If this can be done, advancement in spiritual life comes very easily.

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On the whole, for spiritual advancement, one must give up the company of women.

This is what is meant by the order of sannyasa, the renounced order. Before

taking sannyasa, or completely renouncing the material world, one has to

practice avoiding illicit sex. Sex life, licit or illicit, is practically the

same, but through illicit sex one becomes more and more captivated. By

regulating one's sex life there is a chance that one may eventually be able to

renounce sex or renounce the association of women. If this can be done,

advancement in spiritual life comes very easily.

 

(SB 4.25.62 purp)