आज संसार में कितने ही ऐसे अभागे लोग हैं, जो शृंगार रस की पुस्तकें पढ़कर, सिनेमाओं के कुप्रभाव के शिकार होकर स्वप्नावस्था या जाग्रतावस्था में अथवा तो हस्तमैथुन द्वारा सप्ताह में कितनी बार वीर्यनाश कर लेते हैं | शरीर और मन को ऐसी आदत डालने से वीर्याशय बार-बार खाली होता रहता है |उस वीर्याशय को भरने में ही शारीरिक शक्ति का अधिकतर भाग व्यय होने लगता है, जिससे शरीर को कांतिमान् बनाने वाला ओज संचित ही नहीं हो पाता और व्यक्ति शक्तिहीन, ओजहीन और उत्साहशून्य बन जाता है | ऐसे व्यक्ति का वीर्य पतला पड़ता जाता है | यदि वह समय पर अपने को सँभाल नहीं सके तो शीघ्र ही वह स्थिति आ जाती है कि उसके अण्डकोश वीर्य बनाने में असमर्थ हो जाते हैं | फिर भी यदि थोड़ा बहुत वीर्य बनता है तो वह भी पानी जैसा ही बनता है जिसमें सन्तानोत्पत्ति की ताकत नहीं होती |उसका जीवन जीवन नहीं रहता | ऐसे व्यक्ति की हालत मृतक पुरुष जैसी हो जाती है | सब प्रकार के रोग उसे घेर लेते हैं | कोई दवा उस पर असर नहीं कर पाती | वह व्यक्ति जीते जी नर्क का दुःख भोगता रहता है | शास्त्रकारों ने लिखा है :
आयुस्तेजोबलं वीर्यं प्रज्ञा श्रीश्च महदयशः |
पुण्यं च प्रीतिमत्वं च हन्यतेऽब्रह्मचर्या ||
‘आयु, तेज, बल, वीर्य, बुद्धि, लक्ष्मी, कीर्ति, यश तथा पुण्य और प्रीति ये सब ब्रह्मचर्य का पालन न करने से नष्ट हो जाते हैं |’
इसीलिए वीर्यरक्षा स्तुत्य है | ‘अथर्ववेद में कहा गया है :
अति सृष्टो अपा वृषभोऽतिसृष्टा अग्नयो दिव्या||1||
इदं तमति सृजामि तं माऽभ्यवनिक्षि ||2||
अर्थात् ‘शरीर में व्याप्त वीर्य रूपी जल को बाहर ले जाने वाले, शरीर से अलग कर देने वाले काम को मैंने परे हटा दिया है | अब मैं इस काम को अपने से सर्वथा दूर फेंकता हूँ | मैं इस आरोग्यता, बल-बुद्धिनाशक काम का कभी शिकार नहीं होऊँगा |’
और इस प्रकार के संकल्प से अपने जीवन का निर्माण न करके जो व्यक्ति वीर्यनाश करता रहता है,उसकी क्या गति होगी, इसका भी ‘अथर्ववेद’ में उल्लेख आता है :
रुजन् परिरुजन् मृणन् परिमृणन् |
म्रोको मनोहा खनो निर्दाह आत्मदूषिस्तनूदूषिः||
यह काम रोगी बनाने वाला है, बहुत बुरी तरह रोगी करने वाला है | मृणन् यानी मार देने वाला है |परिमृणन् यानी बहुत बुरी तरह मारने वाला है |यह टेढ़ी चाल चलता है, मानसिक शक्तियों को नष्ट कर देता है | शरीर में से स्वास्थ्य, बल, आरोग्यता आदि को खोद-खोदकर बाहर फेंक देता है | शरीर की सब धातुओं को जला देता है | आत्मा को मलिन कर देता है | शरीर के वात, पित्त, कफ को दूषित करके उसे तेजोहीन बना देता है |
Standard
“इन मल-मूत्र से भरे स्थानों के लिए मैं काम से अंधा हो रहा हूँ ! इन गंदे अंगों के पीछे मैं अपनी जिंदगी तबाह किये जा रहा हूँ !”
Rishi Vemna
आंध्र प्रदेश में एक धनाढय सेठ का छोटा पुत्र वेमना माता-पिता की मृत्यु के बाद अपने भैया और भाभी की छत्रछाया में पला-बढ़ा। उसकी भाभी लक्ष्मी उसे माँ से भी ज्यादा स्नेह करती थी। वह जितने रूपये माँगता उतने उसे भाभी से मिल जाया करते। बड़ा भाई तो व्यापार में व्यस्त रहने लगा और छोटा भाई वेमना खुशामदखोरों के साथ घूमने लगा। उनके साथ भटकते-भटकते एक दिन वह वेश्या के द्वार तक पहुँच गया। वेश्या ने भी देखा कि ग्राहक मालदार है। उसने वेमना को अपने मोहपाश में फँसा लिया और कुकर्म के रास्ते चल पड़ा।
अभी वेमना की उम्र केवल 16-17 साल की ही थी। वेश्या जो-जो माँगें उसके आगे रखती, भाभी से पैसे लेकर वह उन्हें पूरी कर देता। एक बार उस वेश्या ने हीरे-मोतियों से जड़ा हार, चूड़ियाँ और अँगूठी माँगी।
वेमना उस वेश्या के मोहपाश में पूरी तरह बँध चुका था। उसने रात को भाभी के गहने उतार लिये। भाभी ने देख के अनदेखा कर दिया। कुछ दिनों बाद वेमना ने भाभी का मँगलसूत्र उतारने की कोशिश की, तब भाभी ने पूछाः “सच बता, तू क्या करता है ? पहले के गहने कहाँ गये ?” सच्चाई जानकर भाभी रो पड़ी। सोचने लगी कि ‘इतनी सी उम्र में ही यह अपना तेज बल सब नष्ट कर रहा है।’
किंतु भाभी कोई साधारण महिला नहीं थी, सत्संगी थी। उसने देवर को गलत रास्ते जाने से रोकने के लिए डाँट-फटकार की जगह विचार का सहारा लिया और देवर के जीवन में भी सदविचार आ जाय – ऐसा प्रयत्न किया। उसने एक शर्त रखकर वेमना को जेवर दियेः
“बेटा ! वह तो वेश्या ठहरी। तू जैसा कहेगा, वैसा ही करेगी। उसे कहना कि ‘तू नग्न होकर सिर नीचे करक और अपने घुटनों के बीच से हाथ निकालकर पीछे से ले, तब मैं तुझे गहने दूँगा।’ जब वह इस तरह तेरे से गहने लेने लगे तब तू काली माता का स्मरण करके उनसे प्रार्थना करना कि हे माँ ! मुझे विचार दो, भक्ति दो। मुझे कामविकार से बचाओ।”
दूसरे दिन वेमना की शर्त के अनुसार जब वेश्या गहने लेने लगी, तब वेमना ने माँ काली से सदबुद्धि के लिए प्रार्थना की। भाभी की शुभ भावना और माँ काली की कृपा से वेमना का विवेक जाग उठा कि ‘इन मल-मूत्र से भरे स्थानों के लिए मैं काम से अंधा हो रहा हूँ। इन गंदे अंगों पीछे मैं अपनी जिंदगी तबाह किये जा रहा हूँ….’ यह विचार आते ही वेमना तुरन्त गहने लेकर भाभी के पास आया और भाभी के चरणों में गिर पड़ा। भाभी ने वेमना का और भी मार्गदर्शन किया।
वेमना मध्यरात्रि में ही माँ काली के मंदिर में चला गया और सच्चे हृदय से प्रार्थना की। उसकी प्रार्थना से प्रसन्न होकर माँ काली ने उसे योग की दीक्षा दे दी और माँ के बताये निर्देश के अनुसार वह लग गया योग-साधना में। उसकी सुषुप्त शक्तियाँ जागृत होने लगीं और कुछ सिद्धियाँ भी आ गयीं। अब वेमना वेमना न रहा, योगिराज वेमना होकर प्रसिद्ध हो गया। उनके सत्संग से ‘वेमना योगदर्शनम्’ और ‘वेमना तत्त्वज्ञानम्’ – ये दो पुस्तकें संकलित हुई। आज भी आंध्र प्रदेश के भक्त लोग इन पुस्तकों को पढ़कर योग और ज्ञान के रास्ते पर चलने की प्रेरणा पाते हैं।
कहाँ तो वेश्या के मोह में फँसने वाला वेमना और कहाँ करूणामयी भाभी ने सही रास्ते पर लाने का प्रयास किया, माँ काली से दीक्षा मिली, चला योग व ज्ञान के रास्ते पर और भगवदीय शक्तियाँ पा लीं, भगवत्साक्षात्कार कर लिया एवं कइयों को भगवान के रास्ते पर लगाया। कई व्यसनी-दुराचारियों के जीवन को तार दिया। जिससे वे संत वेमना होकर आज भी पूजे जा रहे
The world as a whole has forgotten the real meaning of the word love. Love has been so abused and crucified by man that very few people know what true love is. Just as oil is present in every part of the olive, so love permeates every part of creation. But to define love is very difficult, for the same reason that words cannot fully describe the flavor of an orange. You have to taste the fruit to know its flavor. So with love.“Ordinary love is selfish, darkly rooted in desires and satisfactions,”.“Divine love is without condition, without boundary, without change. The flux of the human heart is gone forever at the transfixing touch of pure love.But today Youth is keen on following the western custom like ‘Valentine’s Day’ forgetting great Bharatiya culture. Such celebrations do not exhibit true love and gratitude but is an excuse for enjoyment and is just a formality without any meaning.Valentine’s Day which has no spiritual orientation, only ruins the morality,makes the teenagers to indulge more in immoral activities,a huge loss of semen; loss of semen leads to loss of immunity and depletion of the vital energy. They become weak and live in a pitiable condition. Their lives are completely ruined, while they are also deprived of proper physical and mental growth. Such young people are plagued by anemia, forgetfulness and general weakness and many other sexual diseases. They are becoming more weak and lustful, thereby suffering a gradual degeneration. Youth drastically drag in to the destructive well full of lust and desires; imitation of western culture by adolescents totally diverted them from their original path,which ultimately leads to major development crisis of bharat desh. Lustful heart is named as love but in reality it is discredit to love. There is a lot difference between love and lust; lust drags in to bottom and it produces loss of semen, anxiety and excitement but love is at top, divine and creates a continual innovative ideas ,no loss of stored semen and shows the affinity in every one. As per the Innocenti Report card no.3, at least 1.25 million teenagers become pregnant each year in the 28 OECD nations. Of those, approximately half a million seek abortion and approximately three quarters of a million become spinster mothers. 4,94,000 teen births are accounted for by the United States. Every year some 3 million American teenagers contract a sexually transmitted infection (about 1 in every 4 sexually experienced teenagers). Overall, roughly one-quarters of the nation’s sexually active teens have been infected by a sexually transmitted disease (STD). In one act of unprotected sex with an infected partner, a teenage woman has a 1 in 100 chance of contracting HIV, a 1 in 3 chance of contracting genital herpes and 1 in 2 chance of correcting gonorrhea. Approximately a quarter of all new cases of HIV/AIDS are diagnosed in young people under the age of 22. More than US $ 400 million from federal and state funds has been spent on ‘abstinence only’ campaigns in American schools. Today, one in three US high schools has an abstinence only policy on sex education.Hence valentine’s day proved to be cruse on humanity which not only destroys the teenagers but also ruins the morality of teenagers.It works pandemically.
Lord Krishna said,”Whenever dharma declines and the purpose of life is forgotten, I manifest myself on earth. I am born in every age to protect the good, to destroy evil, and to reestablish dharma.”
Similarly when the whole universe is diverted from their original path,their childrens are forgetting moral values then only pujya sant shri Asharamji bapuji has shown them direction.Only By the divine inspiration of pujyabapuji “parents worship day ” replaces valentine day.According to Shiv Bhakti Puran,”One who circumambalate 7 times around ones parents” woluld get the benefit of all the pilgrimages.Glory Of parents worship day is also sung in our Hindu holy scriptures,”Matru devo bhava”,”Pitru Deva bhava,”Saarv teerth mai mata”,”Saarv dev mai pita”.
Parents are the angels who give everything and demand nothing in return;Our parents are Embodiment Of Love! Nurturing Process Starts from Mother’s Womb till life ends.No love is greater than maa’s love; no care is greater than pita’s care. A father Hold his baby’s finger to make him a civilized man, parents shape our future by teaching us how to set our goals and achieve dreams successfully. They are willing to sacrifice anything for us and don’t even think a single second before making priceless efforts for us. Parents goodness is higher than the mountain and deeper than the sea.The love of parents, the love of the Spirit, is an all-consuming love. Once you have experienced it, it shall lead you on and on in the eternal realms. That love will never be taken away from your heart. It shall burn there, and in its fire you shall find the great magnetism of Spirit that draws others unto you, and attracts whatsoever you truly need or desire.Love never asks; it always gives.love questions not and love knows no fear.Our parents never asks for anything from us,never question and always stand by us.Donot feel shy to show gratitude towards your parents on 14thfebruary.Let’s explore the divinity on “Matar-Pitru” Poojan Diwas.Parents love is itself eternal,endless sacrifice made by them for their children and in return demands for nothing is true love!
You will have to search out carefully this dire enemy, lust that lies hidden in the various corners of your heart. Just as the fox hides itself within the bush, so also, this lust hides itself in the substratum and corners of the mind. You can detect its presence only if you are vigilant. Intense self-examination is very necessary. Just as powerful enemies can be conquered only if you attack them from all sides, so also, you can keep the powerful senses under control only if you attack them from all sides, from within and from without, from above and from beneath. The senses are very turbulent.
The powerful virus that causes syphilis is attacked on all sides by the doctor by various contrivances such as inunction or local rubbing, injection, mixture and powder. So also, the senses must be controlled by various methods such as fasting, restriction in diet, Pranayama, Japa, Kirtan, meditation, Vichara or enquiry of “Who am I?”, Pratyahara or abstraction, Dama or self-restraint, Asanas, Bandhas, Mudras, thought-control and destruction of Vasanas.
Safeguard yourself against the error of foolishly imagining that you have succeeded in getting rid of lust by the mere fact of having lived a single life for a number of years or experiencing a little feeling of serenity or purity. You must not labour under the delusion that you have eradicated lust completely by adjusting the diet a bit, by practising Pranayama and by doing a little Japa, and that you have nothing more to do. Temptation or Mara may overcome you at any moment.
Eternal vigilance and rigorous Sadhana are very essential. You cannot attain perfect Brahmacharya by limited effort. Just as a machine-gun is necessary to kill a powerful enemy, so also, constant, vigorous, powerful Sadhana is necessary to annihilate this powerful enemy, lust. You must not be puffed up with pride for your little achievement in celibacy. If you are put to test, you will hopelessly fail.
You must be ever conscious of your shortcomings and you must constantly strive to get rid of them. The highest effort is necessary. Then only you will have sanguine success in this direction. It is easy to tame a wild tiger or a lion or an elephant. It is easy to play with the cobra. It is easy to walk over the fire. It is easy to devour fire and drink the waters of the ocean. It is easy to uproot the Himalayas. It is easy to get victory in the battlefield. But, it is difficult to eradicate lust. Right from the earlier stages of evolution through the ages, the instinctive urge for reproduction and multiplication has been kept up only by the power of lust. Therefore, despite all efforts at controlling and subduing it, the power tries to manifest itself forcibly and overwhelm the Sadhaka or aspirant.
All the same, you need not despair even a bit. Have faith in God, in His Name and His grace. Lust cannot be completely rooted out of the mind except by the grace of the Lord. You are bound to succeed if you have faith in Him. You can destroy lust in the twinkling of an eye. The Lord makes a dumb man speak and a lame man ascend a steep hill. Mere human effort alone will not suffice. The divine grace is needed. God helps those who help themselves. If you do total self-surrender, Mother Herself does the Sadhana.
Regular meditation and Japa of a Mantra, Sattvic diet, Satsanga, practice of Pranayama, Sirsha and Sarvanga Asanas, study of religious books, Vichara and seclusion for three months on the banks of any holy river will entirely annihilate lust, however powerful the old Samskaras and Vasanas may be. The positive always overcomes the negative. You need not be discouraged at any rate. Plunge yourself seriously in meditation, kill this Mara, and come out victorious in the struggle. Shine as a brilliant Yogi. Thou art ever-pure Atman.
Feel this, O Viswaranjan! Sexual impulses can, with difficulty, be controlled. A rebellion of the sexual impulses takes place when you attempt to control them. Constant Japa and meditation for a long period are necessary to direct the sex energy into the spiritual channel. Complete sublimation of the sexual energy into Ojas Sakti is necessary. Then only you are perfectly safe. Then only you will be established in Samadhi, as Rasasvad will entirely vanish. Extreme patience, constant vigilance, perseverance and rigorous Sadhana are necessary to eradicate the sexual impulses and attain perfect purity in thought, word and deed. Brahmacharya or purity can be attained only through constant striving. It cannot be achieved in a day or a week.
Lust is doubtless very powerful. It is your deadly enemy. But your most powerful friend is the Name of the Lord. It will destroy lust from its very root. So, always recite and sing, “Ram, Ram, Ram”. Yogic practices, meditation and so on will attenuate or thin out the sexual desire to a very great extent. But, Self-realization alone can completely destroy or burn the sexual desire and the Samskaras in toto. As the Bhagavadgita rightly points out, “The objects of the senses turn away from the abstinent man leaving the longing behind, but this longing also turns away after he attains Self-realization”. Sex urge is a creative force. Unless you are inspired by spiritual ideals, it is difficult to keep the sexual instinct in check. Direct the sex energy to the higher spiritual channel. It will be sublimated. It will be transformed into divine energy. Complete eradication of lust, however, cannot be done through personal effort. It can be accomplished only by God’s grace.
Lust, greed, attachment, pride and anger are the inner enemies which rob one, of the treasure of Self Bliss. And even among these, anger is the most detrimental to sÍdhanÍ.
Some belongings may still remain even after a robbery is committed in a house, but if a house catches fire, then everything is reduced to ashes leaving nothing behind whatsoever.
In the same way, the thieves of greed and attachment destroy only some of our virtues, but the fire of anger reduces our entire treasure of japa, tapa and virtues to ashes. Therefore beware of anger.
It is alright to act angrily, but be ever alert not to let it possess you. Do not eat hurriedly. Take at least 25 minutes to chew and masticate the food properly. Eat sattvic food.
Avoid garlic, red chillies and fried foods. If you are faced with a situation in which it is difficult to ward off anger, then instantly press the tips of the fingers onto the fleshy part of your palms, making a fist.
Your anger will subside within seconds. Take a drink made from 10 grams of honey, a few tulsi leaves and a little bit of Santkripa choorna thoroughly dissolved in a glass of water.
This helps enhance your cheerfulness. If the choorna or tulsi are not available, honey alone will do. Those suffering from diabetes should not take honey.
They can, instead, take grapes and raisins, which are absolutely harmless and highly invigorating for diabetics. The spiritual prowess attained through one month’s sÍdhanÍ is destroyed in a single fit of anger.
Therefore, O my beloved brothers! Be careful. Do not waste your priceless life in frequent fits of anger.
Asaramji Bapu 
You must be logged in to post a comment.