brahmacharya
ब्रह्मचर्य brahmacharyaThe first of the four ashramas, the stage of the celibate student of the Veda; by extension, disciplined continence.
Where this term appears
- The Four Ashramas: the stages of life Essentials
The four are brahmacharya , the celibate student; grihastha , the householder; vanaprastha , the forest-dweller; and sannyasa , the life of the renouncer.
- Meditation and the Eight Limbs Yoga
Five of them: ahimsa , non-harming; satya , truthfulness; asteya , non-stealing; brahmacharya , continence; aparigraha , non-grasping.
- The Four Aims of Life (Purusharthas) Essentials
The first stage is brahmacharya , the student, whose business is dharma: to live simply and chastely under a teacher, learning the tradition, the scriptures, the disciplines, and the shape of a right life.
- The Law of Manu Treatise
It walks a man through the four ashramas : brahmacharya , the student; grihastha , the householder; vanaprastha , the forest-dweller; sannyasa , the renouncer.
- The Prashna Upanishad: six questions, one year of waiting Treatise
A year of tapas , brahmacharya , shraddha , before a single question is permitted.
- The Yamas and Niyamas Yoga
Brahmacharya , the mastery and right use of vital energy, which for a renunciate can mean celibacy but which the commentators read more broadly as the disciplined channelling of one's force rather than its wast…
- Yoga as a Darshana Philosophy
…ess, non-stealing, continence, and non-grasping ( ahimsa-satya-asteya-brahmacharya-aparigraha , 2.30).