Brahamacharya Celibacy with Understanding

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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mistakes.
Dadashri : Then you should get rid of it even sooner. You should stay firm. Then she will stop making plans. If this doesn't work then you can even talk something crazy. You can say that, 'If you come before me then I will slap you. You will not find anyone crazier than me. This way the file would not come again. This is the only way to get rid of her.
[10] Sexual Behavior: Dismissal From Group
It is wrong to come to this group of mahatmas and then have sexual thoughts and impulses towards anyone. Here everyone comes with full trust.
By coming here all the sins, including sexual sins, that were committed elsewhere are cleansed. But, the consequences of the sins that are committed here will have to be paid for in hell. We can release you of your sins that are already committed, but you must avoid committing new sins. Here, there is a solution for the sins that have already been committed.
Dadashri : I can accept if other mistakes occur, but circumstances leading to sexual interaction must never occur.
You must accept two conditions: First if act of sex occurs, then I would personally leave this group of brahmacharis, nobody else will have to tell me to leave. I will walk away on my own. Secondly, if I dose off in spiritual lethargy in the presence of Dada, then I will accept whatever punishment the group gives me. This punishment may be fasting for three days or something like that.
[11] Complete Safe Side In Brahmacharya
There is a precondition and requirements to be able to practice brahmacharya. The precondition is that you should have taken Gnan. Then the necessary requirements are; being in a group of people practicing brahmacharya, they should live in a place outside and away from the city and they should have some continuing guidance. All these circumstances should be present.
Questioner : Does that mean that bad company can destroy the power of a firm resolution of brahmacharya?
Dadashri : Yes, it would break your resolve. Bad company can completely change a person's behavior just as can the company of good people change you. But once a person joins the company of the immoral, it is very difficult to bring him back and it does not take long at all for a person who is in the company of spiritual people to get into immoral company.
Questioner: There are all kinds of tubers within, but the tuber of sex torments the most.
It is better to get married than to behave as an animal in sexual matters. What is wrong in getting married? Fulfilling ones sexual needs by getting married is better. Not getting married and continuing to be sexually active is very dangerous and earns you the right to go to hell. We cannot have that here, can we? Having sex with your marital partner is rightful sex.
Breaking the vow of brahmacharya is a major sin. Breaking the vow of brahmacharya is a major problem. It is like falling from a great height. It is like uprooting a ten-year-old tree. Ten years are wasted, are they not? It is like replanting it all over again. When the person practicing brahmacharya slips, just for one day, all is lost.
Questioner : My commitment is firm, but I still make