Guest guest Posted August 18, 2001 Report Share Posted August 18, 2001 Dear Anup Lahiry: Regarding your question of whether celebacy for a householder is required to practice Raja Yoga, I would recommend the book, " Meditation and Spiritual Life " by Swami Yatiswarananda, available from the Ramakrishna Math in Bangalore or from www.vedanta.org. Swami's chapter entitled, " The Problem of Sex in Spiritual Life " should answer most of your questions. This is an important question, and it would be good to see some more input from the List. Personally, I believe celebacy to be essetial, but one must be ready for it (unfortunately, I am not). All of the great ones, e.g., Christ, Ramakrishna, Vivekananda, Yogananda, etc., etc., were celebate and chose to sublimate their sexual energy into spiritual energy. God Bless! Bradley Dean Stephan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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