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Brahmcharya
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That sex is poison is not known. If they did know that
sex is poison, they would stay away from it. Therefore the Lord
says that the fruit of knowledge of the Self is continuity as the
Self What is the fruit of knowledge ? to stop, cease. one hasn't
known the danger of sex and therefore he does not stop.
If there is anything to fear, it is the fear of sexuality. There
is no other reason, in this world, where fear is necessary.
Therefore, beware of sex, just like you would with snakes,
scorpions or a tiger.
After earning merit karmas over countless lives, one attains
birth in a family with good culture and high moral standing. But
all this is lost in pursuit of sex and money.
So many people ask me, ‘What is there in sex that my
whole body feels like death after experiencing the pleasure of
sex, my mind dies and my speech dies?’ I tell them that all these
people indulging in sexuality are already dead, but because you
have not awakened to this fact, the same condition occurs again
and again. Otherwise if ever brahmacharya is preserved, each
human being has so much energy. The knowledge of the Self is
the ultimate essence of time (samayasaar). This is real awareness
that increases the experience of the Self. And brahmacharya is
the essence of the living body.
The presence of brahmacharya in the mind, the body and
the speech results in wonderful power of mind, wonderful power
of body and wonderful power of the speech. What type of
sexuality existed in the times of Lord Mahavir? The sex was
limited to having one to two children. The Lord knew that this
interaction would be abused in this day and age, so he had to
add the fifth vow of brahmacharya.
It is a real wonder that humans are stuck in the terrible
filth of exploitation of the five senses. It is horrible heap of filth.