Yoga Philosophy

Author(s): Virchand R Gandhi, Bhagu F Karbhari
Publisher: Agamoday Samiti

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MYSTICISM IN INDIA
he will not blush to beg. Such hes been the case with Greece also. She has repudiated her debts for many years. Like Turkey she has nothing to pay. All the works of industry in those countries are done by foreigners. The fourth in the list of forbearances is avoidance of incontinence. This includes besides physical enjoyment, even talking to, looking at or thinking of the other sex with lustful intention.
And here we may mention the very important point of the vow of celibacy enjoined for a student of Yoga. We know that even doctors of eminence talk about the dictates of nature as if aniinality and brutality are natural parts of man. They may talk about sexual needs, imperious necessities, uncontrollable passion. Shall we believe these physicians or look to the actual facts? We know that the trainer of a pugilist denies his man all indulgences hatever; the trainer of this nature of a boat's crew would abandon all hope of victory if he kcew that his men indulged even once a week. Indeed so jealous is he that he will not permit his wards even to talk much with the other sex, lest some erotic fancy should affect the conditton of their nerves. An eminent doctor of the United States says:-All eminent physiologists who have written on this point agree that the most precious atoms of the blood enter into the composition of the creativé essence. A healthy man may occassionally use it with impunity, but if he chooses-with reference to great physical strength and endurance as in the pedestrian, boat