Controlling Sex Desire
If instead of being controlled by our senses we master our senses, we become very powerful. In this connection my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, has said that if one can conquer his senses he can make the entire world his followers. The number one sensual desire we experience is sex desire. So especially if one can conquer over his sex desire by only utilizing his genitals for producing saintly children, he will become a great conquering hero. In this connection my spiritual master gives the following example:
"If you indulge in sex life, you cannot fix up your mind in anything. That is the effect of brahmacari life. If you remain brahmacari, without sex life, then you can be determined. Just like we have seen a practical example of Mahatma Gandhi in India. Now, he started a movement, nonviolent, noncooperation. The movement..., the fight was declared against the powerful British Empire. Just see. And he determined that 'I shall fight with the Britishers nonviolent, without any weapon,' because India was dependent; there was no weapon. And several times it was attempted by armed revolution. But these Britishers and more powerful; they cut down. So Gandhi, he invented this method, that 'I shall fight with the Britishers. Even they become violent, I shall not become violent. So I shall get world sympathy.' So this was his plan. He was great statesman.
"But his determination was so fixed up because he was a brahmacari. From..., at the age of thirty-six years he gave up. He had his wife, but he gave up his sex life. He was a family man, he had children, he had his wife, but from the age of thirty-six, young man, a thirty-six year old, he gave up sex life with his wife. That made him so determined that 'I shall drive away these Britishers from the land of India,' and he did it. You see? And actually he did it. So controlling the sex life..., to refrain from sex life is so powerful. Even if you don't do anything, if you simply restrain your sex life, you become a very powerful man. People do not know the secret. So anything you do, if you want to do it with determination, you have to stop sex life. That is the secret."
Just see how amazing results can be achieved if one controls his sex life.
Lecture to Celibate Monks--Vrindavan, India
Akhil
My Dear Akhil,
Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The cause of depression is not giving our love to Krishna or God. Therefore the cure for our depression is to always remember how wonderful and merciful is Lord Krishna and to lovingly dedicate all of our thoughts, words, and deeds to Him in all times, places, and circumstances.
I hope this meets you in the best of health and in an ecstatic mood.
"If you indulge in sex life, you cannot fix up your mind in anything. That is the effect of brahmacari life. If you remain brahmacari, without sex life, then you can be determined. Just like we have seen a practical example of Mahatma Gandhi in India. Now, he started a movement, nonviolent, noncooperation. The movement..., the fight was declared against the powerful British Empire. Just see. And he determined that 'I shall fight with the Britishers nonviolent, without any weapon,' because India was dependent; there was no weapon. And several times it was attempted by armed revolution. But these Britishers and more powerful; they cut down. So Gandhi, he invented this method, that 'I shall fight with the Britishers. Even they become violent, I shall not become violent. So I shall get world sympathy.' So this was his plan. He was great statesman.
"But his determination was so fixed up because he was a brahmacari. From..., at the age of thirty-six years he gave up. He had his wife, but he gave up his sex life. He was a family man, he had children, he had his wife, but from the age of thirty-six, young man, a thirty-six year old, he gave up sex life with his wife. That made him so determined that 'I shall drive away these Britishers from the land of India,' and he did it. You see? And actually he did it. So controlling the sex life..., to refrain from sex life is so powerful. Even if you don't do anything, if you simply restrain your sex life, you become a very powerful man. People do not know the secret. So anything you do, if you want to do it with determination, you have to stop sex life. That is the secret."
Just see how amazing results can be achieved if one controls his sex life.
Lecture to Celibate Monks--Vrindavan, India
3 October 2018
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Question: Solution for Depression?
What is the solution for depression. Sometimes I feel very depressed and sad, but I can't understand why.Akhil
Answer: Give Our Love to Krishna
From: Sri Vrindavana Dhama, IndiaMy Dear Akhil,
Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The cause of depression is not giving our love to Krishna or God. Therefore the cure for our depression is to always remember how wonderful and merciful is Lord Krishna and to lovingly dedicate all of our thoughts, words, and deeds to Him in all times, places, and circumstances.
I hope this meets you in the best of health and in an ecstatic mood.
Your ever well-wisher,
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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