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-In Ayurveda the word Brahmacharya (Samskrit: ब्रह्मचर्य) is used to indicate one's state of control over all [https://dharmawiki.org/index.php/Indriyas_(%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF) Indriyas] (इन्द्रियाणि | Sensory and motor organs). At most places, it refers to 'celibacy' since that involves control over all organs at a time. Every person has 5 sensory and 5 motor organs through which he/she interacts with the outer world. It is believed that the ultimate knowledge or brahmajnana (ब्रह्मज्ञानम्) can be obtained only when the person achieves control over all indriyas and turns inwards. Thus the state or the conduct which involves control over body, mind and senses that is necessary for gaining brahmajanam is called as brahmacharyam. Ayurveda has given it high importance by counting it as one of the 3 supporting pillars of life. Thus brahamcharya plays significant role in sustaining one's life by regulating strength and vitality.
+In Bharateeya shastras and Ayurveda, the word Brahmacharya (Samskrit: ब्रह्मचर्य) is used to indicate one's state of control over all [https://dharmawiki.org/index.php/Indriyas_(%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF) Indriyas] (इन्द्रियाणि | Sensory and motor organs). At most places, it refers to 'celibacy' since that involves control over all organs at a time. Every person has 5 sensory and 5 motor organs through which he/she interacts with the outer world. It is believed that the ultimate knowledge or brahmajnana (ब्रह्मज्ञानम्) can be obtained only when the person achieves control over all indriyas and turns inwards. Thus the state or the conduct which involves control over body, mind and senses that is necessary for gaining brahmajanam is called as brahmacharyam. Ayurveda has given it high importance by counting it as one of the 3 supporting pillars of life. Thus brahamcharya plays significant role in sustaining one's life by regulating strength and vitality.
 ==व्युत्पत्तिः॥ Etymology==
 The word brahmacharya stems from two Sanskrit roots. First is 'Brahman' (Samskrit : ब्रह्मन्) and second is 'Charya' (चर्य).

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 [https://dharmawiki.org/index.php/Dharma_(%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%83) Dharma] served as that foundational principle for people of all traditions that arose on Bharatavarsha (भारतवर्ष). It is generally defined as ‘the principle of righteousness’ or ‘duty.’ The practice of brahmacharya is believed to be favorable conduct in the context of dharma. Since practice of brahmacharya is always rewarding in the terms of health it is called as [https://dharmawiki.org/index.php/Rasayana_(%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D) rasayana]. Further, it is that state of the individual where one has achieved control over all the indriyas. Asatmendriyartha Samyoga (असात्म्येन्द्रियार्थसंयोगः । Inappropriate contact of objects with senses) is counted as one of the 3 causes of disease development of any kind. Thus, practice of brahmacharya prevents this cause of illness and subsequently helps one to prevent diseases and stay healthy. This is the reason for which brahmacharya is considered invariably virtuous especially when following Nishreyasa (निःश्रेयसः) path of dharma.
-== Brahmacharya in Yoga (योगे ब्रह्मचर्यम्) ==
+== योगे ब्रह्मचर्यम्॥ Brahmacharya in Yoga  ==
-The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta ([[Manas (मनः)|manas]] or mind) which may lead to the realization of Brahman.  It is included under the 5 types of yama in yogashastram. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama.
+The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta ([[Manas (मनः)|manas]] or mind) which may lead to the realization of Brahman.  It is included under the 5 types of [[Yama ( यमः )|yama]] in yogashastram. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama.
 .    In Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1">Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda(2015), New Delhi, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, page 609</ref> , we find the reference to Brahmacharya.<blockquote>ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् ....|   ''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim.... |''</blockquote>Meaning  A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacharya, obtains a suitable husband.
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 ''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |'' ''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (Yama). (ii)”.
-== Opinions of various scholars about why Brahmacharya is required? ==
+=== Opinions of various scholars about why Brahmacharya is required? ===
 Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it.
-=== Practice of Brahmacharya ===
+==== Practice of Brahmacharya ====
 <blockquote>“Brahmacharya is absolute freedom from sexual desires and thoughts. A real Brahmachari will not feel any difference in touching a woman, a piece of paper or a block of wood. Brahmacharya is meant for both men and women. Bhishma, Hanuman, Lakshman, Mira Bai, Sulabha and Gargi were all established in Brahmacharya. Mere control of the animal passion will not constitute Brahmacharya. This is incomplete Brahmacharya. You must control all the organs—the ears that want to hear lustful stories, the lustful eye that wants to see objects that excite passion, the tongue that wants to taste exciting things and the skin that wants to touch exciting objects” Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda, [https://www.dlshq.org/download/practice-of-brahmacharya/ Practice of Brahmacharya],(1997),  Page 24,World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION.</ref>  says on page 24, </blockquote>
-=== Talks on Zen ===
+==== Talks on Zen ====
 <blockquote>“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “<ref name=":0">Osho, Zen:The Path of Paradox, Chapter 8, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, (1977), Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref></blockquote>
-=== Yoga The Alpha & Omega  ===
+==== Yoga The Alpha & Omega ====
 <blockquote>In the topic, 'The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya Osho says ,“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrara, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhara, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “ <ref>[https://oshoworld.com/yoga-the-alpha-omega-vol-05-01-10/ Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 (1975)] </ref> </blockquote>
 == References ==
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 The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta ([[Manas (मनः)|manas]] or mind) which may lead to the realization of Brahman.  It is included under the 5 types of yama in yogashastram. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama.
-== Scriptural Occurrences: ==
+== Scriptural Occurrences ==
 .    In Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1">Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda(2015), New Delhi, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, page 609</ref> , we find the reference to Brahmacharya.<blockquote>ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् ....|   ''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim.... |''</blockquote>Meaning  A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacharya, obtains a suitable husband.
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 ''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |'' ''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (Yama). (ii)”.
-== Why Brahmacharya is required? ==
+== Opinions of various scholars about why Brahmacharya is required? ==
 Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it.
-=== a.   Practice of Brahmacharya ===
+=== Practice of Brahmacharya ===
 <blockquote>“Brahmacharya is absolute freedom from sexual desires and thoughts. A real Brahmachari will not feel any difference in touching a woman, a piece of paper or a block of wood. Brahmacharya is meant for both men and women. Bhishma, Hanuman, Lakshman, Mira Bai, Sulabha and Gargi were all established in Brahmacharya. Mere control of the animal passion will not constitute Brahmacharya. This is incomplete Brahmacharya. You must control all the organs—the ears that want to hear lustful stories, the lustful eye that wants to see objects that excite passion, the tongue that wants to taste exciting things and the skin that wants to touch exciting objects” Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda, [https://www.dlshq.org/download/practice-of-brahmacharya/ Practice of Brahmacharya],(1997),  Page 24,World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION.</ref>  says on page 24, </blockquote>
-=== b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho, Zen:The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, (1977), Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason in chapter 8. ===
+=== Talks on Zen ===
-<blockquote>“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya.
+<blockquote>“The other day I was talking about three dimensions: intellectuality, emotionality, sexuality. These are the three dimensions of your inner being. And there is a fourth dimension - brahmacharya. The word brahmacharya is so profound that there is no way to translate it. It does not mean just celibacy; celibacy is a very poor word. Celibacy is negative, it simply says: no sex. Brahmacharya is positive. It says: a divine life. The meaning of brahmacharya is "behaving like a god, living like a god." Brahma means god and charya means living - living like a god, being like a god, behaving like a god. To be godly is brahmacharya. Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “<ref name=":0">Osho, Zen:The Path of Paradox, Chapter 8, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, (1977), Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref></blockquote>
-Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote>
+=== Yoga The Alpha & Omega  ===
+<blockquote>In the topic, 'The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya Osho says ,“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrara, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhara, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “ <ref>[https://oshoworld.com/yoga-the-alpha-omega-vol-05-01-10/ Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 (1975)] </ref> </blockquote>
 == References ==
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 == Brahmacharya in Yoga (योगे ब्रह्मचर्यम्) ==
-The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta which may lead to the realization of Brahman. It is mentioned as celibacy in English, but that is just one part of Brahmacharya. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama.
+The meaning of the term Brahmacharya is staying on the path of Brahman by controlling Chitta ([[Manas (मनः)|manas]] or mind) which may lead to the realization of Brahman.  It is included under the 5 types of yama in yogashastram. There are multiple interpretations by wise people of this Yama.
-== Scriptural Occurances: ==
+== Scriptural Occurrences: ==
 .    In Atharva Veda, Shaunaka Samhita, Kanda - 11, Sukta - 7, Verse - 18<ref name=":1">Dr G. S. Sharma, Atharvaveda(2015), New Delhi, Sanskrit Sahitya Prakashan, page 609</ref> , we find the reference to Brahmacharya.<blockquote>ब्रह्मचर्येण कन्या युवानं विन्दते पतिम् ....|   ''brahmacaryeṇa kanyā yuvānaṁ vindate patim.... |''</blockquote>Meaning  A youthful ''Kanya'' (कन्या, girl) who graduates from Brahmacharya, obtains a suitable husband.
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 .   Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29<ref name=":2">Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) (2.30)- [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8 link]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. <blockquote>यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।।    ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi.
 Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":2" /><blockquote>अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।।     ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''</blockquote>Meaning: The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.As per other texts the number may vary.
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 .   Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swatmaram<ref>Swami Muktibodhananda, Hatha Yoga Pradipika,(2013),  Munger (Bihar), Yoga Publications Trust, Pg. 56 Chap. 1 verse 16.</ref> also mentions Brahmacharya as below. <blockquote>अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं बरह्मछर्यं कष्हमा धॄतिः | दयार्जवं मिताहारः शौछं छैव यमा दश || १७ ||
 ''ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ barahmacharyaṁ kaṣhamā dhr̥̄tiḥ |'' ''dayārjavaṁ mitāhāraḥ śauchaṁ chaiva yamā daśa || 17 ||''</blockquote>Meaning: “Non-violence, truth, non-stealing''',''' continence (being absorbed in a pure state of consciousness), forgiveness, endurance, compassion, humility, moderate diet and cleanliness are the ten rules of conduct (Yama). (ii)”.
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 Brahmacharya is a virtue that a person is expected to bear. It is a Yama that a person can follow. Below are reasons for it.
-=== a.   Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda, [https://www.dlshq.org/download/practice-of-brahmacharya/ Practice of Brahmacharya],(1997), World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION</ref>  says on page 24, ===
+=== a.   Practice of Brahmacharya ===
-<blockquote>“Brahmacharya is absolute freedom from sexual desires and thoughts. A real Brahmachari will not feel any difference in touching a woman, a piece of paper or a block of wood. Brahmacharya is meant for both men and women. Bhishma, Hanuman, Lakshman, Mira Bai, Sulabha and Gargi were all established in Brahmacharya. Mere control of the animal passion will not constitute Brahmacharya. This is incomplete Brahmacharya. You must control all the organs—the ears that want to hear lustful stories, the lustful eye that wants to see objects that excite passion, the tongue that wants to taste exciting things and the skin that wants to touch exciting objects” </blockquote>
+<blockquote>“Brahmacharya is absolute freedom from sexual desires and thoughts. A real Brahmachari will not feel any difference in touching a woman, a piece of paper or a block of wood. Brahmacharya is meant for both men and women. Bhishma, Hanuman, Lakshman, Mira Bai, Sulabha and Gargi were all established in Brahmacharya. Mere control of the animal passion will not constitute Brahmacharya. This is incomplete Brahmacharya. You must control all the organs—the ears that want to hear lustful stories, the lustful eye that wants to see objects that excite passion, the tongue that wants to taste exciting things and the skin that wants to touch exciting objects” Swami Sivananda in Practice of Brahmacharya<ref>Swami Sivananda, [https://www.dlshq.org/download/practice-of-brahmacharya/ Practice of Brahmacharya],(1997),  Page 24,World Wide Web, A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION.</ref>  says on page 24, </blockquote>
 === b. Osho in "Talks on Zen" <ref name=":0">Osho, Zen:The Path of Paradox, Vol. 1, Talks on Zen, (1977), Pune, Osho.com (Audio Discourse)</ref> gives the below reason in chapter 8. ===
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 Brahmacharya is the fourth dimension of your being. Three dimensions are available to everybody. When all three dimensions function in tune, in step, in a dance, then the fourth arises as a fragrance. The fourth is a song that arises out of these three dancing together, embracing each other, melting, merging, into each other. Then arises the fourth. The fourth is the beyond, the transcendental. “</blockquote>
 === d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>[https://oshoworld.com/yoga-the-alpha-omega-vol-05-01-10/ Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 (1975)] </ref> gives the below reason in the topic The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya says, ===

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 <blockquote>“Only a bored man -- bored with sex -- can really become a celibate. A BRAHMACHARYA ARISES, a pure BRAHMACHARYA arises -- out of sheer boredom. If you are not yet bored, then your BRAHMACHARYA will be a repression and I am not in favour of any repression because repression keeps the joy in sex alive” </blockquote>
-=== d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>[https://oshoworld.com/yoga-the-alpha-omega-vol-05-01-10/ Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 (1975)] </ref> give the below reason in the topic The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya says, ===
+=== d. Osho in discourse Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7<ref>[https://oshoworld.com/yoga-the-alpha-omega-vol-05-01-10/ Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Discourse : Yoga The Alpha & Omega Vol 05 - Discourse 7 (1975)] </ref> gives the below reason in the topic The Alchemy of Being: Brahmacharya says, ===
 <blockquote>“Brahmacharya is not against sex. If it is against sex then sex can never disappear. Brahmacharya is a transmutation of the energy: it is not being against sex, rather it is changing the whole energy from the sex center to the higher centers. When it reaches to the seventh center of man, the sahasrar, then brahmacharya happens. If it remains in the first center, the muladhar, then sex; when it reaches to the seventh center, then samadhi. The same energy moves. It is not being against it; rather, it is an art how to use it. “</blockquote>
 == References ==
 <references />