Friday, April 17, 2020

Celebacy and spirituality

Someone pestered Ramana Maharshi - whether sex and spirituality are compatible or, celibacy is a must & should for spirituality . 
Ramanan's reply - was same as JK's and Osho's , in direct and uncertain terms . 
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D.: I believe celibacy is necessary even for a householder if he is to succeed in Self-enquiry. Am I right?

B.: First find out who the wife and husband are. Then the question will not arise.

D.: Isn’t Brahmacharya (celibacy) necessary for realisation of the Self?

B.: Brahmacharya means ‘living in Brahman’; it has no connection with celibacy as commonly understood. 

A real Brahmachari is one who lives in Brahman and finds bliss in Brahman, which is the same as the Self. 

Why, then, should he look for other sources of happiness? 

In fact, it is emergence from the Self that is the cause of all misery.

D.: But isn’t celibacy necessary for yoga?

B.: It is one aid to realisation among many others.

D.: Then is it not indispensable? Can a married man realise the Self?

B.: Certainly. It is a question of fitness of mind. Married or unmarried, a man can realise the Self, because the Self is here and now. If it were not, but were obtainable by some effort at some future time, if it were something new to be acquired, it would not be worth seeking, because what is not natural cannot be permanent.
What I say is that the Self is here and now and that IT alone is.

~ The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi in his own words.

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