num_pages: 199
description: Instincts and appetites form a part of all life on earth. Sense impulses and biological urges are common to animal and man alike. Sex is one of the prominent most important and absolutely essential aspects of human animal as well as plant life. Sex is an integral part of lifehuman animal and plant. While this aspect of life is regulated by nature in plants and by instinct in animals in man it is left to his common-sense intelligence and his developed reason to control and regulate the same. The vast and ancient scriptures of the world offer human society specific rules and regulations in this respect. With regard to India as a nation our forefathers followed the dos and donts of the Dharma Sastras in meticulous detail and this in large measure contributed to their health longevity and spiritual welfare.But alas in the present-day world and more particularly among the educated class in all walks of society and in all age groups norms of conduct laid down by the scriptures are flouted with so much impunity that we see all around us the number of physical mental and moral wrecks increasing every day. One reason for this sad state of affairs is modern mans ignorance of his own scriptural treasures.Swami Sivananda came on the Indian scene in the early thirties to blast this ignorance of the people by offering the hoary wisdom of the ancients through the media of his simple English writings. It is well known that spiritual treatises apart the great Master whose love for mankind knew no bounds wrote a number of books concerning health hygiene and medicine. One such book was Practice of Brahmacharya which dealt mostly with the subject of celibacy and where celibacy was not possible a regulated sex life. This book has been popular with the public.This apart the Swamijis thoughts on the subject of sex and sex sublimation are also to be seen here and there spread over his voluminous writings. In the present volume all of Swamijis thoughts and instructions on the subject of sex and celibacy have been gathered up from Practice of Brahmacharya and elsewhere and thoroughly edited with a view to offering the public and especially to the younger generation a working guide to the vital subject of sex sublimation. This has been done as an act of loving service to modern youth who are often left groping in the dark by an irresponsible society. These days we often hear about juvenile delinquency but this juvenile delinquency itself is the result of adult irresponsibility. The youth of the world craves for guidance which is often not forthcoming from the parents teachers or society.It is hoped that this book of holy Master Swami Sivananda will fill the above-mentioned lacuna and offer the youth of the world the knowledge and guidance which they so richly deserve in a vital area which affects their physical mental ethical and spiritual well-being.We pray that the blessings of the holy Master may pour on all those who may chance to go through the following pages and open up a new chapter in their lives. May all be healthy happy and spiritually blessed. Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu!8th September 1988.THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY
language: English
title: PRACTICE OF BRAHMACHARYA
publisher: None