What Is Brahmacharya?

“All of us have eaten mangoes, but how many of us have planted mango trees, made them grow and then eaten mangoes?” —Sadhguru

“Brahman” means “the divine” or “ultimate”; “charya” means “the path.” If you are on the path of the divine, you are a brahmachari. To be on the path of the divine means you have no personal agendas of your own. You simply do what is needed. You have no personal ways of deciding where you should go in your life, what you should do, or what you like and dislike; all these things are simply taken away from you. If you do this unwillingly, it can be an absolute torture. If you do it willingly, it makes your life wonderful and beautiful because there is nothing to bother you anymore. Life is so simple. You simply do what is needed. Once you have given yourself like that, you do not have to bother about the spiritual path or worry about your spirituality. It is taken care of.

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