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The following (unless stated otherwise) is taken from a
lecture by Śrīla Prabhupāda on Srimad-Bhagavatam verse 6.1.11, New
York, July 25, 1971:
So the tapasya life begins from celibacy, brahmacaryena. Śukadeva
Gosvāmī recommends. Brahmacarya is described in the śāstras
that:
smaraṇam kīrtanaṁ kelih preksanam guhyam asanam [sankalpo adhyavasaya].
1. smaraṇam [remembering], thinking of sex life, that is against brahmacarya. Complete celibacy means one should not think of even sex life.
2. kīrtanaṁ [chanting], talk of sex life. Our modern literature, newspaper and everything, simply full with talks of sex life. But this is against brahmacarya life.
3. kelih [performing], actually indulging in sex life.
4. preksanam [looking], overlooking a nice boy or nice girl. That is also against brahmacarya.
5. guhyam [confidential], whispering between girls and boys. That is also against brahmacārī.
6. asanam [sitting], “One should not allow oneself to sit on the same seat even with one’s own mother, sister or daughter, for the senses are so strong that even though one is very advanced in knowledge, he may be attracted by sex.” (Srimad-Bhagavatam 9.19.16)
7. sankalpo [determination], determination of sex life.
8. adhyavasaya [endeavoring], endeavoring how to effect sex life.
So when we can stop all these activities, that is real brahmacarya. It is very difficult at the present age. Etan maithunyam astangam pravadanti manisinah vikarita brahmacaryam eda astanam laksanam iti(?). So brahmacarya means that you cannot think of sex life, you cannot talk of sex life, you cannot whisper about sex life, or you cannot endeavor for sex life. These eight types of activities in sex indulgence are against brahmacary life. But here it is prescribed that if you want to make solution of the problems of life, then you adopt, you have to adopt a life of tapasya, austerity, which begins from brahmacārī.
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