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Gandhi and Brahmacharya
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Gandhi and Brahmacharya
Aids to Brahmacharya
Spiritual Beliefs and Connection
Gandhi's Vow
Brahmacharya and Hinduism
- Diet, fasting, and control of the physical
- control of the senses; thought, word, and action
- succumbing to a life of pleasure defeats the goals of brahmacharya
- Gandhi remained a practicing brahmachari from 1906 at age 38 until his death in 1948
- Believed his search for bramacharya was motivated by a call to public duty
- Also, to abstain from having more children
- Believed the practice made him more spiritual, less carnal, less self-centeed. provided a spiritual effect
- First of four Ashrams of vedic life, doctrines laid out in the manu-smriti
- Traditional practice lasts for the first 20-25 years of life
- Students studying the practice are known as brahmachari
- Brahmacharya refers to the search of brahma, ultimate spiritual power
- Slave to lust relation with spirtual faithfulness
- Was not successful at the practice until his focus was aimed at self-control
- Devoting himself to the community hinged upon relinquishing desires of household cares
- Comes from a place of desire to overcome temptation
The Gandhi Family
Education
Self-Restraint
- Subsequent reasonings for mahatma's celibacy was kasturbai and her health, and their need for no more children
- Regarded brahmacharya as a necessity as a rule of life for men in search of truth
- Gandhi looked highly on his cousin, who embraced the practice as well, carrying it through with success up until his death
- The practice of brahmacharya requires strict celibacy
- Study of brahmacharya asks for complete devotion to one's spiritual education, and focus on discipline and concentration
- Referred to as the beginning stage of life, where a student learns personal responsibility and dedication to the study of dharma, the principles of righteous living
- Gandhi's learnings and experiences with brahmacharya did not stem through study of the vedic ashrams, but his own life experience
- Believed that in the practice of self-restraint, he was becoming closer to protection of the mind, body, and soul
- Though he practiced for over 30-40 years, he allocated that he must remain ever vigilant in his vow
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