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THE WAY OF LIFE
In some families, people spend more money on eating food outside than on food prepared at home. On account of the habit of eating food outside the house, the habit of eating prohibited food like meat has increased. Diseases also have increased. The health of people has been upset by this habit of eating food outside the house. In consequence, people are spending money on medicines.
EVEN TOUCH CAN BE DANGEROUS
- The sense of touch is gratified by means of a pleasant and sweet contact. The contact between man and woman gives the delight of touch. This pleasure arising from a physical contact between man and woman is not prohibited in the case of householders but it is totally prohibited in the case of sadhus.
- Parents touch their children with affection and compassion but this is not prohibited. In the same manner, if a woman touches another woman and if a man touches another man without any passion or mental aberration, it is not prohibited. Even if a man and a woman touch each other without passion or mental aberration, it is not prohibited. The physical contact between man and woman can provoke passions and emotional aberrations. Therefore, man and woman should not touch each other, unless there is some extraordinary reason for it.
- The physical contact between man and woman from the sexual point of view is not totally prohibited. A man can have sexual relationships with his wife. This is not prohibited but he should not have sexual relationships with other women. This latter kind of relationship is prohibited. The purpose of sexual relationship is reproduction; begetting children but in this, excessive passion should not be present. Excessive sexual passion causes harm both to man and woman. The Kamapurushartha does not include passionate sexual indulgence. The man who is carrying out the Dharmapurushartha will experience a restraint on his sexual passion and relationship. The Kamapurushartha should be carried out with self-discipline and nobility. Those who are excessively passionate possess a craving for sen
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