Yoga-Vāsiṣṭha 1.21—The Opposite Sex
Channel: Consciousness Research Centre
Date: 2017-08-27

This series is classified Ajata-vāda | Jñāna-yoga | Turīya | Sahasrāra-cakra

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“What beauty is there in the body of a woman composed of nerves, bones and joints? She is a mere statue of flesh and a frame of moving machinery with her ribs and limbs. Separated from its flesh, skin, blood and water, can you find anything beautiful in the female form that is worth beholding? Then why dote upon it? This fairy frame consisting of hair and blood cannot engage the attention of a high-minded man. The bodies of females, covered with clothing and repeatedly smeared with paints and perfumes, are in the end devoured by carnivorous beasts and worms.” — 1.21.1-4

“There is no difference between a woman and any other animal. Both are made of blood, flesh and bones. Then why hunt after her? A woman is charming only for a short time. I look upon her merely as a cause of delusion. There is no difference between wine and a woman. Both tend equally to produce high-flown mirth and jollity, creating revelry and lust. Overindulgent men are like chained elephants. They will never come to sense however goaded by reason. Women are the flames of vice. Though pleasing to the sight, they are as intangible as fire. They burn a man like fire consumes straw. Though they appear soft and juicy to sight, they burn from afar and are as dry as bones. They serve as fuel for the fires of hell, and they are dangerous with their charm.” — 1.21.7-12

“Men’s longing for women is like a vine that stretches to a great length, but bears plenty of bitter and sour fruit. A man blinded by greed for his mate is like a deer that has strayed from its herd, lost in the maze of illusion. A young man under the control of a young woman is as lamentable as an elephant, in pursuit of his mate, that has fallen into a pit. Abandonment of the wife amounts to abandonment of the world, and forsaking the world is the path to true happiness. O brahmin, I am not content with these unmanageable enjoyments which are as flickering as the wings of bees, and are as soon at an end as they are born. From my fear of repeated births, decay and death, I long only for the state of supreme bliss.” — 1.21.32-36

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