Practice of Brahmacharya

By

SRI SWAMI SIVANANDA

A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION

• PRAYER FOR PURITY
• SECTION I. THE PHENOMENON OF SEX

• THE PRESENT-DAY DEGRADATION
• THE WORKING OF THE SEX IMPULSE
• INTENSITY OF THE CRAVINGS IN DIFFERENT PERSONS
• SEX IS IN IMAGINATION
• THE DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF SEXUAL INDULGENCE
• THE VALUE OF SEMEN

• SECTION II. THE GLORY OF BRAHMACHARYA

• THE MEANING OF BRAHMACHARYA
• THE GLORY OF BRAHMACHARYA
• IMPORTANCE OF CELIBACY IN SPIRITUAL LIFE
• BRAHMACHARYA FOR HOUSEHOLDERS
• WOMEN AND BRAHMACHARYA
• BRAHMACHARYA AND THE EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM
• SOME IDEAL BRAHMACHARINS

• SECTION III. TECHNIQUES OF SEX SUBLIMATION

• SUPPRESSION AND SUBLIMATION
• TO MARRY OR NOT TO MARRY
• THE DANGERS OF PROMISCUOUS MIXING
• STOP THAT LUSTFUL LOOK!
• THE ROLE OF DIET IN SEX CONTROL
• WET DREAMS AND SPERMATORRHOEA
• SOME POWERFUL AIDS TO THE PRACTICE OF CELIBACY
• HATHA YOGA TO THE RESCUE
• SOME ILLUSTRATIVE STORIES

• SELECT SAYINGS ON SEX AND CELIBACY

• SECTION IV. A SYMPOSIUM

• COMMENTARY ON SWAMI SIVANANDA’S 8TH SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTION

• THE PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE OF BRAHMACHARYA
• BRAHMACHARYA—AN OUTLOOK OF CONSCIOUSNESS
• MARRIAGE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
• BIRTH CONTROL