Aspirants Guide

Author(s): Atmanandji Maharaj
Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra Sadhna Kendra Koba

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CELIBACY
overcome by it, one loses all sense of understanding and reason. She approached the king and, with folded hands, she said, "Well, your honor ! I am very much afflicted !"
"Noble lady ! What is the cause of your affliction ?" inquired the king carefully and cautiously. "I can reveal that only if you promise to remedy it," replied the lady slyly. The king, with his simple heart, replied : "I shall certainly help you, if possible." The young woman, with uncontrolled expression and gestures said, "Sir, I am childless. I desire a son like you".
For a moment, the king was stunned, but he immediately controlled himself, "Oh, you only desire a son like me. Well mother ! Chhatras al is your son."
The king touched her feet and accepted her as queen-mother. Such was his youthful right eousness, his patience and self-control.
in the history of Bundelkhand, the time of this king's rule is considered to be a golden period. Under his ruling his subjects had full security and prosperity. (3) Pandit Shri Sumeru-chandra Diwakar is a great scholar of modern Jain Society. He is over ninty years old and lives at Shivni, in Madhya Pradesh not far from Nagpur.
Once during the Parshana festival, he was lecturing to a group of youths. He preached Dharma and then added, "Friends, do exercise and cultivate self-control. This will lead to perfect health and you will never require the vitamin tablets from doctors."
The young men started asking among them selves. "We should like to know how far Panditji exercises self-control himself".
On hearing this Pandit Indralal Shastri said, "Friends, Panditji is a devout celibate from child hood." The youths were stunned. (4) Dayanand Saraswati (Maharshi) was a great religious leader and authority on the Vedas of Hindu religion. He founded "Arya-Samaj", a socio- religions institute in the last century in Punjab.
Dayanand Saraswati was visiting Ashwinikumar Dutt in Calcutta.
Ashwinikumar, "Sir ! Does Kama (lust) ever bother you ?"
Dayanand Saraswati, "Kama ! | always engage myself in Kama (work). Therefore Kama (lust) never crosses my mind."
Ashwinikumar, "Isn't your body like other humans ?"
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