Practice of Brahmacharya

Commonly taken to mean celibacy, the word brhamacharya really signifies the achara or conduct that leads to Brahmin. Brhamachrya is the art of self-restrain, the practice of which confers health and long life, peace, power and poise. Sivanada, who was a doctor before he became a swami, is pre-eminently qualified to deal with the subject of Bramacharya in its many dimensions physical psychological and spiritual as he candidly unravels the ramifications of sex celibacy, the reader is stuck with wonder at the thoroughness of author’s insight into the subject. This unusual book is actually the outcome of Swami Sivanada’s deep concern for human welfare. It doesn’t therefore stop with merely advocating Bramacharya. It tells you how to practise it. It tells you how to gain mastery of the sex impulse. An amazingly useful work for those who prize health above all else.