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Brahmacharya has always been an integral part of the spiritual process.
Sadhguru speaks about what brahmacharya is, and who a brahmachari
is.
Sadhguru: Brahman means the divine or ultimate, charya
means the path. If you are on the path of the divine, you are a
brahmachari. To be on the path of the divine means you have no personal
agendas of your own. You simply do what is needed. You have no
personal ways of deciding where you should go in your life, what you
should do, or what you like and dislike; all these things are simply taken
away from you. If you do this unwillingly, it can be an absolute torture. If
you do it willingly, it makes your life so wonderful and beautiful because
there is nothing to bother you anymore. You simply do what is needed;
life is so simple. Once you have given yourself like that, you do not have to
bother about the spiritual path or worry about your spirituality. It is taken
care of. You do not have to really do anything about it.
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Everyone should
become a
brahmachari, not
necessarily in
terms of lifestyle,
but internally.
All of us have
eaten mangoes,
but how many of
us have planted
mango trees,
made them grow
and then eaten
People may think a brahmachari is making a great sacrifice and is being
denied life. But it is not so at all. If someone is a brahmachari only by
dress, yes it is true, life is torture. But for a person who is truly walking the
path of the divine, the petty pleasures that the world offers will become
totally meaningless. Once you enjoy the inner pleasures of your being, the
external pleasures become totally meaningless.
Does it mean everyone should
become a brahmachari? Everyone
should become a brahmachari, not
necessarily in terms of lifestyle, but
internally. Everyone should be on
the path of the divine.
Brahmacharya does not just mean
celibacy. That is just one of the
aspects that have been taken up as
a supportive system. To become a
brahmachari means you are
ecstatic by your own nature. You
can be married and still be a brahmachari. It is possible because you are
joyful by your own nature; you are not trying to extract joy from your
husband or wife. This is how it should be. The whole world should be
brahmachari. Everyone should be joyful by their own nature. If two
people come together, it should be a sharing of joy, not extraction of joy
from each other.
An Investment For The Future
Why has a certain order been set up? If one is just seeking realization at
the end of his life, it could be taken care of in many different ways. I can
fix a date with you for that day! But if one wants to explore, and not only
explore, if one wants to be a useful instrument in making it happen to
many other people, then brahmacharya becomes significant.
Brahmacharies are an investment for the future, to keep spirituality in its
pristine purity and transmit it from generation to generation. A small, core
group of people are needed. They are initiated in a particular way which
turns their energies in a completely different direction. Everyone need not
take that step, nor will we take everyone because it is not necessary, and
neither can they put in the sadhana that is required or demanded out of
them.
All of us have eaten mangoes, but
how many of us have planted
mango trees, made them grow
and then eaten mangoes? Most
people have eaten mangoes
because someone else planted the
mango trees. In every society, out
of a thousand people, at least ten
people have to take care to plant
mango trees. Similarly with this, a
few people have to take the path of
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mangoes?
It is a weapon
with which you
can bomb the
world with a
spiritual process.
brahmacharya. People who are
willing to dedicate themselves to
others wellbeing are needed in
society. If there is no one thinking
about others wellbeing, that society is definitely heading for ruin. That is
what has happened to society right now. There are very few people
thinking of everyones wellbeing.
Like A Rocket!
Essentially, this human mechanism is a certain energy system. You can
keep it with many openings and transact with the world in a certain way
or you can make this into a close-circuit system so that it becomes very
integrated. A rocket goes up because it is firing only on one side. Suppose it
fires on all the sides, it is not going to go anywhere, it will just dissipate
itself. Or it will go somewhere without direction and fall apart. What we
are trying to make out of a brahmachari is just that he fires only on one
side. One that fires only on one side is going to go straight up and there is
a particular purpose to creating such a system.
When you have a close-circuit
system like that, it is a powerful
instrument. This instrument could
be employed or deployed in so
many different ways. It is a
weapon with which you can bomb
the world with a spiritual process.
Monks have been there in every
culture because wherever there
was a genuine enlightened process,
they always wanted some mechanisms to be wired in such a way that
they are completely integrated systems. There is no transaction outside. It
is totally by itself. Those systems are needed if you want to shake the world
in a certain way and want to create certain processes and access certain
things. If you want to put a satellite beyond the atmosphere, you need a
rocket. If you want to just fly around in the atmosphere, an airplane will
do. Thats the difference. When you are planning and projecting to do
something which is beyond certain limitations, brahmacharies become
necessary.
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Sindhu a year ago
I wow to be a brahmachari in morale, virtue and spirit.

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father of enlightened fools 11 months ago
yes it becomes torture to be an unconscious bramhachari. the question comes that
will i be to able to keep my family happy? because they have to do so many things
to be happy... hope somebody will answer at sushant.sify@hotmail.com

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HariOm a year ago
"The whole world should be brahmachari. Everyone should be joyful by their own
nature. If two people come together, it should be a sharing of joy, not extraction of
joy from each other" - Amazing pointer and lasting solution to our current woes and
dissastisfaction.

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klogram a year ago
Back in October 2006, Sadhguru mentioned that it would be good if people could at
least be a brahmachari in their hearts. I've been thinking about that a lot lately, so
this post is very timely.

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Mathi a year ago
Shambo!

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Pradeep Chakravarthi 8 months ago
If I do.what is needed!! Should I still have to do meditation, yoga?


Vimal 4 months ago Pradeep Chakravarthi
hmm..Asanas and especially Pranayama, provide us with lot of energy or
Prana..this helps for next stages of Yoga like Dhyana which requires great
energy and concentration.. So if we repeatedly lose our energy or prana
then it will be like water filled in the pot with a whole in it!!..
Having said that we can say that both Yoga and Brahmacharya are very
much proportional to each other..Thus when you practice Brahmacharya
Yoga will be achieved and when you practice Yoga in turn it will help us for
keeping up Brahmacharya.
Do Anulom Vilom, Kapalabhati Pranayams, Vajroli Mudra, Moola bandha,
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Do Anulom Vilom, Kapalabhati Pranayams, Vajroli Mudra, Moola bandha,
these 4, everyday for nearly 1 hour, you can easily keep up Brahmacharya..


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Maheswari Lakshmanan 9 months ago
beautifuly explained about a bramachari while in family background.shampoo
!!


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gururaja 11 months ago
i will do my best to do what it takes to be a brahmachari, Sadhguru has really
enlightened us on this aspect. Grateful to you Sadhguru


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Ceekaykay a year ago
Spiritual warriors of a different kind. Blest are they who have committed their lives
for the betterment of others caught in the web of life's delusions. Each a moon
beam coming from the same source of infinite light. Shambo.....!


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Dinesh a year ago
Could you please explain more about being ecstatic in nature. Are you referring to
people who are laughing and cracking jokes all in workplace?


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mahesh a year ago Dinesh
Actually when you don't need jokes or external stimulus to be joyful you had
attained bliss. Laughther and even tears are just physical expression of it.
When moments of bliss touched me in my life, people around me said my
eyes are kind of glowing a bit. ....... Sadguru...I bow down to you


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Mahendhar a year ago Dinesh
I dont think so for sure. Or rather people who are ecstatic may just be silent.


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Dinesh a year ago Mahendhar
Right. I find Bramacharis don't talk much. How to find out one is
ecstatic?


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JB a year ago Dinesh
There will be a sense of stillness around them;-)..Words
can't describe the feeling..Every wanes out in front of the
experience..Shamboo

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alex a year ago
makes perfect sense, Shambho!


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Kanchan a year ago
Beautifully explained


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Yagna a year ago
Thank you guruji for this wonderful discourse. Pranamam.


MAhesh a year ago
good one!
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good one!


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