Brahmacharya—In a narrow sense Brahmacharya is understood to be the practice of celibacy or sexual abstinence. In a wider sense, it is to keep the mind always engaged in thoughts of Brahma or the ...

Gandhi came up repeatedly in the conversation on Love and Longing in Indian Writing. Gandhi came up repeatedly in the conversation on Love and Longing in Indian Writing. Gandhi came up repeatedly in ...

At first glance, Hinduism seems full of divine marriages, Shiva with Parvati, Vishnu with Lakshmi, and even Brahma with Saraswati. Yet the same religion praises celibacy, with saints like Hanuman, ...

In Sanskrit, Brahma means ‘higher awareness’ and acharya means ‘to stay in’. In a discourse on brahmacharya, Anandmurti Gurumaa—the new-age teacher who is said to have attained enlightenment at age 6 ...

Every boy should be trained to practice absolute brahmacharya and then,and then alone faith and shraddha will come.Chastity in thought, word and deed always and in all conditions is what is called ...

In his Ask Sadhguru column, the spiritual leader shares insights on channeling energy, making India a sporting nation, and the difference between seeking and desiring Question: Namaskaram, Sadhguru.

It is easy to tempt anyone on diet to have a samosa or a piece of cake at a birthday party, but it is impossible to make a person on fast eat anything that their fast does not allow. This is how ...

Recently lululemon athletica* issued a shopping bag with the Sanskrit word brahmacharya on it. The bag has caused a controversy among my fellow yogis. People have expressed shock that a yoga clothing ...

The camp of Shakti Dham in sector 17 in Mahakumbh Nagar witnessed three foreign disciples of Jagadguru Sai Maa Lakshmi Devi take Brahmacharya Deeksha on Sunday amidst chanting of Vedic Mantras. (From ...