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 | | Brahmacharya literally means that mode of life which lead to the realization of God. | | | I took the vow of brahmacharya in 1906. | | | Only he who has burnt away sexual desire in its entirely may be said to have attained control over his sexual organs. |
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http://www.mkgandhi.org/health/keytohealth/brahmacharya.html
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| Â | Tantric view of Brahmacharya |
| | Brahmacharya is the key to spiritual success because it converts all actions into acts of sa'dhana' (spiritual practice or worship). | | | If we read standard books on yoga, we will see that usually the term Brahmacharya is translated as celibacy or non-sensuality. | | | Thus, Brahmacharya means living your life, doing what you have to do or want to do, and at the same time keeping your mind fixed on God. |
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http://www.abhidhyan.org/Answers/Tantric_view_of_Brahmacharya.htm
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| Â | THE GOSPEL OF BRAHMACHARYA |
| | What formerly appeared to me to be extravagant praise of Brahmacharya in our religious books seems now, with increasing clearness every day, to be absolutely proper and founded on experience. | | | A man or woman completely practicing Brahmacharya is absolutely free from passion. | | | But the manner in which my brahmacharya came to me irresistibly drew me to woman as the mother of man. She became too sacred for sexual love. |
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http://www.mkgandhi.org/philosophy/brahmacharya.htm
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| | The spiritual endeavour of Brahmacharya is an endeavour for completeness. | | | Further, if there are three children in a family, one of them should take a vow of lifelong Brahmacharya and adopt the children of his brothers as his own. | | | As long as the vow of Brahmacharya is not observed, the observance of the vows of truth and non-violence are well-nigh impossible. |
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http://www.vinobaorg.com/Though/bramh.htm
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| Â | "Brahmacharya" means celibacy, complete sexual continence. Sacred Word Trust |
| | Brahmacharya is undertaken by the yogi -- the one seeking to to completely still his mind so as to experience the Divinity directly within. | | | Kali Yuga, some modernes, posing as "spiritual teachers," attempt to obfuscate the meaning of brahmacharya. | | | "Well, the real meaning of brahmacharya is just to seek Brahma, " or "Brahmacharya just means moderation," or "ethical conduct." Many intelligent men are so attached to sex, they misdirect their cleverness trying to invent all kinds of schemes to make celibacy optional in spiritual life. |
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http://brahmacharya.info/
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| Â | Spirituality, Brahmacharya ( Celibacy), Hindu |
| | Brahmacharya can be practiced by married people also. | | | In Srimad Bhagavatham a holy book of Hinduism it is clearly mentioned that practice of brahmacharya is also one of the important duties in married life and it is waived only for the purpose of procreation, austerity, purity, contentment and friendliness towards all. | | | In one verse it is explained that the age of a boy begins at twenty-sixth year and for a girl it is seventeen and up to this period they should practice Brahmacharya at any cost and can get married. |
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http://www.1stholistic.com/Prayer/hol_brahmacharya.htm
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| Â | Yoga Journal : Views : Article |
| | "Brahmacharya has changed my perception of myself, of others, of everything," she says. | | | For others, brahmacharya means practicing celibacy only during certain times-at a relationship's end in order to recover, during a yoga retreat in order to focus more clearly, or perhaps when one's practice is particularly deep and celibacy naturally evolves out of it. | | | The father of classical yoga, Patanjali, made brahmacharya one of the five yamas, or ethical precepts in the Yoga Sutra [Chapter 11, verse 30] that all aspirants should adhere to. |
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http://www.yogajournal.com/views/770_1.cfm
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| | Brahmacharya is the most vital subject for those who wish to attain success in material and spiritual life. | | | Without requiring the preceptor by payment of the final gift, a wise disciple must not betake to another mode of life; nor should he say or even think of in his mind: ‘I make this gift.’ This is the fourth step of Brahmacharya. | | | That which is called Brahmacharya (religion of abstention or Yoga) is regarded as the means of attaining to Brahman. |
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http://www.hinduism.co.za/celibacy.htm
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| Â | Glory of Eternal Youth |
| | Only one who practices brahmacharya can attain self-realization. | | | The grandeur of brahmacharya also finds a place in the Jain scriptures. | | | As per Holy Scriptures, Yagyavaikya samhita 'Brahmacharya is that state, where even the thoughts of sexual intercourse do not trouble you. |
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http://www.ashram.org/html/youth.htm
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| Â | Brahmacharya: Yama of Energy, Within Ourselves and With Others |
| | In our age, with the democratization of yoga-in other words, yoga is no longer confined to ashrams in India but available to everyone-we can take an expansive view of this yama. | | | Many yoga scholars, however, apply a broader definition-one that honors the universal human capacity for sexual contentment and love-emphasizing a non-grasping attitude toward sensuality and restraint from irresponsibility in all sexual matters. | | | The strictest definition is a vow of celibacy, the refraining from all sexual activity in mind, word and deed. |
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http://www.yogachicago.com/nov03/brahmacharya.shtml
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| Â | Brahmacharya (Celibacy) |
| | Brahmacharya is the Achara or conduct by which you attain or reach Brahman (God). | | | The door of Nirvana (liberation) or perfection is complete Brahmacharya. | | | It is impossible to be strong and healthy unless males and females, boys and girls, try their level best to keep up Brahmacharya or the vow of celibacy. |
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http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/teachings/brahmacharya.htm
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| | Adi Sankara took to sanyasa directly from Brahmacharya asrama. |
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http://www.kamakoti.org/peeth/origin.html
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| Â | Brahmacharya, Ahimsa, Satyagraha |
| | Thus, Gandhi at the age of thirty-seven, and when he had decided his family was complete, took an oath to abstain from sexual intercourse. | | | Three of Gandhi's most commonly used terms help us see his dependence upon traditional Hinduism to form his philosophy. | | | I thus began to call the Indian movement "Satyagraha," that is to say, the Force which is born of Truth and Love or non-violence,... |
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http://lilt.ilstu.edu/drjclassics/ih/IH52/Liberation/Gandhi/GandhiFacPersp.4.htm
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| Â | Sri Ramakrishna Math : The Vedanta Kesari, Editorial: Brahmacharya - II |
| | There are similar rules regulating the sex-life of the householder votaries in all religions, and the observance of these rules is far more important than the practice of an absolute vow of brahmacharya by a miniscule few monastics. | | | It is heartening to see that many married couples, inspired by the ideal of Sri Ramakrishna and Sri Sarada Devi, are trying to practise brahmacharya in married life and endeavouring to reinstate the institution of marriage to its sanctified height once more. | | | Etymologically the word brahmacharya means, to dwell in, to be attuned with, and to realize one's identity with, Brahman, the Supreme Spirit. |
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http://www.sriramakrishnamath.org/magazine/vk/2000/6-2-1.asp
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| Â | Yoga as a Universal Science by Swami Krishnananda |
| | In the Anu-Gita of the Mahabharata, a similar broad and majestic interpretation of Brahmacharya is given, as coming out from the mouth of Sri Krishna Himself, during his instructions to Arjuna. | | | Here is the basic foundation of the great admonition by the Yoga teacher that we have to conserve energy. | | | So, a lack of Brahmacharya means nothing but the presence of interests other than the interest in Yoga. |
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http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/univ/univ_10.html
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| Â | Practice of Brahmacharya |
| | Brahmacharya or purity can be attained only through constant striving. | | | Brahmacharya is purity in thought, word and deed. | | | The wise way is to kill the strong wave of curiosity by Vichara or enquiry about that pure sexless Atman, by totally eradicating the sexual desire through constant meditation, and by thinking over the glory of Brahmacharya and the defects of an impure life. |
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http://www.thedivinelifesociety.org/download/brahmacharya.htm
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| | The sovereign remedy for the observance of brahmacharya is realization that the soul is a part of the Divine and that the Divine resides within us. | | | What I want to say is that the right diet taken in moderation is not the only thing in the observance of brahmacharya though it is undoubtedly one of the necessary thing. | | | Not that wrong diet will not hinder progress. |
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http://www.mkgandhi.org/Selected%20Letters/sl33.htm
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| Â | Hindutva Series : Hindu History - A Search for Our Present in History |
| | According to the Hindu concept, life was divided into the four stages of Brahmacharya (childhood and celibate youth), Grihasta (householder), Vanaprastha (householder who has begun his quest for spiritual pursuits) and Sanyasin (a person who has given up wordly attachments in search of spiritual quest). | | | In the first stage of Brahmacharya, Hindu children were sent to ashramas and gurukulas (monasteries for imparting education) to get well versed in the Shastras (Treatises on various sciences). | | | The two practices came to be looked upon as essential for earning the praise of the lords of Heaven. |
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http://www.hindutva.org/culture.html
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| Â | The Secret of the Katha Upanishad by Swami Krishnananda |
| | When you taste, when you touch, when you have any kind of sensory activity there is an unconscious refutation of the indivisibility of the existence of God. | | | It is a spiritual attitude to things that is called Brahmacharya, which implies, of course, automatically, sense-control. | | | How can you say anything about it, and that to a poor boy from the mortal world, come in a state of sheer enthusiasm? |
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http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/katha/ka_3a.html
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| Â | brahmacharya vrata Brahmin Samaj |
| | Term : "brahmacharya vrata: Vow of celibacy, often taken by Hindu youth at age 12 upon entering the brahmacharya ashrama. | | | The vrata may also be taken by Hindu men and women later in life, such as upon entrance into the sannyasa ashrama or after the death of a spouse. | | | Description : "brahmacharya vrata: Vow of celibacy, often taken by Hindu youth at age 12 upon entering the brahmacharya ashrama. |
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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/prakash.joshi/brahmacharya_vrata.html
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| Â | Twenty Important Spiritual Instructions |
| | Brahmacharya, which is the third of the five niyamas of Maharshi Patanjali, gets mentioned in practically every one of the scriptures of Sanatana Vaidic Dharma (Eternal Religion)—the Bhagavata, the Ramayana and all the Puranas. | | | All this talk about brahmacharya must not give us the impression that in Hinduism and in the Hindu religion, sex has no place and celibacy is the only thing that is insisted upon and lauded as the highest virtue. | | | Long before that, during the time of Buddha—who preceded Jesus by more than 500 years—the doctrine of chastity was a necessary preparation and foundation for the life of renunciation, asceticism and Yoga for the seeker after the Great Reality or for attainment of Enlightenment and Wisdom. |
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http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/download/20instrch.htm
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| Â | The Divine Life Society of South Africa |
| | Our Divine Master, Sri Swami Sivananda, was one of the few saints who wrote a whole volume on the practice of Brahmacharya. | | | At the Yoga Camp our Spiritual Darlings from Standard 4 upwards have to take the Vow of Brahmacharya till such time as they get married. | | | Teaching our Spiritual Darlings and also adults the importance of observing Brahmacharya (celibacy in a limited sense) is a unique feature of the Divine Life Society of South Africa. |
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http://www.sivananda.dls.org.za/part4.html
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| Â | Brahmacharya - The Yoga of No-Sex? |
| | Of course, those Yogis who insist that Brahmacharya is celibacy, and that it is a necessary practice in the search for enlightenment, do have a point. | | | Obviously there are ways for Western Yoga enthusiasts to practice Brahmacharya without foregoing sex completely. | | | Not all Yogis and Yoga masters have been celibate for all their lives. |
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http://www.allspiritfitness.com/library/features/aa083101a.shtml
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| Â | Choosing Celibacy (or Brahmacharya) |
| | This unparalleled awe has, for thousands of years, remained the spiritual possibility of which brahmacharya is only an outward sign. | | | There one is awed by how endlessly real God is and how refinedly innocent are all the passions of innocence. | | | You Are Here: Home : Sex_Talk : Choosing Celibacy (or Brahmacharya) |
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http://www.innerself.com/Sex_Talk/celibacy_2.htm
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| Â | Brahmacharya Panchagni Vidya |
| | The Hindu sages have pointed out that it can be accomplished through living a life of celibacy named by them as brahmacharya, which is conducive to God realization, because it leads the individual male or female to Brahman. | | | Therefore even the latter class of aspirants have to observe Brahmacharya, though they neglect Hatha yoga. | | | But the fact that the astral fluid is also an involute form of Prana should not be lost sight of. |
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http://www.beezone.com/DevatmaShakti/brahmacharya_panchagni.html
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| Â | Encyclopedia: Brahmacharya |
| | It is the first in the four phases of a man, namely, Brahmacharya, Grihastha, Vanaprastha, and finally Sanyasa, as prescribed by Manusmriti for the Dhwija castes, in the Hindu system of life. | | | The root "Char" means To follow or practice. | | | The word Brahmacharya symbolises a person who is leading a life in quest of Brahma, or in other words a student. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Brahmacharya
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| | Bramacharya - ModerationThe 4th of the yamas is Brahmacharya which usually translates to mean moderation and moderation in all things. | | | But, that has since been expanded in my definition to include moderation in all things or allowing one activity overtake your whole life. | | | When I was first introduced to the concept of Brahmacharya, it had to do with having sex and not being indescrimanate and promiscuous. |
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http://www.lakecenteryoga.com/html/brahmacharya.html
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| Â | Brahmacharya vrat celibacy essay Vow of Celibacy |
| | Brahmacharya vrat Vow of Celibacy (celibacy vow origin) is | | | In the present World full of lust and passions, to practice and be able to achieve the requisite vow of Brahmacharya vrat (become a celibate) would be short of a miracle. | | | They make themselves so by performing penances of the highest order. |
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http://www.godrealized.com/glossary/Brahmacharya-vrat.html
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| Â | Search results for 'Brahmacharya' |
| | India Arts of India Natives of India Indian Mythologies The Ordaining Ceremony Updated: August 25,2004 Initiation of young boys into the rituals of Brahmacharya (disciplined and controlled living) is an important occasion in some communities in India. | | | The four stages in a man's life -- brahmacharya (celibacy), grihastha (householder), vanaprashta (seclusion), and sanyasa (renunciation) are also said to represent the corners, and the life |
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http://www.kamat.com/cgi-bin/htsearch?words=Brahmacharya
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| Â | Choosing Celibacy (or Brahmacharya) |
| | The principles of karma yoga, the yoga of life activities, might be particularly relevant to a celibacy that serves a creative project or activity: to enjoy the process of your work at each step, rather than focusing too much on the gratification of completion. | | | You Are Here: Home : Sex_Talk : Choosing Celibacy (or Brahmacharya) | | | Ramakrishna, an Indian saint who went deeply into the practice of brahmacharya, described his experience as "one in which it seemed that all the pores of the skin were like female organs and intercourse was taking place over the whole body". |
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http://www.innerself.com/Sex_Talk/celibacy.htm
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| Â | Glossary - Encyclopedia of Authentic Hinduism |
| | The prescribed religious practices (according to the Vedas and the scriptures) for heart purification for the people of the four orders of life and for the four caste system of the society. | | | The four orders of life are: Religious student, family man, partly renounced man and fully renounced man, respectively, called, brahmacharya, grihasth, vanprasth and sanyas. | | | The place in Mathura district (India) where Krishn did maharas on the Sharad Poornima night about 5,000 years ago. |
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http://www.encyclopediaofauthentichinduism.org/glossary.htm
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| Â | yahooyoga: Self control (brahmacharya) |
| | A disciplined student who studies the scriptures is called a Brahmachari. | | | The Brahmachari will use the forces he generates wisely, he will utilize the physical ones for doing the work of the Lord, the mental for the spread of culture and the intellectual for the growth of spiritual life. | | | Brahmacharya is the battery that sparks the torch of wisdom. |
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http://www.yahooyoga.com/yyh1003.htm
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| Â | Gandhi's Nonviolent Revolution by Sanderson Beck |
| | Gandhi experimented with celibacy during his thirties, and in 1906 he took the Brahmacharya vow for the rest of his life. | | | That year Gandhi led a delegation to London and met with the Secretary of State for India, John Morley, to present the case for Indians' rights in South Africa. | | | He recruited another Indian ambulance unit during the Zulu Rebellion and was made a sergeant major. |
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http://www.san.beck.org/GPJ20-Gandhi.html
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| Â | BRAHMACHARYA -- I |
| | It was therefore the easiest thing for me to take the vow of brahmacharya, if only I willed it. | | | I cannot definitely say what circumstance or what book it was, that set my thoughts in that direction, but I have a recollection that the predominant factor was the influence of Raychandbhai, of whom I have already written, I can still recall a conversation that I had with him. | | | To be fair to my wife, I must say that she was never the temptress. |
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http://www.mizii.com/jesusi/authors/gandhi/autobiography/mgbio3_007.htm
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| Â | Brahmacharya - Eduseek |
| | Subjects > Religious Studies > Religious Studies - 12+ > The Six World Religions > Hinduism > Teachings and Concepts > Ashramas (Four Stages of Life) > Brahmacharya | | | Contact us : Comments and Suggestions : Map | | | Link to us : Add Eduseek to your site : Newsletter |
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| Â | Jainism |
| | Chastity (Brahmacharya) not to indulge in sensual pleasure | | | Non-stealing (Asteya)not to take anything not properly given |
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http://www.crystalinks.com/jainism.html
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| Â | A Tribute to Hinduism - Glimpses I |
| | This introduces the male child to a teacher (guru) in order to receive education, marking the entry of the child into the Brahmacharya Ashrama (period of studentship), the first of the four stages of life. | | | This samskara is performed from the fifth to the eighth year of age, when the male child is invested with a sacred thread (consisting of three strands) to be worn around the neck and waist. |
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http://www.atributetohinduism.com/Glimpses.htm
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| Â | Re: Brahmacharya -- KRIYA YOGA DISCUSSION BOARD |
| | I think celibacy is important for ultimate realization of God(Self).,but celibacy should come naturally as a by product of a higher state of consciousness in which there is no identification with the body. | | | In reply to: Chris - 29 May 2002 's message, " Re: Brahmacharya " on 07:51 |
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http://www.voy.com/27671/2/2499.html
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| Â | Re: brahmacharya, and, on a different note, Kiran bedi |
| | Subject : Re: brahmacharya, and, on a different note, Kiran bedi | | | Re: brahmacharya, and, on a different note, Kiran bedi | | | Agree with Saurabh's desciption on brahmacharya- the length of time i spent thinking before typing showed! |
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http://www.dd-b.net/~raphael/jain-list/msg02849.html
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| | The Satsang on Brahmacharya with The Gnani continues.... | | | The entire world has struggled to get meaningful ways to eradicate | | | Sexuality from the perspective of the Self Realised, The Gnani. |
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http://www.dadashri.org/brahmacharya2.html
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