Tips to follow Brahmacharya.
Here are some important tips to follow Brahmacharya.
ü Have a spiritual attitude towards opposite gender.
ü Consider every person of opposite gender as mother, sister or daughter
(father, brother or son for female aspirants) depending on the age or consider
every person as Self or Consciousness.
ü Keep away from bad habits such as smoking, drinking, drugs, etc., which
excite the nervous system and stimulate sexual desire.
ü Maintain internal (of mind) and external (of body) cleanliness.
ü If you are already married and have children, consider the spouse as
just a friend, sleep separately and practice complete brahmacharya.
ü Keep up in your mind ! that no other relation can be separated. But
marriage is the only relation which can separated by divorce.
ü Get up in the Brahma Muhurata (starts 96 minutes before sunrise,
and ends 48 minutes before sunrise; it is the second
last muhurata before sunrise. So, if we suppose the time of sunrise
at 6:00 a.m. someday,brahma muhurata would be from 4:24 a.m. to 5:11
a.m.), and do some meditation and prayer after bathing. This habit will help in
increasing your satva, which is indispensable for the practice of
Brahmacharya.
ü Practice yoga asana it keeps your mind strong.
ü Read religious books.
ü Be humble and give up pride. Humility and modesty
are the prerequisites for the practice of Brahmacharya.
ü Daily offer prayer to your istha devata.
ü Follow Spiritual discourse given by religious persons.
ü Make it a habit to watch devotional channels
ü Regularly Visit temples. Make it a habit.
ü Regular practice of moderate pranayama (breathing
exercise) must be made a habit. Pranayama is an effective measure in regulating
mind.
ü Don’t be in company with bad persons
ü Make friendly relation with spritiual persons
ü Do not compare yourself with worldly people or with
those who are the puppets of passion, but rather compare yourself with great
souls if you want to succeed on this path.
ü Always prefer Sattvic food(vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, dairy
products such as ghee and milk ......etc) Get the total list from internet.
ü Avoid Non – Vegetarian
ü Avoid onion and garlic.
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