Celibacy and God
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Celibacy and God
In most of the religions, priests observe celibacy. In some religions, priests are asked to observe celibacy and in some other religions, it is observed as an unwritten rule. The common people have no idea as to how God is related with celibacy and why in most of the religions it has been made compulsory for the priests. Surprisingly, the author has met the priests who do not know why they observe celibacy! Apparently, there does not appear any reason to relate celibacy with God. But religious rules and that too, a strict rule like celibacy that makes a difference in the living of a priest from others has to have some ground. This is a polite attempt to briefly introduce this subject; this being related to self realization the topic of this website. Also the common people would find here something useful for them. As a policy of this website nothing that contains here is against any faith, religion or sect. Whatever has been written here, if somebody finds it different than his/her faith, is simply a difference of opinion. It is requested that this be studied with no malice in the mind or simply be ignored.
In some religions the priests are asked to vow for celibacy before they occupy the posts in the religion. In India celibacy was given utmost importance irrespective of whether somebody was a priest or a common person. The Hindu religious regulations, called’ Shastras’, had recommended certain guidelines for the people about copulation. In Grahasthashram, (married life) the men were asked to be with their wives only once in a month during the middle period in between her two menstruation cycles. It was made clear that they should come together for the purpose of begetting children only, not for enjoyment. This was the reason that in ancient days in India people were extremely intelligent, strong and God fearing. People at that time used to observe the discipline of the Shastras voluntarily. The men were advised not to stay alone in the house with their own daughter, sister or any females in relation. Hindu religion is full of many religious stories to guide the people. The religious stories often depicted the idea lives of men and women. It was said that the God of reproduction, ‘Brahmadeva’ created a female and called her his daughter; but in the next moment looking at her, he became excited due to her beauty and tried to catch hold of her for pleasure. Of course, this is an imaginary story to depict the intrinsic aggressive nature of the males.
I do not know how many Hindus know that Brahamadev was nobody but an imaginary representative God for the semen, and the story was meant for educating the people that when the semen becomes active it makes the person blind. There are hardly a few temples of Brahmadev (God) in India. In some temples, Brahmadeva has a different name. The author has heard this from an enlightened Yogee Guru that the profoundly celebrated God in the state of Maharashtra (India), where millions of people visit for pilgrim, is known as ‘Pandurang’. This God Pandurang is originally a ‘Brahmadev God’. Pandurang means “white colour”. The name of the pilgrim place is also ‘Pandharpur’. “Pandhar” means white colour and “Pur” is a name given to a living place or town. Pandharpur means human body that consists of the white fluid. This is a big centre of the saints in Maharashtra. The pilgrim place and the temple inspire the seekers to observe celibacy. The temple of Pandurang is in the river because the semen is said to be the “Jaltatwa” (watery element) in the human body. In fact, worshiping Pandurang is to observe celibacy, but this secret is hardly understood by any devotee. The purpose of creating temples of “Semen God” was to make the people understand that they should be always cautious about the misuse of the strength in their bodies.
Those people who wanted to learn the science of God were asked to observe absolute celibacy in India by their Guru. The Guru would ask his disciples to live in an Ashram. That is the living place of Guru. The house of the Guru would be generally situated in a remote place and away from the people. In ‘Upanishada’, the stories reveal that the young men who used to approach the learned Guru for learning ‘Brahmavidya’, (knowledge of God) would keep dry leaves of grass in their hands when they first meet Guru. This was a sign to make the Guru understand that the persons who want to become disciples were observing celibacy very strictly. Even after observing the dry grass in their hands, the Guru would ask them to live in the Ashram for some years, before he would teach the first lesson of the knowledge of God. Especially, the students learning Yoga from Guru were strictly ordered to follow the following eight kinds of celibacy guidelines. Yoga has been told yielding no good results for the health at all, if celibacy was not observed.
In most of the religions, priests observe celibacy. In some religions, priests are asked to observe celibacy and in some other religions, it is observed as an unwritten rule. The common people have no idea as to how God is related with celibacy and why in most of the religions it has been made compulsory for the priests. Surprisingly, the author has met the priests who do not know why they observe celibacy! Apparently, there does not appear any reason to relate celibacy with God. But religious rules and that too, a strict rule like celibacy that makes a difference in the living of a priest from others has to have some ground. This is a polite attempt to briefly introduce this subject; this being related to self realization the topic of this website. Also the common people would find here something useful for them. As a policy of this website nothing that contains here is against any faith, religion or sect. Whatever has been written here, if somebody finds it different than his/her faith, is simply a difference of opinion. It is requested that this be studied with no malice in the mind or simply be ignored.
In some religions the priests are asked to vow for celibacy before they occupy the posts in the religion. In India celibacy was given utmost importance irrespective of whether somebody was a priest or a common person. The Hindu religious regulations, called’ Shastras’, had recommended certain guidelines for the people about copulation. In Grahasthashram, (married life) the men were asked to be with their wives only once in a month during the middle period in between her two menstruation cycles. It was made clear that they should come together for the purpose of begetting children only, not for enjoyment. This was the reason that in ancient days in India people were extremely intelligent, strong and God fearing. People at that time used to observe the discipline of the Shastras voluntarily. The men were advised not to stay alone in the house with their own daughter, sister or any females in relation. Hindu religion is full of many religious stories to guide the people. The religious stories often depicted the idea lives of men and women. It was said that the God of reproduction, ‘Brahmadeva’ created a female and called her his daughter; but in the next moment looking at her, he became excited due to her beauty and tried to catch hold of her for pleasure. Of course, this is an imaginary story to depict the intrinsic aggressive nature of the males.
I do not know how many Hindus know that Brahamadev was nobody but an imaginary representative God for the semen, and the story was meant for educating the people that when the semen becomes active it makes the person blind. There are hardly a few temples of Brahmadev (God) in India. In some temples, Brahmadeva has a different name. The author has heard this from an enlightened Yogee Guru that the profoundly celebrated God in the state of Maharashtra (India), where millions of people visit for pilgrim, is known as ‘Pandurang’. This God Pandurang is originally a ‘Brahmadev God’. Pandurang means “white colour”. The name of the pilgrim place is also ‘Pandharpur’. “Pandhar” means white colour and “Pur” is a name given to a living place or town. Pandharpur means human body that consists of the white fluid. This is a big centre of the saints in Maharashtra. The pilgrim place and the temple inspire the seekers to observe celibacy. The temple of Pandurang is in the river because the semen is said to be the “Jaltatwa” (watery element) in the human body. In fact, worshiping Pandurang is to observe celibacy, but this secret is hardly understood by any devotee. The purpose of creating temples of “Semen God” was to make the people understand that they should be always cautious about the misuse of the strength in their bodies.
Those people who wanted to learn the science of God were asked to observe absolute celibacy in India by their Guru. The Guru would ask his disciples to live in an Ashram. That is the living place of Guru. The house of the Guru would be generally situated in a remote place and away from the people. In ‘Upanishada’, the stories reveal that the young men who used to approach the learned Guru for learning ‘Brahmavidya’, (knowledge of God) would keep dry leaves of grass in their hands when they first meet Guru. This was a sign to make the Guru understand that the persons who want to become disciples were observing celibacy very strictly. Even after observing the dry grass in their hands, the Guru would ask them to live in the Ashram for some years, before he would teach the first lesson of the knowledge of God. Especially, the students learning Yoga from Guru were strictly ordered to follow the following eight kinds of celibacy guidelines. Yoga has been told yielding no good results for the health at all, if celibacy was not observed.
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