5 principle....Celibacy????

It has been questioned the role of Celibacy in Yoga. Patanjali has described as "Brahamcharya pratisthanam virya labha". Brahamcharya is mostly interpreted as Celibacy or abstaining the sexual activity, prathistam means occurence, Virya is again translated as semen and labh is gain. So with this textual translation it concludes as the presence of Celibacy gives the benefits of semen, Some commentors have expalined as establishment of celibacy leads to vigour.

But the question arises  how the loss of semen affects the path of yoga? What we are supposed to do with sexual absenteeism? Religion and  Celibacy are closely related, in all religions whether Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism etc mostly the priests are not allowed to get married or supposed to have commitment towards life long so called virginity. Religion believes the energy should move always upward towards head so just to stop the down flow it prohibits  sexual activity.Hindus were so fanatatic to this concept that they made Patanjali like human from Face and upper body but tied him as Fish form below navel to hold his celibacy in esteem. They have said that he was never born he just fall from sky, so erased all the sexual events even in pictorial form.

Yoga holds a different opinion from religion towards, it doesn't  states external celibacy, it talking more on transformation. Patanjali needs a positive use of this  energy rather than destructive, armies are kept apart from their families, their sexuality have been hindered, which leads them to for the destructive nature. They can only kill when this sex force pushes them and make them insane, it makes them blind as it is trying to find a way to penetrate, it comes in bullet penetration. Almost more than ten times I heard the sexual abuses done by most of highest religious authorities in almost every religion.

Vigour is defined as a power to forgive, and only braves can forgive. In fact Patanjali was not interested in sexual celibacy, he is most likely interested in mercy, forgiveness and misdirected transformation of energy. In India most of the scandals also in yoga school, hindu temples, have shown sex abuses, they are preaching the uses of this. The real essence of celibacy lies on satisfaction, and this is closely related with energy moving from root chakra. In ashtanga all are talking about Mulabandha but still they are far from undertstanding the resl significance of it. Just contracting the pelvis and perinium will not to attain the goal.

It is a drving force, that have to be well balanced and directed, not complete absenteeism or excessive indulgence will lead to goal.

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