What is celibacy? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2016)

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What is celibacy? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2016)

Question: Tell us, why Jesus pray celibacy for his followers?

Acharya Prashant: What is meant by celibacy? When Jesus or any other teacher talks of celibacy, what is meant by celibacy? What is the meaning of celibacy?

AP: That is the only meaning of celibacy.

One point commitment; only one lover—that is celibacy. To be committed only to God. To be determined in one’s loyalty towards the Truth.

For celibacy, India has a beautiful word – Brahmacharya, to operate in Brahma, to operate in Truth; to live in Truth. Do whatever you want to do; go here, go there, wander, roam, eat-drink, rise-fall, left-right, whatever you want to do, but within Truth – that is Brahmacharya – celibacy. It has nothing to do with one’s physical activities or sexual orientation.

L2: We can understand also that when you are in a couple, you are also very buzzy with body-mind. It’s not so easy to open yourself to God when you are so busy with the body-mind.

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