अपरिग्रह का स्वयं में। अपरिग्रह का मूलभूत संबंध संग्रह से नहीं, संग्रह की वृत्ति से है। जो उसका संबंध संग्रह से ही मान लेता है, वह संग्रह के त्याग में ही अपरिग्रही की उपलब्धि देखता है, जब कि संग्रह का आग्रहपूर्ण त्याग भी वस्तुओं में ही विश्वास है। वह परिवर्तन बहुत ऊपरी है और व्यक्ति का अंतस्तल उससे अछूता ही रह जाता है। संग्रह नहीं, संग्रह की विक्षिप्त वृत्ति विचारणीय है। स्वयं की आंतरिक रिक्तता और खालीपन को भरने के लिए ही व्यक्ति संग्रह की दौड़ में पड़ता है। रिक्तता से भय पैदा होता है और उसे किसी भी भांति धन से, यश से, पद से, पुण्य से या ज्ञान से भर लेने से सुरक्षा मालूम होने लगती है। यह रिक्तता की दौड़ से भी भरी जा सकती है। लेकिन ऐसे रिक्तता भरती नहीं केवल भूली रहती है और मृत्यु का आघत सारी वंचना को नष्ट कर देता है। “</blockquote>b. B. K. S Iyengar also says below on Aparigraha in Light on Yoga Sutras of Patanjali <ref>Iyengar, B. K. S, Light on Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (2002), London, Thorsons</ref><blockquote>“One who observes aparigraha will come to know of his past and future lives.”<br />
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“Aparigraha means not only non-possession and non-acceptance of gifts, but also freedom from the rigidity of thought. Holding on to one's thoughts is also a form of possessiveness, and thoughts, as well as material possessions, should be shunned. Otherwise, they leave strong impressions on the consciousness and become seeds to manifest in future lives. These cycles of life continue until the sadhaka is totally clean and clear in thoughts, words and deeds.<br />
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Aparigraha is the subtlest aspect of Yama, and difficult to master. Yet, repeated attempts must be made to gain pure knowledge of 'what I am' and 'what I am meant for' ”</blockquote>c. Swami Niranjanananda Saraswat (June, 2020), Yoga (Magazine), Bihar, Bihar School of Yoga, <br />
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Link to the edition : biharyoga.net/pdfs/english/2020/june-2020-yoga.pdf - Chapter on Yogic Lifestyle Sadhana starts on page 4. <blockquote>Cultivate the habit to live happily with minimum comfortable requirements and needs. Don’t be greedy, insecure and uncertain – for today’s restrictions are tomorrow’s freedom. - page 8</blockquote><br />
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== References ==</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Aparigraha_(_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9:_)&diff=132461Aparigraha ( अपरिग्रह: )2021-10-18T15:00:31Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Aparigraha (अपरिग्रह) is non-covetousness. It means to be truthful in thought, speech and action to self and others. This is considered as a Yama as per Patanjali Yoga Sutra.<br />
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== Scriptural Occurrence: ==<br />
1. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29)<ref name=":0">Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29 2.30 2.39 [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
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यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''<br />
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Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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2. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":0" /><br />
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अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
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The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha. As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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3. Patanjali explains Aparigraha in Sutra 2.39<ref name=":0" /> as below. <br />
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अपरिग्रहस्थैर्ये जन्मकथंतासंबोधः ।। २.३९ ।। ''aparigrahasthairye janmakathaṁtāsaṁbodhaḥ ।। 2.39 ।।''<br />
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Meaning: As one gets free from desires and wants, the real purpose of the life is revealed.<br />
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== Why Aparigraha is required? ==<br />
Aparigraha is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
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a. Osho also discuses about Aparigraha in “Amrit Kan (अमृत कण)” 1968 ed., chap 4, Aparigraha, pg 14.<blockquote>अपरिग्रह</blockquote><blockquote>“अपरिग्रह यानी आत्मनिष्ठा। परिग्रह का विश्वास वस्तुओं में है, अपरिग्रह का स्वयं में। अपरिग्रह का मूलभूत संबंध संग्रह से नहीं, संग्रह की वृत्ति से है। जो उसका संबंध संग्रह से ही मान लेता है, वह संग्रह के त्याग में ही अपरिग्रही की उपलब्धि देखता है, जब कि संग्रह का आग्रहपूर्ण त्याग भी वस्तुओं में ही विश्वास है। वह परिवर्तन बहुत ऊपरी है और व्यक्ति का अंतस्तल उससे अछूता ही रह जाता है। संग्रह नहीं, संग्रह की विक्षिप्त वृत्ति विचारणीय है। स्वयं की आंतरिक रिक्तता और खालीपन को भरने के लिए ही व्यक्ति संग्रह की दौड़ में पड़ता है। रिक्तता से भय पैदा होता है और उसे किसी भी भांति धन से, यश से, पद से, पुण्य से या ज्ञान से भर लेने से सुरक्षा मालूम होने लगती है। यह रिक्तता की दौड़ से भी भरी जा सकती है। लेकिन ऐसे रिक्तता भरती नहीं केवल भूली रहती है और मृत्यु का आघत सारी वंचना को नष्ट कर देता है। “</blockquote>b. Iyengar, B. K. S (2002), Light on Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, London, Thorsons<blockquote>“One who observes aparigraha will come to know of his past and future lives.” –page 30</blockquote><blockquote>“Aparigraha means not only non-possession and non-acceptance of gifts, but also freedom from rigidity of thought. Holding on to one's thoughts is also a form of possessiveness, and thoughts, as well as material possessions, should be shunned. Otherwise, they leave strong impressions on the consciousness and become seeds to manifest in future lives. These cycles of life continue until the sadhaka is totally clean and clear in thoughts, words and deeds.<br />
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Aparigraha is the subtlest aspect of yama, and difficult to master. Yet, repeated attempts must be made to gain pure knowledge of 'what I am' and 'what I am meant for'.” -- page 153<br />
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</blockquote>c. Swami Niranjanananda Saraswat(June, 2020), Yoga (Magazine), Bihar, Bihar School of Yoga, <br />
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Link to the edition : biharyoga.net/pdfs/english/2020/june-2020-yoga.pdf - Chapter on Yogic Lifestyle Sadhana starts on page 4. <blockquote>Cultivate the habit to live happily with minimum comfortable requirements and needs. Don’t be greedy, insecure and uncertain – for today’s restrictions are tomorrow’s freedom. - page 8</blockquote></div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132412Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-12T15:26:52Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
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== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. In Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1">Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda(2015), New Delhi, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, page 609</ref> , we find the reference to Brahmacharya.<blockquote>ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् ....| ''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim.... |''</blockquote>Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacharya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
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2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29<ref name=":2">Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) (2.30)- [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":2" /><blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1<ref>Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1 - [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html link]</ref> are as below.<blockquote>“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....” ''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''</blockquote>Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1) <br />
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5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika,(2013), Munger (Bihar), Yoga Publications Trust, Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16.</ref> also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <blockquote>अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः | दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
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''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |'' ''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (Yama). (ii)”.<br />
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== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
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=== a. Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda, [https://www.dlshq.org/download/practice-of-brahmacharya/ Practice of Brahmacharya],(1997), World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION</ref> says on page 24, ===<br />
<blockquote>“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. 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” </blockquote><br />
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=== b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho, Zen:The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, (1977), Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason in chapter 8. ===<br />
<blockquote>“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
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Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote><br />
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=== c. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0" /> gives the below reason in chapter 2, title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) ===<br />
<blockquote>“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive” </blockquote><br />
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=== d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>[https://oshoworld.com/yoga-the-alpha-omega-vol-05-01-10/ Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 (1975)] </ref> gives the below reason in the topic The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya says, ===<br />
<blockquote>“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==<br />
<references /></div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132411Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-12T15:23:08Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
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== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. In Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1">Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda(2015), New Delhi, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, page 609</ref> , we find the reference to Brahmacharya.<blockquote>ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् ....| ''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim.... |''</blockquote>Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacharya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
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2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29<ref name=":2">Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) (2.30)- [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":2" /><blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1<ref>Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1 - [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html link]</ref> are as below.<blockquote>“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....” ''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''</blockquote>Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1) <br />
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5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika,(2013), Munger (Bihar), Yoga Publications Trust, Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16.</ref> also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <blockquote>अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः | दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
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''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |'' ''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (Yama). (ii)”.<br />
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== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
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=== a. Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda, [https://www.dlshq.org/download/practice-of-brahmacharya/ Practice of Brahmacharya],(1997), World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION</ref> says on page 24, ===<br />
<blockquote>“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. 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” </blockquote><br />
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=== b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho, Zen:The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, (1977), Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason in chapter 8. ===<br />
<blockquote>“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote><br />
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=== c. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0" /> gives the below reason in chapter 2, title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) ===<br />
<blockquote>“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive” </blockquote><br />
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=== d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>[https://oshoworld.com/yoga-the-alpha-omega-vol-05-01-10/ Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 (1975)] </ref> give the below reason in the topic The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya says, ===<br />
<blockquote>“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==<br />
<references /></div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132410Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-12T15:16:59Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
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== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. In Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1">Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda(2015), New Delhi, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, page 609</ref> , we find the reference to Brahmacharya.<blockquote>ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् ....| ''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim.... |''</blockquote>Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacharya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
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2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29<ref name=":2">Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) (2.30)- [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":2" /><blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1<ref>Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1 - [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html link]</ref> are as below.<blockquote>“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....” ''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''</blockquote>Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1) <br />
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5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika,(2013), Munger (Bihar), Yoga Publications Trust, Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16.</ref> also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <blockquote>अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः | दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
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''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |'' ''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (Yama). (ii)”.<br />
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== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
=== a. Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda, [https://www.dlshq.org/download/practice-of-brahmacharya/ Practice of Brahmacharya],(1997), World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION</ref> says, ===<br />
<blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
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=== b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho, Zen:The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, (1977), Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason in Chapter 8. ===<br />
<blockquote>“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== c. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0" /> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 2<br />
<br />
Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”</blockquote><br />
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=== d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>[https://oshoworld.com/yoga-the-alpha-omega-vol-05-01-10/ Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 (1975)] </ref> give the below reason, ===<br />
<blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
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“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==<br />
<references /></div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132408Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-12T12:02:39Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. In Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1">Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda(2015), New Delhi, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, page 609</ref> , we find the reference to Brahmacharya.<blockquote>ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् ....| ''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim.... |''</blockquote>Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacharya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
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2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29<ref name=":2">Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) (2.30)- [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":2" /><blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1<ref>Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1 - [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html link]</ref> are as below.<blockquote>“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....” ''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''</blockquote>Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1) <br />
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5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika,(2013), Munger (Bihar), Yoga Publications Trust, Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16.</ref> also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <blockquote>अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः | दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
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''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |'' ''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (Yama). (ii)”.<br />
<br />
== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
=== a. Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda, [https://www.dlshq.org/download/practice-of-brahmacharya/ Practice of Brahmacharya],(1997), World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION</ref> says, ===<br />
<blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho, Zen:The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, (1977), Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 8<br />
<br />
“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== c. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0" /> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 2<br />
<br />
Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>[https://oshoworld.com/yoga-the-alpha-omega-vol-05-01-10/ Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 (1975)] </ref> give the below reason, ===<br />
<blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
<br />
“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==<br />
<references /></div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132407Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-12T12:01:19Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
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== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. In Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1">Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda(2015), New Delhi, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, page 609</ref> , we find the reference to Brahmacharya.<blockquote>ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् ....| ''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim.... |''</blockquote>Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacharya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
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2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29<ref name=":2">Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) (2.30)- [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":2" /><blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1<ref>Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1 - [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html link]</ref> are as below.<blockquote>“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....” ''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''</blockquote>Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1) <br />
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5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika,(2013), Munger (Bihar), Yoga Publications Trust, Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16.</ref> also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <blockquote>अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः | दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
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''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |'' ''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (Yama). (ii)”.<br />
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== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
=== a. Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda, [https://www.dlshq.org/download/practice-of-brahmacharya/ Practice of Brahmacharya],(1997), World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION</ref> says, ===<br />
<blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
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=== b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho, Zen:The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, (1977), Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 8<br />
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“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote><br />
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=== c. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0" /> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 2<br />
<br />
Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”</blockquote><br />
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=== d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>[https://oshoworld.com/yoga-the-alpha-omega-vol-05-01-10/ Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 (1975)] </ref> give the below reason, ===<br />
<blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
<br />
“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==<br />
<references /></div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132406Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-12T12:00:35Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. In Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1">Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda(2015), New Delhi, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, page 609</ref> , we find the reference to Brahmacharya.<blockquote>ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् ....| ''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim.... |''</blockquote>Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacharya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
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2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29<ref name=":2">Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) (2.30)- [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":2" /><blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1<ref>Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1 - [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html link]</ref> are as below.<blockquote>“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....” ''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''</blockquote>Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1). <br />
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5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika,(2013), Munger (Bihar), Yoga Publications Trust, Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16.</ref> also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <blockquote>अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः | दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
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''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |'' ''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (Yama). (ii)”.<br />
<br />
== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
=== a. Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda, [https://www.dlshq.org/download/practice-of-brahmacharya/ Practice of Brahmacharya],(1997), World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION</ref> says, ===<br />
<blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho, Zen:The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, (1977), Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 8<br />
<br />
“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== c. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0" /> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 2<br />
<br />
Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>[https://oshoworld.com/yoga-the-alpha-omega-vol-05-01-10/ Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 (1975)] </ref> give the below reason, ===<br />
<blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
<br />
“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==<br />
<references /></div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132405Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-12T11:59:34Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. In Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1">Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda(2015), New Delhi, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, page 609</ref> , we find the reference to Brahmacharya.<blockquote>ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् ....| ''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim.... |''</blockquote>Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacharya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
<br />
2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29<ref name=":2">Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) (2.30)- [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":2" /><blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
<br />
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4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1<ref>Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1 - [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html link]</ref> are as below.<blockquote>“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....” ''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''</blockquote>Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html). <br />
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5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika,(2013), Munger (Bihar), Yoga Publications Trust, Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16.</ref> also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <blockquote>अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः | दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
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<br />
''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |'' ''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (Yama). (ii)”.<br />
<br />
== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
=== a. Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda, [https://www.dlshq.org/download/practice-of-brahmacharya/ Practice of Brahmacharya],(1997), World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION</ref> says, ===<br />
<blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho, Zen:The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, (1977), Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 8<br />
<br />
“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== c. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0" /> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 2<br />
<br />
Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>[https://oshoworld.com/yoga-the-alpha-omega-vol-05-01-10/ Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 (1975)] </ref> give the below reason, ===<br />
<blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
<br />
“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==<br />
<references /></div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132404Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-12T11:54:56Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
<hr />
<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. In Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1">Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda(2015), New Delhi, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, page 609</ref> , we find the reference to Brahmacharya.<blockquote>ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् ....| ''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim.... |''</blockquote>Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacharya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
<br />
2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29<ref name=":2">Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) (2.30)- [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
<br />
<br />
3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":2" /><blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
<br />
<br />
4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1<ref>Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1 - [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html link]</ref> are as below.<blockquote>“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....” ''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''</blockquote>Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html). <br />
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5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika,(2013), Munger (Bihar), Yoga Publications Trust, Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16.</ref> also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <blockquote>अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः | दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |'' ''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”.<br />
<br />
== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
=== a. Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda, [https://www.dlshq.org/download/practice-of-brahmacharya/ Practice of Brahmacharya],(1997), World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION</ref> says, ===<br />
<blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho, Zen:The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, (1977), Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 8<br />
<br />
“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== c. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0" /> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 2<br />
<br />
Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>[https://oshoworld.com/yoga-the-alpha-omega-vol-05-01-10/ Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 (1975)] </ref> give the below reason, ===<br />
<blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
<br />
“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==<br />
<references /></div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132403Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-12T11:54:15Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
<hr />
<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. In Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1">Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda(2015), New Delhi, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, page 609</ref> , we find the reference to Brahmacharya.<blockquote>ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् ....| ''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim.... |''</blockquote>Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacharya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
<br />
2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29<ref name=":2">Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) (2.30)- [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
<br />
<br />
3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":2" /><blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
<br />
<br />
4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1<ref>Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1 - [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html link]</ref> are as below.<blockquote>“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....” ''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''</blockquote>Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html). <br />
<br />
5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika,(2013), Munger (Bihar), Yoga Publications Trust, Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16.</ref> also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <blockquote>अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः | दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |'' ''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”.<br />
<br />
== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
=== a. Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda, [https://www.dlshq.org/download/practice-of-brahmacharya/ Practice of Brahmacharya],(1997), World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION</ref> says, ===<br />
<blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho, Zen:The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, (1977), Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 8<br />
<br />
“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== c. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0" /> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 2<br />
<br />
Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>[https://oshoworld.com/yoga-the-alpha-omega-vol-05-01-10/ Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 (1975)] </ref> give the below reason, ===<br />
<blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
<br />
“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==<br />
<references /></div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132402Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-12T11:53:22Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
<hr />
<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. In Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1">Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda(2015), New Delhi, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, page 609</ref> , we find the reference to Brahmacharya.<blockquote>ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् ....| ''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim.... |''</blockquote>Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacharya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
<br />
2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29<ref name=":2">Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) (2.30)- [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
<br />
<br />
3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":2" /><blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
<br />
<br />
4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1<ref>Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1 - [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html link]</ref> are as below.<blockquote>“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....” ''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''</blockquote>Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html). <br />
<br />
5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika,(2013), Munger (Bihar), Yoga Publications Trust, Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16.</ref> also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <blockquote>अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः | दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |'' ''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”.<br />
<br />
== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
=== a. Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda, [https://www.dlshq.org/download/practice-of-brahmacharya/ Practice of Brahmacharya],(1997), World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION</ref> says, ===<br />
<blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho, Zen:The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, (1977), Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 8<br />
<br />
“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== c. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0" /> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 2<br />
<br />
Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>[https://oshoworld.com/yoga-the-alpha-omega-vol-05-01-10/ Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 (1975)] </ref> give the below reason, ===<br />
<blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
<br />
“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==<br />
<references /></div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132401Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-12T11:52:05Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
<hr />
<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. In Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1">Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda(2015), New Delhi, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, page 609</ref> , we find the reference to Brahmacharya.<blockquote>ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् ....| ''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim.... |''</blockquote>Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacharya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
<br />
2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29<ref name=":2">Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) (2.30)- [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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<br />
3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":2" /><blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
<br />
<br />
4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1<ref>Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1 - [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html link]</ref> are as below.<blockquote>“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....” ''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''</blockquote>Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>) <br />
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5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika,(2013), Munger (Bihar), Yoga Publications Trust, Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16.</ref> also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <blockquote>अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः | दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |'' ''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”<br />
<br />
== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
=== a. Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda, [https://www.dlshq.org/download/practice-of-brahmacharya/ Practice of Brahmacharya],(1997), World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION</ref> says, ===<br />
<blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho, Zen:The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, (1977), Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 8<br />
<br />
“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== c. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0" /> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 2<br />
<br />
Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>[https://oshoworld.com/yoga-the-alpha-omega-vol-05-01-10/ Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 (1975)] </ref> give the below reason, ===<br />
<blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
<br />
“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==<br />
<references /></div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132400Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-12T11:51:12Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
<hr />
<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. In Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1">Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda(2015), New Delhi, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, page 609</ref> , we find the reference to Brahmacharya.<blockquote>ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् ....| ''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim.... |''</blockquote>Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacharya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
<br />
2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29<ref name=":2">Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) (2.30)- [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
<br />
<br />
3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":2" /><blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
<br />
<br />
4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1<ref>Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1 - [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html link]</ref> are as below.<blockquote>“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....” ''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''</blockquote>Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>) <br />
<br />
5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika,(2013), Munger (Bihar), Yoga Publications Trust, Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16.</ref> also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <blockquote>अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः | दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |'' ''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”<br />
<br />
== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
=== a. Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda, [https://www.dlshq.org/download/practice-of-brahmacharya/ Practice of Brahmacharya],(1997), World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION</ref> says, ===<br />
<blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho, Zen:The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, (1977), Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 8<br />
<br />
“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== c. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0" /> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 2<br />
<br />
Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>[https://oshoworld.com/yoga-the-alpha-omega-vol-05-01-10/ Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 (1975)] </ref> give the below reason, ===<br />
<blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
<br />
“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==<br />
<references /></div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132399Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-12T11:33:51Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
<hr />
<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. In Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1" /> , we find the reference to Brahmacharya.<blockquote>ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् ....| ''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim.... |''</blockquote>Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacharya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1">Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda, 2015, page 609, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, New Delhi, India.</ref><br />
<br />
2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29<ref name=":2">Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) (2.30)- [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
<br />
<br />
3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":2" /><blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
<br />
<br />
4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1<ref>Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1 - [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html link]</ref> are as below.<blockquote>“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....” ''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''</blockquote>Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>) <br />
<br />
5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India</ref> also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <blockquote>अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः | दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |'' ''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”<br />
<br />
== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
=== a. Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda 1997, Practice of Brahmacharya, World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION</ref> says, ===<br />
<blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho(1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 8<br />
<br />
“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== c. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0" /> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 2<br />
<br />
Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 </ref> give the below reason, ===<br />
<blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
<br />
“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132398Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-12T11:32:21Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
<hr />
<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. In Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1" /> , we find the reference to Brahmacharya.<blockquote>ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् ....| ''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim.... |''</blockquote>Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacharya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1">Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda, 2015, page 609, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, New Delhi, India.</ref><br />
<br />
2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29<ref name=":2">Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) (2.30)- [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
<br />
3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":2" /><blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
<br />
4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1<ref>Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1 - [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html link]</ref> are as below.<blockquote>“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....” ''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''</blockquote>Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>) <br />
<br />
5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India</ref> also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <blockquote>अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः | दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |'' ''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”<br />
<br />
== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
=== a. Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda 1997, Practice of Brahmacharya, World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION</ref> says, ===<br />
<blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho(1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 8<br />
<br />
“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== c. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0" /> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 2<br />
<br />
Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 </ref> give the below reason, ===<br />
<blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
<br />
“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132396Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-12T11:30:06Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
<hr />
<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. In Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1" /> , we find the reference to Brahmacharya.<blockquote>ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् ....| ''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim.... |''</blockquote>Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacharya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1">Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda, 2015, page 609, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, New Delhi, India.</ref><br />
<br />
2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29<ref name=":2">Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) (2.30)- [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
<br />
3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":2" /><blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
<br />
4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1<ref>Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1 - [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html link]</ref> are as below.<blockquote>“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....” ''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''</blockquote>Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>) <br />
<br />
5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India</ref> also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <blockquote>अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः | दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |'' ''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”<br />
<br />
== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
=== a. Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda 1997, Practice of Brahmacharya, World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION</ref> says, ===<br />
<blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho(1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 8<br />
<br />
“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== c. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0" /> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 2<br />
<br />
Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 </ref> give the below reason, ===<br />
<blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
<br />
“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132394Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-12T09:39:16Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
<hr />
<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. In Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1" /> , we find the reference to Brahmacharya.<blockquote>ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् ....| ''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim.... |''</blockquote>Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacharya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1">Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda, 2015, page 609, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, New Delhi, India.</ref><br />
<br />
2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29<ref name=":2">Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) (2.30)- [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
<br />
3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":2" /><blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
<br />
4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1<ref>Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1 - [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html link]</ref> are as below.<blockquote>“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....” ''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''</blockquote>Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>)<br />
<br />
5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India</ref> also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <blockquote>अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः | दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |'' ''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”<br />
<br />
== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
=== a. Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda 1997, Practice of Brahmacharya, World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION</ref> says, ===<br />
<blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho(1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 8<br />
<br />
“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== c. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0" /> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 2<br />
<br />
Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 </ref> give the below reason, ===<br />
<blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
<br />
“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132393Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-12T09:33:05Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
<hr />
<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1" /><blockquote>ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् ....| ''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim.... |''</blockquote>Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacarya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1">Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda, 2015, page 609, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, New Delhi, India.</ref><br />
<br />
2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29)<ref>Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) - [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
<br />
3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref>Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.30) - [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref><blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
<br />
4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1<ref>Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1 - [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html link]</ref> are as below.<blockquote>“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....” ''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''</blockquote>Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>)<br />
<br />
5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India</ref> also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <br />
<br />
अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः | दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |'' ''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''<br />
<br />
Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”<br />
<br />
== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
=== a. Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda 1997, Practice of Brahmacharya, World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION</ref> says, ===<br />
<blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho(1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 8<br />
<br />
“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== c. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0" /> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 2<br />
<br />
Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 </ref> give the below reason, ===<br />
<blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
<br />
“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132392Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-12T00:14:33Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
<hr />
<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् |<br />
<br />
''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim |''<br />
<br />
Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacarya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref>Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda, 2015, page 609, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, New Delhi, India.</ref><br />
<br />
2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29)<ref>Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) - [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
<br />
यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।।<br />
<br />
''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।'' <br />
<br />
Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
<br />
3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref>Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.30) - [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref><br />
<br />
अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।।<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
<br />
Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
<br />
4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1<ref>Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1 - [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html link]</ref> are as below.<br />
<br />
“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....”<br />
<br />
''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''<br />
<br />
Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>)<br />
<br />
5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India</ref> also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <br />
<br />
अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः |<br />
<br />
दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |''<br />
<br />
''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''<br />
<br />
Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”<br />
<br />
== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
=== a. Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda 1997, Practice of Brahmacharya, World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION</ref> says, ===<br />
<blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho(1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 8<br />
<br />
“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== c. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0" /> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<blockquote>Chapter 2<br />
<br />
Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 </ref> give the below reason, ===<br />
<blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
<br />
“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132391Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-12T00:12:53Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
<hr />
<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् |<br />
<br />
''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim |''<br />
<br />
Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacarya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
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Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref>Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda, 2015, page 609, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, New Delhi, India.</ref><br />
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2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29)<ref>Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) - [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
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यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।।<br />
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''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।'' <br />
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Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref>Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.30) - [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref><br />
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अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।।<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
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Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1<ref>Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1 - [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html link]</ref> are as below.<br />
<br />
“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....”<br />
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''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''<br />
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Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>)<br />
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5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India</ref> also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <br />
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अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः |<br />
<br />
दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |''<br />
<br />
''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''<br />
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Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”<br />
<br />
== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
=== a. Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda 1997, Practice of Brahmacharya, World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION</ref> says, ===<br />
<blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
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=== b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho(1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<br />
==== Chapter 8 ====<br />
<blockquote>“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “ </blockquote><br />
<br />
=== c. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0" /> gives the below reason. ===<br />
<br />
==== Chapter 2 ====<br />
<blockquote>Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive” </blockquote><br />
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=== d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 </ref> give the below reason, ===<br />
<blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
<br />
“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132390Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-12T00:11:23Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् |<br />
<br />
''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim |''<br />
<br />
Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacarya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref>Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda, 2015, page 609, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, New Delhi, India.</ref><br />
<br />
2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29)<ref>Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) - [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
<br />
यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।।<br />
<br />
''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।'' <br />
<br />
Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
<br />
3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref>Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.30) - [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref><br />
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अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।।<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
<br />
Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
<br />
4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1<ref>Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1 - [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html link]</ref> are as below.<br />
<br />
“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....”<br />
<br />
''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''<br />
<br />
Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>)<br />
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5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India</ref> also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <br />
<br />
अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः |<br />
<br />
दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |''<br />
<br />
''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''<br />
<br />
Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”<br />
<br />
== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
a. Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda 1997, Practice of Brahmacharya, World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION</ref> says, <blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
<br />
b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho(1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason. <br />
<br />
==== Chapter 8 ====<br />
<blockquote>“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “ </blockquote>c. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0" /> gives the below reason. <br />
<br />
==== Chapter 2 ====<br />
<blockquote>Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive” </blockquote>d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 </ref> give the below reason, <blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
<br />
“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132389Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-12T00:02:50Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
<hr />
<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् |<br />
<br />
''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim |''<br />
<br />
Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacarya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref>Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda, 2015, page 609, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, New Delhi, India.</ref><br />
<br />
2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29)<ref>Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) - [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
<br />
यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।।<br />
<br />
''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।'' <br />
<br />
Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
<br />
3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref>Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.30) - [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref><br />
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अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।।<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
<br />
Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
<br />
4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1<ref>Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1 - [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html link]</ref> are as below.<br />
<br />
“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....”<br />
<br />
''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''<br />
<br />
Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>)<br />
<br />
5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <br />
<br />
अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः |<br />
<br />
दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |''<br />
<br />
''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''<br />
<br />
Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”<br />
<br />
Ref: Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India<br />
<br />
== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
a. Swami Sivananda 1997, Practice of Brahmacharya, World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION<blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
<br />
b. Osho(1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <br />
<br />
==== Chapter 8 ====<br />
<blockquote>“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “ </blockquote>c. Osho (1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 1, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <blockquote>Chapter 2. Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive” </blockquote>d. Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 <blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
<br />
“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132388Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-11T23:30:09Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
<hr />
<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् |<br />
<br />
''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim |''<br />
<br />
Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacarya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref>Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda, 2015, page 609, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, New Delhi, India.</ref> <br />
<br />
Ref : Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda, 2015, page 609, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, New Delhi, India. <br />
<br />
2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
<br />
यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।।<br />
<br />
''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।'' <br />
<br />
Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
<br />
3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<br />
<br />
अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।।<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
<br />
Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
<br />
4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1 are as below.<br />
<br />
“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....”<br />
<br />
''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''<br />
<br />
Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>)<br />
<br />
5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <br />
<br />
अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः |<br />
<br />
दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |''<br />
<br />
''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''<br />
<br />
Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”<br />
<br />
Ref: Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India<br />
<br />
== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
a. Swami Sivananda 1997, Practice of Brahmacharya, World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION<blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
<br />
b. Osho(1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <br />
<br />
==== Chapter 8 ====<br />
<blockquote>“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “ </blockquote>c. Osho (1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 1, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <blockquote>Chapter 2. Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive” </blockquote>d. Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 <blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
<br />
“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==<br />
# Atharva Veda 11.5.18<br />
# [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29)] <br />
# [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.30)]<br />
# [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1]<br />
# Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India<br />
# Swami Sivananda 1997, Practice of Brahmacharya, World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION<br />
# Osho(1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <br />
# [https://www.osho.com/osho-online-library/osho-talks/sexuality-celibacy-brahmacharya-aff22f29-916?p=57bbef1cc657ad7b5c0c44705eebffa5 Osho (1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 1, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)]<br />
# Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132344Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-06T00:15:57Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
<hr />
<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् |<br />
<br />
''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim |''<br />
<br />
Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacarya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
Atharva Veda 11.5.18 <br />
<br />
2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
<br />
यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।।<br />
<br />
''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।'' <br />
<br />
Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
<br />
3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<br />
<br />
अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।।<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
<br />
Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
<br />
4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad verse 1 are as below.<br />
<br />
“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....”<br />
<br />
''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''<br />
<br />
Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>)<br />
<br />
5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <br />
<br />
अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः |<br />
<br />
दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |''<br />
<br />
''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''<br />
<br />
Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”<br />
<br />
Ref: Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India<br />
<br />
== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
a. Swami Sivananda 1997, Practice of Brahmacharya, World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION<blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
<br />
b. Osho(1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <br />
<br />
==== Chapter 8 ====<br />
<blockquote>“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “ </blockquote>c. Osho (1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 1, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <blockquote>Chapter 2. Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive” </blockquote>d. Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 <blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
<br />
“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==<br />
# Atharva Veda 11.5.18<br />
# [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29)] <br />
# [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.30)]<br />
# [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1]<br />
# Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India<br />
# Swami Sivananda 1997, Practice of Brahmacharya, World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION<br />
# Osho(1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <br />
# [https://www.osho.com/osho-online-library/osho-talks/sexuality-celibacy-brahmacharya-aff22f29-916?p=57bbef1cc657ad7b5c0c44705eebffa5 Osho (1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 1, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)]<br />
# Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=132343Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-06T00:09:33Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
<hr />
<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् |<br />
<br />
''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim |''<br />
<br />
Meaning A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacarya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
Atharva Veda 11.5.18 <br />
<br />
2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
<br />
यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।।<br />
<br />
''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।'' <br />
<br />
Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
<br />
3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<br />
<br />
अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।।<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
<br />
Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
<br />
4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad are as below.<br />
<br />
“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....”<br />
<br />
''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''<br />
<br />
Meaning; Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>)<br />
<br />
5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <br />
<br />
अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः |<br />
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दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
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''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |''<br />
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''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''<br />
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Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”<br />
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Ref: Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India<br />
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== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
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a. Swami Sivananda 1997, Practice of Brahmacharya, World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION<blockquote>“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. 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” – Page 24</blockquote><br />
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b. Osho(1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <br />
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=== Chapter 8 ===<br />
<blockquote>“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
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Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “ </blockquote>Link: <nowiki>https://www.osho.com/osho-online-library/osho-talks/sexuality-celibacy-brahmacharya-aff22f29-916?p=57bbef1cc657ad7b5c0c44705eebffa5</nowiki> <br />
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c. Osho (1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 1, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <blockquote>Chapter 2. Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
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“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive” </blockquote>d. Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7, <blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
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“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
== References ==<br />
# Atharva Veda 11.5.18<br />
# [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29)] <br />
# [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.30)]</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Aparigraha_(_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9:_)&diff=132342Aparigraha ( अपरिग्रह: )2021-10-05T23:45:41Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Aparigraha (अपरिग्रह) is non-covetousness. It means to be truthful in thought, speech and action to self and others. This is considered as a Yama as per Patanjali Yoga Sutra.<br />
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== Scriptural Occurrence: ==<br />
1. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
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यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।।<br />
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''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।'' <br />
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Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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2. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<br />
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अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।।<br />
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''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
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The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha. As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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3. Patanjali explains Aparigraha in Sutra 2.39 as below. <br />
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अपरिग्रहस्थैर्ये जन्मकथंतासंबोधः ।। २.३९ ।।<br />
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''aparigrahasthairye janmakathaṁtāsaṁbodhaḥ ।। 2.39 ।।''<br />
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Meaning: As one gets free from desires and wants, the real purpose of the life is revealed.<br />
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== Why Aparigraha is required? ==<br />
Aparigraha is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
a. Osho also discuses about Aparigraha in “Amrit Kan (अमृत कण)” 1968 ed., chap 4, Aparigraha, pg 14.<blockquote>अपरिग्रह</blockquote><blockquote>“अपरिग्रह यानी आत्मनिष्ठा। परिग्रह का विश्वास वस्तुओं में है, अपरिग्रह का स्वयं में। अपरिग्रह का मूलभूत संबंध संग्रह से नहीं, संग्रह की वृत्ति से है। जो उसका संबंध संग्रह से ही मान लेता है, वह संग्रह के त्याग में ही अपरिग्रही की उपलब्धि देखता है, जब कि संग्रह का आग्रहपूर्ण त्याग भी वस्तुओं में ही विश्वास है। वह परिवर्तन बहुत ऊपरी है और व्यक्ति का अंतस्तल उससे अछूता ही रह जाता है। संग्रह नहीं, संग्रह की विक्षिप्त वृत्ति विचारणीय है। स्वयं की आंतरिक रिक्तता और खालीपन को भरने के लिए ही व्यक्ति संग्रह की दौड़ में पड़ता है। रिक्तता से भय पैदा होता है और उसे किसी भी भांति धन से, यश से, पद से, पुण्य से या ज्ञान से भर लेने से सुरक्षा मालूम होने लगती है। यह रिक्तता की दौड़ से भी भरी जा सकती है। लेकिन ऐसे रिक्तता भरती नहीं केवल भूली रहती है और मृत्यु का आघत सारी वंचना को नष्ट कर देता है। “</blockquote>b. Iyengar, B. K. S (2002), Light on Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, London, Thorsons<blockquote>“One who observes aparigraha will come to know of his past and future lives.” –page 30</blockquote><blockquote>“Aparigraha means not only non-possession and non-acceptance of gifts, but also freedom from rigidity of thought. Holding on to one's thoughts is also a form of possessiveness, and thoughts, as well as material possessions, should be shunned. Otherwise, they leave strong impressions on the consciousness and become seeds to manifest in future lives. These cycles of life continue until the sadhaka is totally clean and clear in thoughts, words and deeds.<br />
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Aparigraha is the subtlest aspect of yama, and difficult to master. Yet, repeated attempts must be made to gain pure knowledge of 'what I am' and 'what I am meant for'.” -- page 153<br />
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</blockquote>c. Swami Niranjanananda Saraswat(June, 2020), Yoga (Magazine), Bihar, Bihar School of Yoga, <br />
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Link to the edition : biharyoga.net/pdfs/english/2020/june-2020-yoga.pdf - Chapter on Yogic Lifestyle Sadhana starts on page 4. <blockquote>Cultivate the habit to live happily with minimum comfortable requirements and needs. Don’t be greedy, insecure and uncertain – for today’s restrictions are tomorrow’s freedom. - page 8</blockquote></div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=131771Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-10-01T02:49:41Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
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== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् |<br />
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''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim |''<br />
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Meaning : A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacarya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
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Atharva Veda 11.5.18 <br />
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2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
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यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।।<br />
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''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।'' <br />
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The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<br />
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अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।।<br />
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''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
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The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad are as below.<br />
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“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....”<br />
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''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''<br />
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Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>)<br />
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5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <br />
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अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः |<br />
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दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
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''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |''<br />
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''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''<br />
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Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”<br />
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Ref: Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India<br />
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== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
a. Swami Sivananda 1997, Practice of Brahmacharya, Worldwide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION<blockquote>“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. 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.” – page 24</blockquote><br />
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b. Osho(1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <br />
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=== Chapter 8 ===<br />
<blockquote>“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. </blockquote><blockquote>Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote>Link: <nowiki>https://www.osho.com/osho-online-library/osho-talks/sexuality-celibacy-brahmacharya-aff22f29-916?p=57bbef1cc657ad7b5c0c44705eebffa5</nowiki> <br />
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c. Osho (1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 1, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <blockquote>Chapter 2. Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) </blockquote><blockquote>“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”</blockquote>d. Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7, <blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya</blockquote><blockquote>“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote><br />
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== References ==<br />
# Atharva Veda 11.5.18<br />
# Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29)<br />
# Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.30)</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=131750Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-09-29T05:17:29Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् |<br />
<br />
''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim |''<br />
<br />
Meaning : A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacarya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
Atharva Veda 11.5.18 <br />
<br />
2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
<br />
यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।।<br />
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''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।'' <br />
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The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<br />
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अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।।<br />
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''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
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The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad are as below.<br />
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“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....”<br />
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''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''<br />
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Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>)<br />
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5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <br />
<br />
अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः |<br />
<br />
दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |''<br />
<br />
''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''<br />
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Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”<br />
<br />
Ref: Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India<br />
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== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
a. Swami Sivananda 1997, Practice of Brahmacharya, Worldwide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION<blockquote>“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. 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.” – page 24</blockquote><br />
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b. Osho(1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <br />
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=== Chapter 8 ===<br />
<blockquote>“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. </blockquote><blockquote>Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote>Link: <nowiki>https://www.osho.com/osho-online-library/osho-talks/sexuality-celibacy-brahmacharya-aff22f29-916?p=57bbef1cc657ad7b5c0c44705eebffa5</nowiki> <br />
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c. Osho (1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 1, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <blockquote>Chapter 2. Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) </blockquote><blockquote>“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”</blockquote>d. Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7, <blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya</blockquote><blockquote>“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote></div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83)&diff=131735Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यः)2021-09-24T09:07:28Z<p>Girish Nehete: Girish Nehete moved page Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यः) to Brahmacharya in Yoga (योगे ब्रह्मचर्यम्): specific category in name.</p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
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== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् |<br />
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''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim |''<br />
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Meaning : A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacarya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
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2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
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यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।।<br />
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''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।'' <br />
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The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<br />
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अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।।<br />
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''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
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The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad are as below.<br />
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“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....”<br />
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''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''<br />
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Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>)<br />
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5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <br />
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अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः |<br />
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दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
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''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |''<br />
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''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''<br />
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Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”<br />
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Ref: Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India<br />
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== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
a. Swami Sivananda 1997, Practice of Brahmacharya, Worldwide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION<blockquote>“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. 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.” – page 24</blockquote><br />
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b. Osho(1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <br />
<br />
=== Chapter 8 ===<br />
<blockquote>“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. </blockquote><blockquote>Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote>Link: <nowiki>https://www.osho.com/osho-online-library/osho-talks/sexuality-celibacy-brahmacharya-aff22f29-916?p=57bbef1cc657ad7b5c0c44705eebffa5</nowiki> <br />
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c. Osho (1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 1, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <blockquote>Chapter 2. Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) </blockquote><blockquote>“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”</blockquote>d. Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7, <blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya</blockquote><blockquote>“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote></div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Aparigraha_(_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9:_)&diff=131704Aparigraha ( अपरिग्रह: )2021-09-21T08:38:42Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Aparigraha (अपरिग्रह) is non-covetousness. It means to be truthful in thought, speech and action to self and others. This is considered as a Yama as per Patanjali Yoga Sutra.<br />
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== Scriptural Occurrence: ==<br />
1. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
<br />
यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।।<br />
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''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।'' <br />
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Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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2. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<br />
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अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।।<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
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The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha. As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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3. Patanjali explains Aparigraha in Sutra 2.39 as below. <br />
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अपरिग्रहस्थैर्ये जन्मकथंतासंबोधः ।। २.३९ ।।<br />
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''aparigrahasthairye janmakathaṁtāsaṁbodhaḥ ।। 2.39 ।।''<br />
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Meaning: As one gets free from desires and wants, the real purpose of the life is revealed.<br />
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== Why Aparigraha is required? ==<br />
Aparigraha is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
a. Osho also discuses about Aparigraha in “Amrit Kan (अमृत कण)” 1968 ed., chap 4, Aparigraha, pg 14.<blockquote>अपरिग्रह</blockquote><blockquote>“अपरिग्रह यानी आत्मनिष्ठा। परिग्रह का विश्वास वस्तुओं में है, अपरिग्रह का स्वयं में। अपरिग्रह का मूलभूत संबंध संग्रह से नहीं, संग्रह की वृत्ति से है। जो उसका संबंध संग्रह से ही मान लेता है, वह संग्रह के त्याग में ही अपरिग्रही की उपलब्धि देखता है, जब कि संग्रह का आग्रहपूर्ण त्याग भी वस्तुओं में ही विश्वास है। वह परिवर्तन बहुत ऊपरी है और व्यक्ति का अंतस्तल उससे अछूता ही रह जाता है। संग्रह नहीं, संग्रह की विक्षिप्त वृत्ति विचारणीय है। स्वयं की आंतरिक रिक्तता और खालीपन को भरने के लिए ही व्यक्ति संग्रह की दौड़ में पड़ता है। रिक्तता से भय पैदा होता है और उसे किसी भी भांति धन से, यश से, पद से, पुण्य से या ज्ञान से भर लेने से सुरक्षा मालूम होने लगती है। यह रिक्तता की दौड़ से भी भरी जा सकती है। लेकिन ऐसे रिक्तता भरती नहीं केवल भूली रहती है और मृत्यु का आघत सारी वंचना को नष्ट कर देता है। “</blockquote>b. Iyengar, B. K. S (2002), Light on Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, London, Thorsons<blockquote>“One who observes aparigraha will come to know of his past and future lives.” –page 30</blockquote><blockquote>“Aparigraha means not only non-possession and non-acceptance of gifts, but also freedom from rigidity of thought. Holding on to one's thoughts is also a form of possessiveness, and thoughts, as well as material possessions, should be shunned. Otherwise, they leave strong impressions on the consciousness and become seeds to manifest in future lives. These cycles of life continue until the sadhaka is totally clean and clear in thoughts, words and deeds.</blockquote><blockquote>Aparigraha is the subtlest aspect of yama, and difficult to master. Yet, repeated attempts must be made to gain pure knowledge of 'what I am' and 'what I am meant for'.” -- page 153</blockquote></div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=131649Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-09-14T19:40:51Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् |<br />
<br />
''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim |''<br />
<br />
Meaning : A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacarya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
<br />
यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।।<br />
<br />
''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।'' <br />
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The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
<br />
3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<br />
<br />
अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।।<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
<br />
The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
<br />
4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad are as below.<br />
<br />
“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....”<br />
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''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''<br />
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Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>)<br />
<br />
5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <br />
<br />
अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः |<br />
<br />
दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
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''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |''<br />
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''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''<br />
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Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”<br />
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Ref: Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India<br />
<br />
== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
a. Swami Sivananda 1997, Practice of Brahmacharya, Worldwide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION<blockquote>“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. 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.” – page 24</blockquote><br />
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b. Osho(1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <br />
<br />
=== Chapter 8 ===<br />
<blockquote>“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. </blockquote><blockquote>Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote>Link: <nowiki>https://www.osho.com/osho-online-library/osho-talks/sexuality-celibacy-brahmacharya-aff22f29-916?p=57bbef1cc657ad7b5c0c44705eebffa5</nowiki> <br />
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c. Osho (1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 1, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <blockquote>Chapter 2. Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) </blockquote><blockquote>“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”</blockquote>d. Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7, <blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya</blockquote><blockquote>“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote></div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=131645Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-09-13T21:07:48Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
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== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् |<br />
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''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim |''<br />
<br />
Meaning : A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacarya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
<br />
यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।।<br />
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''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।'' <br />
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The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
<br />
3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<br />
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अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।।<br />
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''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
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The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad are as below.<br />
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“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....”<br />
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''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''<br />
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Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>)<br />
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5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <br />
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अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः |<br />
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दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
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''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |''<br />
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''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''<br />
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Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”<br />
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Ref: Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India<br />
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== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
a. Swami Sivananda 1997, Practice of Brahmacharya, Worldwide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION<blockquote>“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. 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.” – page 24</blockquote><br />
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b. Osho(1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <br />
<br />
=== Chapter 8 ===<br />
<blockquote>“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. </blockquote><blockquote>Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote>Link: <nowiki>https://www.osho.com/osho-online-library/osho-talks/sexuality-celibacy-brahmacharya-aff22f29-916?p=57bbef1cc657ad7b5c0c44705eebffa5</nowiki> <br />
<br />
c. Osho (1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 1, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <blockquote>Chapter 2. Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) </blockquote><blockquote>“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”</blockquote>d. Osho, Y''oga: A New Direction'', Talk #7, <blockquote>Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya</blockquote><blockquote>“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote></div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Brahmacharya_(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=131644Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्यम्)2021-09-13T21:05:51Z<p>Girish Nehete: Created page with "The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English,..."</p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama. <br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurances: ==<br />
1. ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् |<br />
<br />
''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim |''<br />
<br />
Meaning : A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacarya, obtains a suitable husband. <br />
<br />
2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
<br />
यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।।<br />
<br />
''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।'' <br />
<br />
The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
<br />
3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<br />
<br />
अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।।<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
<br />
The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
<br />
4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad are as below.<br />
<br />
“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....”<br />
<br />
''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''<br />
<br />
Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>)<br />
<br />
5. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <br />
<br />
अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः |<br />
<br />
दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |''<br />
<br />
''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''<br />
<br />
Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”<br />
<br />
Ref: Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India<br />
<br />
== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==<br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
<br />
a. Swami Sivananda 1997, Practice of Brahmacharya, Worldwide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION<br />
<br />
“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. 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.” – page 24<br />
<br />
b. Osho(1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <br />
<br />
Chapter 8<br />
<br />
“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a <br />
<br />
god. To be godly is brahmacharya. <br />
<br />
Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “<br />
<br />
Link: <nowiki>https://www.osho.com/osho-online-library/osho-talks/sexuality-celibacy-brahmacharya-aff22f29-916?p=57bbef1cc657ad7b5c0c44705eebffa5</nowiki> <br />
<br />
c. Osho (1977), Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 1, Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse) <br />
<br />
Chapter 2. Chapter title: Ignorance is Ultimate (Talks : 12 June 1977 am in Buddha Hall) <br />
<br />
“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive”<br />
<br />
d. Osho, Y''oga: A New Direction'', Talk #7, <br />
<br />
Topic: The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya<br />
<br />
“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a <br />
<br />
transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from <br />
<br />
the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then <br />
<br />
brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the <br />
<br />
seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how <br />
<br />
to use it. “</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Aparigraha_(_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9:_)&diff=131498Aparigraha ( अपरिग्रह: )2021-08-22T18:55:05Z<p>Girish Nehete: Created page with "The meaning of the term Aparigraha (अपरिग्रह) is non-covetousness. It means to be truthful in thought, speech and action to self and others. This is considered..."</p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Aparigraha (अपरिग्रह) is non-covetousness. It means to be truthful in thought, speech and action to self and others. This is considered as a Yama as per Patanjali Yoga Sutra.<br />
<br />
== Scriptural Occurrence: ==<br />
1. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
<br />
यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।।<br />
<br />
''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।'' <br />
<br />
Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
<br />
2. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<br />
<br />
अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।।<br />
<br />
''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
<br />
The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha. As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
<br />
3. Patanjali explains Aparigraha in Sutra 2.39 as below. <br />
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अपरिग्रहस्थैर्ये जन्मकथंतासंबोधः ।। २.३९ ।।<br />
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''aparigrahasthairye janmakathaṁtāsaṁbodhaḥ ।। 2.39 ।।''<br />
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Meaning: As one gets free from desires and wants, the real purpose of the life is revealed.<br />
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== Why Aparigraha is required? ==<br />
Aparigraha is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
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a. Osho also discuses about Aparigraha in “Amrit Kan (अमृत कण)” 1968 ed., chap 4, Aparigraha, pg 14.<blockquote>अपरिग्रह</blockquote><blockquote>“अपरिग्रह यानी आत्मनिष्ठा। परिग्रह का विश्वास वस्तुओं में है, अपरिग्रह का स्वयं में। अपरिग्रह का मूलभूत संबंध संग्रह से नहीं, संग्रह की वृत्ति से है। जो उसका संबंध संग्रह से ही मान लेता है, वह संग्रह के त्याग में ही अपरिग्रही की उपलब्धि देखता है, जब कि संग्रह का आग्रहपूर्ण त्याग भी वस्तुओं में ही विश्वास है। वह परिवर्तन बहुत ऊपरी है और व्यक्ति का अंतस्तल उससे अछूता ही रह जाता है। संग्रह नहीं, संग्रह की विक्षिप्त वृत्ति विचारणीय है। स्वयं की आंतरिक रिक्तता और खालीपन को भरने के लिए ही व्यक्ति संग्रह की दौड़ में पड़ता है। रिक्तता से भय पैदा होता है और उसे किसी भी भांति धन से, यश से, पद से, पुण्य से या ज्ञान से भर लेने से सुरक्षा मालूम होने लगती है। यह रिक्तता की दौड़ से भी भरी जा सकती है। लेकिन ऐसे रिक्तता भरती नहीं केवल भूली रहती है और मृत्यु का आघत सारी वंचना को नष्ट कर देता है। इसलिए ही मृत्यु की कल्पना भी भयभीत करती है। वह भय मृत्यु का नहीं है, क्योंकि भय उसके संबंध में ही हो सकता है जिसे कि हम जानते हों और जिससे परिचित हो। मृत्यु है अज्ञात और अनजान। और उससे हमारा कोई भी संबंध नहीं है। इससे भय मृत्यु का नहीं, भय है उस रिक्तता का जिसे हम तथाकथित जीवन से ढांक हुए हैं और भूले हुए हैं और जिसे मृत्यु निश्चित ही उघड़ देने को है। संग्रह की शक्ति असत्य है, क्योंकि वह शक्ति स्वयं की नहीं है। शक्ति तो वही सत्य है जो कि स्वयं की है। संग्रह मात्र, पर है। उसे शक्ति और सुरक्षा मानकर जो चलता है, वह जीवन को व्यर्थ ही खो देता है। आत्म ज्ञान न हो तो प्रत्येक के भीतर गहरे अभाव का बोध होता है। ऐसा बोध स्वाभाविक ही है और इस बोध का संताप ही स्वयं में क्रांति भी लाता है। लेकिन इस अभाव को क्षणिक और अस्थायी रूप से बाट जगत के प्रति आसक्ति आर मूर्च्छा से भी भरा जा सकता है। ऐसी मूर्च्छा ही परिग्रह है। इसलिए जो परिग्रह के बंधनों से अपरिग्रह की मुक्ति में प्रवेश चाहता है, उसे अपनी मूर्च्छा को तोड़ना होगा। स्वयं के समस्त कार्यों, विचारों और भावों में जागरूक रहने से क्रमशः मूर्च्छा नष्ट होती है। साधारणतः हम सोए ही हुए हैं। अपने कार्यों और विचारों का निरीक्षण करेंगे तो यह सहज ही ज्ञात हो जाएगा। सम्यक निरीक्षण जागरूकता में ले जाता है और जागरूकता अपरिग्रह बन जाती है। मैं कौन हूं? इसे न जानने से ही परिग्रह पैदा होता है। स्वयं की संपदा को जानते ही, बाट संपत्ति में परिणत हो जाती है। जिसके पास हीरे मोती नहीं हैं, वहीं कंकड़-पत्थरों को बीनने में समय खो सकता है। परिग्रह के बहुत रूप हैं, लेकिन सूक्ष्मतम और केंद्रीय परिग्रह विचारों का परिग्रह है। उस तल पर जो अपरिग्रह को साध लेता है, वह समाधि को उपलब्ध हो जाता है। वस्त्र छोड़कर नग्न होना बहुत कठिन है, किंतु असली तपश्चर्या तो विचारों के वस्त्र छोड़कर नग्न होने में है- शरीर, आत्मा नग्न। और भीतर शून्य हो तो ही सत्य का साक्षात संभव है। और भोजन त्यागकर निराहार रहना भी क्या बहुत कठिन है? किंतु असली प्रश्न तो विचार का आहार छोड़कर उपवास में होना है। विचार मात्र स्वयं से दूर ले जाते हैं। जहां विचार की प्रक्रिया है, वही सत्ता स्वयं से विमुख हैं। स्वयं को छोड़ कहीं और होना ही विचार का प्राण है। विचार में हम स्वयं से दूर और निर्विचार में स्वयं में होते हैं। और स्व में होना ही है परमात्मा के निकट वास अर्थात उपवास है। विचार का अपरिग्रह ही अत्यंतिक और आधारभूत अपरिग्रह है। यह स्मरण रहे कि परिग्रह की वृत्ति परमात्मा, स्वर्ग या मोक्ष पाने के लिए सहज ही छोड़ी जा सकती है, लेकिन वह वास्तविक अपरिग्रह नहीं है। जहां कुछ भी पाने की कामना है, चाहे वह मोक्ष की ही क्यों न हो, वहां वासना है, परिग्रह है, आसक्ति है, यह लोभ का अंत नहीं वरन रूपांतरण है। और इस रूप में उसे पहचानना भी बहुत कठिन है। क्या संन्यासियों में छिपे संसारियों को पहचानना, कठिन नहीं है। वासना जहां है, वहां संसार है। इसलिए, मोक्ष को तो चाहा ही नहीं जा सकता, क्योंकि चाहने के कारण ही वह मोक्ष नहीं रह जाता है। जो चित्त मोक्ष को चाह रहा है, वह संसार को ही चाह रहा है। क्योंकि चाह में ही संसार का बीज है। मोक्ष की चाह से भरे चित्त में अभी स्वयं के बाहर जाने का द्वार खुला हुआ है। उसकी कामना के स्वप्नों का भी अंत नहीं हुआ। वह स्वप्नों को भंग कर अभी स्वयं में लौटने में समर्थ नहीं हुआ है। उसे स्वयं की सत्ता स्वयं में ही पूर्ण और पर्याप्त है, इस सत्य की अभी प्रतीति नहीं हुई है। अभी वह नए नामों से पुरानी दौड़ में ही दौड़ रहा है। उसके चित्त की शराब पुरानी ही है, सिर्फ बोतलें उसने नयी ले ली हैं। वास्तविक अपरिग्रह तो तभी फलित होता है, जब स्वयं का स्वयं होना पर्याप्त और पूर्ण होता है। वस्तुतः ऐसी अनुभूति ही मोक्ष है। मोक्ष को चाहा नहीं जाना, लेकिन चित्त में जब कोई चाह नहीं होती है तो उसे पाया अवश्य ही जाता है। वह स्वयं के बाहर कोई उपलब्धि नहीं, वरन स्वयं के भीतर जो है उसका ही अनावरण और अनुभूति है।“</blockquote>b. Iyengar, B. K. S (2002), Light on Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, London, Thorsons<blockquote>“One who observes aparigraha will come to know of his past and future lives.” –page 30</blockquote><blockquote>“Aparigraha means not only non-possession and non-acceptance of gifts, but also freedom from rigidity of thought. Holding on to one's thoughts is also a form of possessiveness, and thoughts, as well as material possessions, should be shunned. Otherwise, they leave strong impressions on the consciousness and become seeds to manifest in future lives. These cycles of life continue until the sadhaka is totally clean and clear in thoughts, words and deeds.</blockquote><blockquote>Aparigraha is the subtlest aspect of yama, and difficult to master. Yet, repeated attempts must be made to gain pure knowledge of 'what I am' and 'what I am meant for'.” -- page 153</blockquote></div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Satya_(%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)&diff=131488Satya (सत्यम्)2021-08-20T17:58:53Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Satya is truthfulness. It means to be truthful in thought, speech and action to self and others. This is considered as a Yama as per Patanjali Yoga Sutra.<br />
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== Scriptural Occurance ==<br />
1. Satya is mentioned in Rigveda (Rigveda, verse 10.22.25).<br />
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(Ref: <nowiki>https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rvsan/rv10022.htm</nowiki>)<br />
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अस्मे ता त इन्द्र सन्तु सत्याहिंसन्तीरुपस्प्र्शः |<br />
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''asme tā ta indra santu satyāhiṁsantīrupasprśaḥ |''<br />
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Meaning: May those soft impulses of thine, O Indra, be fruitful and innocent to us.<br />
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2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
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यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। <br />
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''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।'' <br />
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Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<br />
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अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।।<br />
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''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''<br />
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Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad are as below.<br />
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“.... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप- क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश ....”<br />
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''".... tatrāhiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayājapa- kṣamādhr̥timitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamādaśa ...."''<br />
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Meaning: Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Shauch are 10 Yamas. Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1.<br />
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(<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>)<br />
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5. Bhagvad Gita mentions Ahimsa is below verses from Chapter 17. (The Bhagavad Gita or The Song Divine. Gita Press, Gorakhpur).<br />
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अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत् |<br />
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स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते || 17.15||<br />
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''anudvegakaraṁ vākyaṁ satyaṁ priyahitaṁ ca yat |''<br />
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''svādhyāyābhyasanaṁ caiva vāṅmayaṁ tapa ucyate || 17.15||''<br />
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Meaning : Words which cause no annoyance to others and are truthful, agreeable and beneficial, as well as the study of the Vedas and other Shastras and the practice of the chanting of the Divine Name <br />
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this is known as penance of speech. (15)<br />
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6. M. K. Gandhi in "The Young India" magazine Ed. 20<sup>th</sup> Jan 1927, page 21, wrote, <blockquote>"I am not a 'statesman in the garb of a saint'. But since Truth is the highest wisdom, sometimes my acts appear to be consistent with the highest statesmanship. But, I hope I have no policy in me save the policy of Truth and ahimsa. I will not sacrifice Truth and ahimsa even for the deliverance of my country or religion. That is as much as to say that neither can be so delivered. " </blockquote>7. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram also mentions Satya as below.<blockquote>“Non-violence, truth, non-stealing, continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (yama). (ii)”</blockquote>Ref: Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, 2013 ed. Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16. Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India<br />
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== Why Satya is required? ==<br />
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Ahimsa is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it. <br />
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बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसम्मोह: क्षमा सत्यं दम: शम: |<br />
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सुखं दु:खं भवोऽभावो भयं चाभयमेव च || 10.4||<br />
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अहिंसा समता तुष्टिस्तपो दानं यशोऽयश: |<br />
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भवन्ति भावा भूतानां मत्त एव पृथग्विधा: || 10.5||<br />
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''buddhirjñānamasammoha: kṣamā satyaṁ dama: śama: |''<br />
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''sukhaṁ du:khaṁ bhavo'bhāvo bhayaṁ cābhayameva ca || 10.4||''<br />
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''ahiṁsā samatā tuṣṭistapo dānaṁ yaśo'yaśa: |''<br />
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''bhavanti bhāvā bhūtānāṁ matta eva pr̥thagvidhā: || 10.5||''<blockquote>Meaning : Reason, right knowledge, unclouded understanding, forbearance, veracity, control over the senses and mind, joy and sorrow, evolution and dissolution, fear and fearlessness, non-violence, equanimity, contentment, austerity, charity, fame and obloquy, these diverse traits of creatures emanate from Me alone. (4-5)</blockquote>Ref: Bhagvad Gita 4, 5 verses of Chapter 10. (The Bhagavad Gita or The Song Divine. Gita Press, Gorakhpur).<br />
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अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्याग: शान्तिरपैशुनम् |<br />
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दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम् || 16.2||<br />
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''ahiṁsā satyamakrodhastyāga: śāntirapaiśunam |''<br />
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''dayā bhūteṣvaloluptvaṁ mārdavaṁ hrīracāpalam || 16.2||''<blockquote>Meaning: Non-violence in thought, word and deed, truthfulness and geniality of speech, absence of anger, even on provocation, disclaiming doership in respect of actions, quietude or composure of mind, abstaining from slander, compassion towards all creatures, absence of attachment to the objects of senses even during their contact with the senses, mildness, a sense of shame in transgressing the scriptures or social conventions, and abstaining from frivolous pursuits; (2)</blockquote>Ref: Bhagvad Gita verse, 2 of Chapter 16. (The Bhagavad Gita or The Song Divine. Gita Press, Gorakhpur).<br />
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b. Bhagvad Gita - Commentary by Sri Ramanujacharya, pg 398 chap. 16, verse 2 commentaries. <br />
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सत्यं यथादृष्टार्थगोचरभूतहितवाक्यम्।<br />
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''satyaṁ yathādr̥ṣṭārthagocarabhūtahitavākyam।''<br />
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Meaning in Hindi: देख-सुनकर समझी हुई बात को ठीक वैसे ही बतलाने के लिये कहे जाने वाले प्राणियों के हितकर वचन का नाम ‘सत्य’ है।<br />
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=== c. Ref: The story of my experiments with truth, chap. 2, page 4, Navajivan Publishing House, translated from the Gujarati by Mahadev Desai ===<br />
<blockquote>There was a similar incident connected with another play. Just about this time, I had secured my father's permission to see a play performed by a certain dramatic company. This play Harishchandra- captured my heart. I could never be tired of seeing it. But how often should I be permitted to go? It haunted me and I must have acted Harishchandra to myself times without number. 'Why should not all be truthful like Harishchandra?' was the question I asked myself day and night. To follow truth and to go through all the ordeals Harishchandra went through was the one ideal it inspired in me. I literally believed in the story of Harishchandra. The thought of it all often made me weep. My common sense tells me today that Harishchandra could not have been a historical character. Still, both Harishchandra and Shravana are living realities for me, and I am sure I should be moved as before if I were to read those plays again today.</blockquote><br />
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=== d. Osho also discusses about Ahimsa in “Amrit Kan (अमृत कण)” 1968 Ed., chap 1, Satya, pg 5. ===<br />
<blockquote>“जीवन तो अंधकार है, लेकिन जिनके पास सत्य का दीपक है, वे सदा प्रकाश में ही जीते हैं। जिनके भीतर प्रकाश है, उनके लिए बाहर का अंधकार रह ही नहीं जाता। बाहर अंधकार की मात्रा उतनी ही होती है, जितना कि वह भीतर होता है। वस्तुतः बाहर वही अनुभव होता है, जो कि हमारे भीतर उपस्थित होता है। बाट अनुभव भीतर की उपस्थितियों के ही प्रक्षेपण हैं। यह कारण है कि इस एक ही जगत से भिन्न-भिन्न व्यक्ति भिन्न-भिन्न जगतों में रहने में समर्थ हो जाते हैं। इस एक ही जगत में उतने ही जगत हैं जितने कि व्यक्ति हैं। और किसे किस जगत में रहना है, यह स्वयं उसके सिवाय और किसी पर निर्भर नहीं। हम स्वयं ही उस जगत को बनाते हैं, जिसमें हमें रहना है। हम स्वयं ही अपने स्वर्ग या अपने नर्क हैं। अंधकार या आलोक जिससे भी जीवन पथ पर साक्षात होता है, उसका उदगम कहीं बाहर नहीं, वरन हमारे भीतर होता है। क्या कभी अपने सोचा है कि सूर्य अंधकार से परिचित नहीं है? उसकी अभी तक अंधकार से भेंट ही नहीं हो सकी है? जेम्स लावेल ने कहा हैः ‘सत्य को हमेशा सूली पर लटकाए जाते देखा और असत्य को हमेशा सिंहासन पाते! मैं कहता हूं कि यह बात तो सत्य है, किंतु आधी सत्य है, क्योंकि सत्य सूली पर लटका हुआ भी सिंहासन पर होता है और असत्य सिंहासन पर बैठकर भी सूली पर ही लटका रहता है। सत्य विश्वास नहीं है। सब विश्वास अंधे होते हैं और सत्य तो आत्म चक्षु है। वह विश्वास नहीं, विवेक है। और विवेक के जन्म के लिए समस्त विश्वासों की जंजीरें तोड़ देनी होती हैं, क्योंकि जिसे सत्य को जानना है उसे सत्य को मानने का अवकाश ही नहीं है। क्या कोई अंधा अंधा रहकर भी प्रकाश को देखने में समर्थ हो सकता है और क्या कोई तट पर जंजीरों से बंधा हुआ जहाज भी सागर की यात्रा कर सकता है? सत्य सिद्धांत नहीं, अनुभूति है। इससे शास्त्र में नहीं, स्वयं में ही उसे खोजना है। शब्दों से हुआ उसका ज्ञान तो अक्सर अज्ञान से भी घतक है। क्योंकि अज्ञान में एक पीड़ा है और उसके ऊपर उठने की आकांक्षा है, लेकिन तथाकथित थोथा शास्त्रीय ज्ञान तो उल्टे अहंकार की दृष्टि बन जाता है, अहंकार अज्ञान से भी घतक है वस्तुतः तो ज्ञान का अहंकार, अज्ञान का ही अत्यंत घनीभूत रूप है- इतना घनीभूत कि वह फिर अज्ञान ही प्रतीत नहीं होता है। सत्य शक्ति है। असत्य अशक्ति इसलिए असत्य को चलने के लिए सत्य के ही पैर उधार लेने होते हैं। सत्य के सहारे के बिना यह एक पल भी जीवित नहीं रह सकता। फिर भी हम ऐसे पागल हैं कि उसका ही सहारा खोजते हैं जो कि स्वयं ही सहारे की खोज में है। क्या भिखारी से भीख मांगने जैसा ही यह उपक्रम नहीं है? जीवन में दो ही चीजें पाने जैसी हैं। सत्य और प्रेम, लेकिन जो सत्य को पा लेता है, वह अनजाने ही प्रेम में प्रतिष्ठित हो जाता है और जिसका प्रवेश प्रेम के मंदिर में हो जाता है वह पाता है कि वह सत्य के समक्ष खड़ा हुआ है। प्रेम सत्य का प्रकाश और सत्य है प्रेम की यात्रा की पूर्णता। लेकिन यदि सत्य का साधक स्वयं में प्रेम को विकसित होता हुआ न पावे, तो जानना चाहिए कि वह किसी भ्रांत मार्ग पर है और ऐसे ही प्रेम की साधना में ज्ञात हो कि सत्य निकट नहीं आ रहा है तो निश्चित है कि प्रेम के नाम से किसी भांति की मूर्च्छा और मादकता ही सीधी जा रही है। सत्य के पथ पर प्रेम कसौटी है और प्रेम पथ पर सत्य परीक्षा है। क्या आपको ज्ञात है कि हीरा मूलतः कोयला ही है! कोयले में ही हीरा छिपा होता है? ऐसे ही स्वयं हम में ही सत्य भी छिपा हुआ है। सत्य ही एकमात्र धर्म है। और अधार्मिक वह नहीं है, जो कि तथाकथित धर्मों के विरोध में खड़ा है, क्योंकि अक्सर तो वही सत्य के अधिक निकट होता है। अधार्मिक तो वह है जो कि सत्य के विरोध में खड़ा होता है और तब बहुत से धार्मिक अधार्मिक ही हैं। सत्य स्वयं ही धर्म है, इसीलिए सत्य का कोई भी धर्म नहीं है। सत्य का कोई संप्रदाय नहीं है, नहीं हो सकता है। संप्रदाय तो सब स्वार्थ के हैं। सत्य का कोई संगठन नहीं है क्योंकि सत्य तो स्वयं ही शक्ति और उसे संगठन की कोई आवश्यकता नहीं हो सकती है। सत्य की कोई शिक्षा नहीं होती है। प्रेम की भी नहीं होती। सिखाया गया प्रेम क्या होगा! सिखाया हुआ सत्य नहीं होता है। सत्य एक ही है। इसलिए जहां विचार है, वहां सत्य नहीं होगा, क्योंकि विचार अनेक हैं। विचारों को छोड़कर जब चित्त निर्विचार होता है, तभी सत्य की अनुभूति होती है। सत्य साक्षात का द्वार विचार नहीं, निर्विचार समाधि है। “</blockquote></div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Yama_(_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE_)&diff=131432Yama ( यम )2021-08-14T20:12:36Z<p>Girish Nehete: Girish Nehete moved page Yama ( यम ) to Yama ( यमः ): Correction in title.</p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Yama (Sanskrit: यम:) is restraint. They are the “don’t dos“ of a person with virtuous life. If every person observes the Yama and Niyama, a better social life can be expected. These Yamas help the mind in progressing to the other limbs of Yoga by reducing and removing the hindrance on the path. <br />
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== Scriptural Occurrences ==<br />
Yama as in Yoga science is mentioned in Rigveda (Rigveda, Mandala 5, Sukta 61, verse 2) for the first time.<br />
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कव वो ऽशवाः कव्र्भीशवः कथं शेक कथा यय |<br />
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पर्ष्ठे सदो नसोर यमः ||<br />
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Meaning: Where are your horses? Where are the reins? How have you come? How you had the power? The rein was on the nose and seat was on the back. <br />
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Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
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यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। <br />
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''yamaniyamAsanaprANAyAmapratyAhAradhAraNAdhyAnasamAdhayo.aShTAva~NgAni || 2.29 ||'' <br />
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Meaning : The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<br />
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अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।।<br />
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''ahiMsAsatyAsteyabrahmacharyAparigrahA yamAH || 2.30 ||''<br />
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Meaning : The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha. As per other texts the number may vary.<br />
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The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad are as below.<br />
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"... तत्राहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यदयाजप क्षमाधृतिमिताहारशौचानि चेति यमादश..."<br />
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''".....tatrAhiMsAsatyAsteyabrahmacharyadayAjapa kShamAdhRRitimitAhArashauchAni cheti yamAdasha''..."<br />
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Meaning : Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Daya, Japa, Kshama, Dhriti, Mitahara and Aarjava are the 10 Yamas. <br />
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Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>)<br />
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Bhagvad Gita mentions Yamas is below verses from Chapter 17. (The Bhagavad Gita or The Song Divine. Gita Press, Gorakhpur).<br />
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देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनं शौचमार्जवम् |<br />
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ब्रह्मचर्यमहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते || १७.१४|| <br />
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''devadvijaguruprAj~napUjanaM shauchamArjavam |''<br />
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''brahmacharyamahiMsA cha shArIraM tapa uchyate || 17.14||''<blockquote>Meaning : "Worship Of gods, the Brahmanas, one's guru, elders and wise-men, purity, straightforwardness, continence and non-violence these are called penance of the body. (14) "</blockquote>अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत् |<br />
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स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते || १७.१५|| <br />
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''anudvegakaraM vAkyaM satyaM priyahitaM cha yat |''<br />
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''svAdhyAyAbhyasanaM chaiva vA~NmayaM tapa uchyate || 17.15||''<blockquote>Meaning : "Words which cause no annoyance to others and are truthful, agreeable and beneficial, as well as the study of the Vedas and other Shastras and the practice of the chanting of Divine Name this is known as penance of speech. (15) "</blockquote>Some texts interpret Yama differently hence they consider some Niyama as Yama and vice versa. <br />
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== Why Yamas are required? ==<br />
Yamas are the don’t dos for any person. <br />
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=== a. Below are instructions by Swami Sivananda in regards to Yama. ===<br />
“4. Dietetic Discipline: Take Sattvic food, Suddha Ahara. Give up chillies, tamarind, garlic, onion, sour articles, oil, mustard, asafoetida. Observe moderation in diet (Mitahara). Do not overload the stomach. Give up those things which the mind likes best for a fortnight in a year. Eat simple food. Milk and fruits help concentration. Take food as medicine to keep the life going. Eating for enjoyment is sin. Give up salt and sugar for a month. You must be able to live on rice, Dhal and bread without any chutni. Do not ask for extra salt for Dhal and sugar for tea, coffee or milk.” <br />
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“14. Speak the truth at all cost. Speak a little. Speak sweetly”<br />
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“16. Never hurt anybody: Never hurt anybody (Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah). Control anger by love. Kshama (forgiveness and Daya (compassion).”<br />
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(Audio in voice of Swami Sivananda - <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfiOYaVksvE</nowiki>) Courtesy : "Divine Life Society of South Africa" Channel.<br />
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=== b. Below are details by Sri Aurobindo in regards to Yama. ===<br />
<blockquote>“The first are rules of moral self-control in conduct such as truth-speaking, abstinence from injury or killing, from theft etc.; but in reality these must be regarded as merely certain main indications of the general need of moral self-control and purity. Yama is, more largely, any self-discipline by which the rajasic egoism and its passions and desires in the human being are conquered and quieted into perfect cessation. The object is to create a moral calm, a void of the passions, and so prepare for the death of egoism in the rajasic human being. “</blockquote>Sri Aurobindo, The Synthesis of Yoga”, Chapter 28 - Rajayoga, page 539<br />
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=== c. Osho also discourses about Yama in his talks. ===<br />
Discourse given on 5<sup>th</sup> July 1975 as Osho Ashram, Pune. Osho, Patanjali Yoga Sutra - Part 3, page 85-86, 1994 edition.<blockquote>" ‘यम’ का अर्थ अंग्रेजी में होता है सेल्फ—रेस्ट्रेट। अंग्रेजी में शब्द थोड़ा अलग हो जाता है। असल में थोड़ा अलग नहीं, ‘यम’ का सारा अर्थ ही खो जाता है। क्योंकि सेल्फ—रेस्ट्रेंट निषेध जैसा, दमन जैसा मालूम पड़ता है। और ये दो शब्द दमन और निषेध, फ्रायड के बाद बड़े भद्दे शब्द हो गए हैं, कुरूप हो गए हैं। यम दमन नहीं है। उन दिनों जब पतंजलि ने ‘यम’ शब्द का प्रयोग किया, तो उसका बिलकुल अलग ही अर्थ था। शब्द बदलते रहते हैं। अब भारत में भी संयम शब्द, जो कि ‘यम’ से आता है, उसका अर्थ नियंत्रण, दमन हो गया है। अब मूल अर्थ खो गया है।"</blockquote><br />
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== References ==<br />
# Rigveda [http://vedicheritage.gov.in/hi/samhitas/rigveda/shakala-samhita/rigveda-shakala-samhita-mandal-05-sukta-061/ (Rigveda, Mandala 5, Sukta 61, verse 2)] <br />
# Shandilya Upanishad Verse 1. (<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>)<br />
# Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) <br />
# (The Bhagavad Gita or The Song Divine. Gita Press, Gorakhpur).<br />
# (Audio in voice of Swami Sivananda - <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfiOYaVksvE</nowiki>) Courtesy : "Divine Life Society of South Africa" Channel.<br />
# Sri Aurobindo, The Synthesis of Yoga”, Chapter 28 - Rajayoga, page 539<br />
# Osho Ashram, Pune. Osho, Patanjali Yoga Sutra - Part 3, page 85-86, 1994 edition.</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Niyama_(%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%83)&diff=131430Niyama (नियमः)2021-08-14T20:11:46Z<p>Girish Nehete: </p>
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<div>The meaning of the term Niyama (Sanskrit : नियमः) is virtuous behaviors or disciplines. They are the “dos“ of a person with virtuous life. If every person observes the Niyamas, a better personal life can be expected. These Niyamas help the mind in progressing to the other limbs of Yoga by reducing and removing the hindrances on the path. <br />
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== Scriptural Occurrences ==<br />
1. Niyamas as in Yoga science is mentioned in Rigveda (Rigveda, verse 5.61.2) for the first time. (Ref: <nowiki>https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rvsan/rv05061.htm</nowiki>)<br />
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कव वो ऽशवाः कव्र्भीशवः कथं शेक कथा यय |<br />
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पर्ष्ठे सदो नसोर यमः ||<br />
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2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) enlists NiYama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
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The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.32<br />
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The five Niyama as per Patanjali are Shaucha, Santosh, Tapas, Swadhyaya, Ishvarpranidhan. As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad are as below. <br />
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तपःसन्तोषास्तिक्यदानेश्वरपूजनसिद्धान्तश्रवणह्रीमतिजपो<br />
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व्रतानि दश नियमाः ।| 1.1||<br />
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(<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>)<br />
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Tapas, Santosh, Astikya, Daana, Ishvarpujan, Siddhanta-Shravana, Hrih, Mati, Japa and Vrata. <br />
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5. Bhagvad Gita mentions Yamas is below verses from Chapter 17. (The Bhagavad Gita or The Song Divine. Gita Press, Gorakhpur).<br />
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'''देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनं शौचमार्जवम् |'''<br />
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'''ब्रह्मचर्यमहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते || 17.14||'''<br />
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'''अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत् |'''<br />
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'''स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते || 17.15||'''<br />
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Some texts interpret Yama differently hence they consider some Niyama as Yama and vice versa. <br />
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Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Chapter 1, pg 56, Swami Muktibodhananda, Muger, Bihar, Yoga Publication Trust. 2006<br />
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तपः सन्तोष आस्तिक्यं दानम् ईश्वरपूजनम् ।<br />
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सिद्धान्तवाक्यश्रवणं ह्रीमती च तपो हुतम् ।<br />
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नियमा दश सम्प्रोक्ता योगशास्त्रविशारदैः ॥१८॥<br />
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''tapaH santoSha AstikyaM dAnam IshvarapUjanam |''<br />
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''siddhAntavAkyashravaNaM hrImatI cha tapo hutam |''<br />
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''niyamA dasha samproktA yogashAstravishAradaiH ||18||''<blockquote>"Penance (austerity), contentment, belief (faith) in the Supreme (God), charity, worship of God, listening to the recitations of sacred scriptures, modesty, a discerning intellect, japa (mantra repetition) and sacrifice are the ten observances (niyama). (iii)"</blockquote><br />
== Why Niyamas are required? ==<br />
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Niyamas are the dos for any person. <br />
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a. Below are instructions by Swami Shivanand in regards to some Niyamas.<br />
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“3. Japa: Repeat any Mantra as pure Om or Om Name Narayanaya, Om Namah Sivaya, Om Name Bhagavate Vasudevaya, Om Saravanabhavaya Namah, Sita Ram, Sri Ram, Hari Om, or Gayatri, according to your taste or inclination, from 108 to 21,600 times daily.”<br />
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“6. Charity: Do charity regularly, every month, or even daily according to your means, say six paisa per rupee.” <br />
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“7. Svadhyaya: Study systematically the Gita, the Ramayana, the Bhagavata, Vishnu-Sahasranama, Lalita-Sahasranama, Aditya Hridaya, Upanishads or Yoga Vasishtha, the Bible, Zend Avesta, the Koran, the Tripitakas, the Granth Sahib, etc., from half an hour to one hour daily and have Suddha Vichara.”<br />
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“11. Fast on Ekadasi: Fast on Ekadasi or live on milk and fruits only”<br />
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(Audio in voice of Swami Sivananda - <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfiOYaVksvE</nowiki>) <br />
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b. Below are details by Sri Aurobindo in regards to Niyama.<br />
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“The niyamas are equally a discipline of the mind by regular practices of which the highest is meditation on the divine Being, and their object is to create a sattwic calm, purity and preparation for concentration upon which the secure pursuance of the rest of the Yoga can be founded. It is here, when this foundation has been secured, that the practice of Asana and Pranayama come in and can then bear their perfect fruits. “<br />
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Sri Aurobindo, The Synthesis of Yoga”, Chapter 28 - Rajayoga, page 539<br />
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c. Osho also discourses about Niyama in his talks given on 5<sup>th</sup> July 1975 as Osho Ashram, Pune. Osho, Patanjali Yoga Sutra - Part 3, page 87, 1994 edition.<blockquote>"दूसरा चरण है ‘नियम’। एक सुनिश्चित नियमन : वह जीवन जिसमें कि अनुशासन है, वह जीवन जिसमें कि नियमितता है, वह जीवन जो कि बहुत ही अनुशासित ढंग से जीया जाता है, अव्यवस्थित नहीं। एक नियमितता है। लेकिन वह भी तुम्हें गुलामी जैस लगेगा। पतंजलि के समय के सारे सुंदर शब्द अब कुरूप हो गए हैं।"</blockquote><br />
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<div>The meaning of the term Niyama (Sanskrit : नियम ) is virtuous behaviors or disciplines. They are the “dos“ of a person with virtuous life. If every person observes the Niyamas, a better personal life can be expected. These Niyamas help the mind in progressing to the other limbs of Yoga by reducing and removing the hindrances on the path. <br />
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== Scriptural Occurrences ==<br />
1. Niyamas as in Yoga science is mentioned in Rigveda (Rigveda, verse 5.61.2) for the first time. (Ref: <nowiki>https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rvsan/rv05061.htm</nowiki>)<br />
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कव वो ऽशवाः कव्र्भीशवः कथं शेक कथा यय |<br />
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पर्ष्ठे सदो नसोर यमः ||<br />
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2. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) enlists NiYama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <br />
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The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. <br />
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3. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.32<br />
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The five Niyama as per Patanjali are Shaucha, Santosh, Tapas, Swadhyaya, Ishvarpranidhan. As per other texts the number may vary. <br />
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4. The 10 Yamas as per Shandilya Upanishad are as below. <br />
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तपःसन्तोषास्तिक्यदानेश्वरपूजनसिद्धान्तश्रवणह्रीमतिजपो<br />
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व्रतानि दश नियमाः ।| 1.1||<br />
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(<nowiki>https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shandilya.html</nowiki>)<br />
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Tapas, Santosh, Astikya, Daana, Ishvarpujan, Siddhanta-Shravana, Hrih, Mati, Japa and Vrata. <br />
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5. Bhagvad Gita mentions Yamas is below verses from Chapter 17. (The Bhagavad Gita or The Song Divine. Gita Press, Gorakhpur).<br />
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'''देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनं शौचमार्जवम् |'''<br />
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'''ब्रह्मचर्यमहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते || 17.14||'''<br />
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'''अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत् |'''<br />
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'''स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते || 17.15||'''<br />
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Some texts interpret Yama differently hence they consider some Niyama as Yama and vice versa. <br />
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Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Chapter 1, pg 56, Swami Muktibodhananda, Muger, Bihar, Yoga Publication Trust. 2006<br />
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तपः सन्तोष आस्तिक्यं दानम् ईश्वरपूजनम् ।<br />
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सिद्धान्तवाक्यश्रवणं ह्रीमती च तपो हुतम् ।<br />
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नियमा दश सम्प्रोक्ता योगशास्त्रविशारदैः ॥१८॥<br />
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''tapaH santoSha AstikyaM dAnam IshvarapUjanam |''<br />
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''siddhAntavAkyashravaNaM hrImatI cha tapo hutam |''<br />
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''niyamA dasha samproktA yogashAstravishAradaiH ||18||''<blockquote>"Penance (austerity), contentment, belief (faith) in the Supreme (God), charity, worship of God, listening to the recitations of sacred scriptures, modesty, a discerning intellect, japa (mantra repetition) and sacrifice are the ten observances (niyama). (iii)"</blockquote><br />
== Why Niyamas are required? ==<br />
<br />
Niyamas are the dos for any person. <br />
<br />
a. Below are instructions by Swami Shivanand in regards to some Niyamas.<br />
<br />
“3. Japa: Repeat any Mantra as pure Om or Om Name Narayanaya, Om Namah Sivaya, Om Name Bhagavate Vasudevaya, Om Saravanabhavaya Namah, Sita Ram, Sri Ram, Hari Om, or Gayatri, according to your taste or inclination, from 108 to 21,600 times daily.”<br />
<br />
“6. Charity: Do charity regularly, every month, or even daily according to your means, say six paisa per rupee.” <br />
<br />
“7. Svadhyaya: Study systematically the Gita, the Ramayana, the Bhagavata, Vishnu-Sahasranama, Lalita-Sahasranama, Aditya Hridaya, Upanishads or Yoga Vasishtha, the Bible, Zend Avesta, the Koran, the Tripitakas, the Granth Sahib, etc., from half an hour to one hour daily and have Suddha Vichara.”<br />
<br />
“11. Fast on Ekadasi: Fast on Ekadasi or live on milk and fruits only”<br />
<br />
(Audio in voice of Swami Sivananda - <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfiOYaVksvE</nowiki>) <br />
<br />
b. Below are details by Sri Aurobindo in regards to Niyama.<br />
<br />
“The niyamas are equally a discipline of the mind by regular practices of which the highest is meditation on the divine Being, and their object is to create a sattwic calm, purity and preparation for concentration upon which the secure pursuance of the rest of the Yoga can be founded. It is here, when this foundation has been secured, that the practice of Asana and Pranayama come in and can then bear their perfect fruits. “<br />
<br />
Sri Aurobindo, The Synthesis of Yoga”, Chapter 28 - Rajayoga, page 539<br />
<br />
c. Osho also discourses about Niyama in his talks given on 5<sup>th</sup> July 1975 as Osho Ashram, Pune. Osho, Patanjali Yoga Sutra - Part 3, page 87, 1994 edition.<blockquote>"दूसरा चरण है ‘नियम’। एक सुनिश्चित नियमन : वह जीवन जिसमें कि अनुशासन है, वह जीवन जिसमें कि नियमितता है, वह जीवन जो कि बहुत ही अनुशासित ढंग से जीया जाता है, अव्यवस्थित नहीं। एक नियमितता है। लेकिन वह भी तुम्हें गुलामी जैस लगेगा। पतंजलि के समय के सारे सुंदर शब्द अब कुरूप हो गए हैं।"</blockquote><br />
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== References ==</div>Girish Nehetehttps://dharmawiki.org/index.php?title=Satya_(%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF)&diff=131427Satya (सत्य)2021-08-14T19:08:49Z<p>Girish Nehete: Girish Nehete moved page Satya (सत्य) to Satya (सत्यम्): Correction in title.</p>
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