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02. - PANCHINDIYA SUTRA (GURU STHÄPANÄ SUTRA)
02. Sutra Meaning:
Guru Maharaj who has attained perfect control over the pleasures and pains associated with five-sense organs, observes celibacy in the nine prescribed ways, and is free from the four kinds of passions.
Guru Maharaj also observes the five great vows, five codes of conduct, five kinds of carefulness, and three kinds of restraints in daily activities. Thus, a Guru Maharaj possesses 36 qualities.
02. General Meaning:
A Guru has 36 Qualities:
Control over the Five Senses:
He possesses complete control over the pleasures of touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing senses.
Observance of Nine Stipulations of Celibacy:
He observes celibacy by following its nine stipulations. These steps provide proper protection to the vow of celibacy, and are known as the nine Brahmacharya Väda.
Not looking at a person of the opposite gender with the sense of sensual pleasure
Not thinking of the past sensual pleasures of one's life
Not being alone with a person of opposite gender
Not talking about a person of the opposite gender with pleasure
Not sitting at the same place where a person of the opposite gender has been sitting until certain amount of time has elapsed
Not staying nearby where a couple might be staying
Not consuming intoxicants, such as alcohol or drugs. Always eating less than one's hunger Not decorating the body
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