Scientific Secrets of Jainism

Author(s): Nandighoshvijay
Publisher: Research Institute of Scientific Secrets from Indian Oriental Scriptures Ahmedabad

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ments showing the benefits of observing celibacy and then we shall think of scientific aspects of celibacy shown by great sages of ancient times.
In this connection 'Science of Regeneration', the book written by Raymond Bernard is worth reading. He says that man's sexual tendencies are fully controlled by endocrine glands. The endocrine glands produce sex hormones and they control other glands. Youth subsists on abundance of sex hormones in the blood. As endocrine glands decrese the production of sex hormones, we begin to experience old age and weakness. Semen is a treasure of inexhaustible strength. By protecting and preserving it man can maintain his energies and youth for a very long time.
Freud himself observed celibacy from the age of 40. The secret of life of a long-lived and physically and mentally strong man is, in most cases, the observance of celibacy. Great men of the world, Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Isaac Newton, Morarji Desai etc. observed celibacy since youth, though they were householders. Plato also said that sportsmen and athletes should observe celibacy for a certain period before participating in sports.
If celibacy is not observed by body, speech or mind /sensorium, sex hormones flow out of the body of men and women. The sex hormones are mostly made of lecithin, phosphorus, nitrogen, and iodine, the components which are very useful to life, body and brain. The latest research works show that the chemical, lecithin nourishes the brain. The test of blood of mad men in lunatic asylums shows that lecithin is almost absent. Studies of their past lives show that in thier youth, most of them had fallen in a bad company. Indulgence in excessive sexual plays is dangerous to a house-holder's life. Sometime one has to give up hope for life as a result of excessive sexual plays.
Modern science does not lag behind in making experiments for regaining youth, rejuvenation etc. All those experiments can produce energy in body only for three or four years. These experiments have proved it beyond doubt that in order to sustain, youth endocrine glands should be kept active and sex hormonmes in blood should be abundant. The sex hormones should not be made to flow out of the body as a result of failing to keep or preserve celibacy either physically, vocally or mentally.?
In these days of excessive indulgence in sexual enjoyments, is it