Significance of celibacy?

[sita]

Regarding the “sin” matter, it is said that egotism, to think about oneself only is also a sin. To think about the being of your own body only, like to eat good food, wear nice clothes, have nice house.

What is sin? Sin causes sorrow. Mind often is misguided by temporary pleasure, that will bring to loss, but we are attached to sensual pleasures, so we prefer this. Through the practice of following the mind, of enjoying the pleasures, the quality of the intellect to foresee the outcome of some act and to further certain decision based on some information diminishes.

Satyaprakash has said every joy is divine, but divine Is that whatever is rational, whatever is related to consciousness, to the intellect, to the common sense, because it is this common sense through which we can steer our path and avoid pain and attain pleasure, but not through mere enjoyment, but through valuation of which pleasure, which act what result will it bring.

Such valuation, based on some common sense, on some knowledge, on some logic, the true information about the relationship between the act and the consequence,is divine knowledge, that brings to divine joy through changing our intellect and so, thoughts and actions. Divine is what is sensible, not what is sensual.

All pleasures lead to sorrow, because mind gets colored by the sense organs, the outside world and becomes inclined to identify itself with the body. Bodyconsiousness leads to sorrow because it is based on the wrong assumption about the nature of self, so the thinking and acting are twisted, and result unexpected.

Supersenisous joy is for example someone fights for his country and dies for his country. He derives pleasure through non-tangible, abstract categories.

[warrior]

Mahatma Gandhi is also said to have practiced celibacy to become a yogi.T.K

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[vrkrao]

Since Veerendra Dev Dixit is playing the role of Shankar, will he or has he reached the stage of Amoghveerya?

This was answered by Baba in Discussions cassette (VCD 1179; 09-06-2011) from 24:00 to 32:00 min (mp3). As explained by Baba, discharge by Prajapita will be less when compared to others until he become Satopradhan (40 years). Till then, all the 4 stages will continue for everyone number-wise. For further clarification, you can download audio file from PBKs.info