Hare Krishna
What is Brahmacharya, how can it be done, what is the rule for doing it, what cannot be done while following Brahmacharya.
You need to be a member of ISKCON Desire Tree | IDT to add comments!
This reply was deleted.
Hare Krishna
What is Brahmacharya, how can it be done, what is the rule for doing it, what cannot be done while following Brahmacharya.
You need to be a member of ISKCON Desire Tree | IDT to add comments!
Replies
Hare Krishna prabhu.
The broad meaning of brahmcharya is to act on the spiritual platform. "Brahm charti iti brahmcharya".
The narrow meaning of the brahmcharya is to abstain from sex life and protect your semen.
Brahmcharya has 8 Rules. Anyone who follows these rules can be called a brahmchari.
Do not think about women
Do not speak about sex life
Do not dally with women
Do not look lustfully at women
Do not talk intimately with we omen
Do not decide to engage in sexual intercourse
Do not endeavor for sex life
Do not engage in sexual intercourse.
Only Krishna can make us a pure brahmchari.
Chanting 16 rounds attentively in the brahm muhurt. Following 4 regulative principles and reading Srilla prabhupada books are very helpful.
Hare Krsna
This is a very broad topic. You could refer to the following book.
https://www.amazon.com/Brahmacari-Reader-Brahmacarya-Krishna-Consci...
Hare Krsna
Hare Krishna Prabhu ji!
Brahmacharya is an ashram among the 4 ashrams:- Brahmacharya, Grihasta, Vanaprasthi, Sanyas. This is how human life would progress in the olden times, and Ideally this should happen. But, when a person wants to serve the lord full time, and only be attracted to him, he remains in brahmacharya for the rest of his life, and if he progresses a lot in bhakti, then he takes on to sanyas. but that's another topic.
what punkech prabhu said is right, literally. but there still are other austerities a brahmachari must do otherwise, why can't we call all the bachelors of this world brahmachari?
here are the austerities
this is in relation to spiritual master:-
ŚB 11.17.30
विद्या समाप्यते यावद् बिभ्रद् व्रतमखण्डितम् ॥ ३० ॥
vased bhoga-vivarjitaḥ
vidyā samāpyate yāvad
bibhrad vratam akhaṇḍitam
Synonyms
evam — thus; vṛttaḥ — engaged; gurukule — in the āśrama of the spiritual master; vaset — he should live; bhoga — sense gratification; vivarjitaḥ — freed from; vidyā — Vedic education; samāpyate — is completed; yāvat — until; bibhrat — maintaining; vratam — the vow (of brahmacarya); akhaṇḍitam — unbroken.
Translation
Until the student has completed his Vedic education he should remain engaged in the āśrama of the spiritual master, should remain completely free of material sense gratification and should not break his vow of celibacy [brahmacarya].
Purport
This verse describes the upakurvāṇa-brahmacārī, who enters gṛhastha-āśrama, or family life, after completing his Vedic education. The word evaṁ-vṛttaḥ indicates that although one may eventually marry and become prominent in society as an intellectual, politician or businessman, during student life one must remain without false prestige as a humble servant of the bona fide spiritual master. The naiṣṭhiki-brahmacārī, who never marries, is described in the following verse.
this is in relation to women:-
One should not
think about women
speak about sex life
dally with women
look lustfully at women
talk intimately with them
Decide to engage in sexual intercourse
Endeavor for sex life
engage in sexual intercourse
(SB 6.1.13 Purport)
and here are it's benefits
By the practice of brahmacharya, longetivity, glory, strength, vigor, knowledge, wealth, undying fame, virtues and devotion to the truth increases
Hare Krishna
Real meaning of brahmacharya means 'unmarried'.