Brahmacarya, Sex Life, & Celibacy
Here's a refreshingly honest, nice article written by Jayadeva Prabhu regarding sex desire. The original link is: http://nitaiprema.blogspot.com/2009/06/brahmacaris-celibacy-and-sex-life.html
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Thanks for re-posting my blog entry here on your LJ. That was kind of you. Thank you also for the kind words.
I don't have time to watch all of that Corey Russells video right now, but I did watch part of it. The thing that bothers me with most Christian preaching is the fanatical conviction that Jesus is the only way to God. At one point he was saying that a man born of God or that has the seed of God in them cannot do any sin. Basically saying that once you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior that you're not considered sinful anymore.
In Gaudiya-Vaishnava theology we understand this concept to be like the disciple accepting the Guru. Once we accept a Guru and go through the initiation samskara we're supposed to be "born again", as the Guru is taking on our karmic (sinful) burden.
Obviously though this process isn't so cut and dry, as many disciples of many Gurus have fallen down back into sinful life, whether it be intoxication, illicit sex, etc. This also happens in the Christian world when people accept Jesus and in pretty much any bonafide world religion. Our free will always remains and our struggle to make the choice between maya or Krishna is always present before us.
Anyway, thank you again for the re-post. This is definitely an important discussion.
your dasa,
jayadeva
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