A few Brahmacari meditations

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Dear Prabhu

 

Please accept my humble obeisances and forgive my offences. All glories to

Srila Prabhupada.

 

Just wanted to share a bit of nectar with you:

 

How to Overcome Lust, Anger, Greed and Fear

SB 7.15.22

V - By making plans with determination, one should give up lusty desires for

sense gratification. Similarly, by giving up envy one should conquer anger,

by discussing the disadvantages of accumulating wealth one should give up

greed, and by discussing the truth one should give up fear.

P - Çréla Viçvanätha Cakravarté Öhäkura has suggested how one can conquer

lusty desires for sense gratification. One cannot give up thinking of women,

for thinking in this way is natural; even while walking on the street, one

will see so many women. However, if one is determined not to live with a

woman, even while seeing a woman he will not become lusty. If one is

determined not to have sex, he can automatically conquer lusty desires. The

example given in this regard is that even if one is hungry, if on a

particular day he is determined to observe fasting, he can naturally conquer

the disturbances of hunger and thirst. If one is determined not to be

envious of anyone, he can naturally conquer anger. Similarly, one can give

up the desire to accumulate wealth simply by considering how difficult it is

to protect the money in one's possession. If one keeps a large amount of

cash with him, he is always anxious about keeping it properly. Thus if one

discusses the disadvantages of accumulating wealth, he can naturally give up

business without difficulty.

 

 

Taking Sannyasa and Preventing Falldown

SB 7.15.36

....one must ultimately accept sannyäsa, the renounced order, for only by the

renounced order can one be situated in brahma-sukha, or transcendental

bliss. In brahma-sukha one is no longer attracted by lusty desires. Indeed,

when one is no longer disturbed, especially by lusty desires for sexual

indulgence, he is fit to become a sannyäsé. Otherwise, one should not accept

the sannyäsa order. If one accepts sannyäsa at an immature stage, there is

every possibility of his being attracted by women and lusty desires and thus

again becoming a so-called gåhastha or a victim of women. Such a person is

most shameless, and he is called väntäçé, or one who eats that which he has

already vomited. He certainly leads a condemned life. In our Kåñëa

consciousness movement it is advised, therefore, that the sannyäsés and

brahmacärés keep strictly aloof from the association of women so that there

will be no chance of their falling down again as victims of lusty desires.

 

 

Your Servant,

 

Jai Nitai dasa