Timeline for Why do Sannyasis avoid looking at women?
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| Aug 5, 2017 at 14:41 | comment | added | Rakesh Joshi | @Utsav hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/17797/… | |
| Aug 5, 2017 at 13:42 | history | edited | Utsav | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| S Aug 4, 2017 at 9:10 | history | suggested | Alex S | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Its not sexist, Its the wrong word to use here. Its aversion to prevent subtle impressions of desire.
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| Aug 4, 2017 at 8:50 | comment | added | Alex S | Its not sexist, Its the wrong word to use here. Its aversion to prevent subtle impressions of desire. @Utsav | |
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| Apr 30, 2017 at 2:40 | vote | accept | Utsav | ||
| Nov 9, 2016 at 9:30 | comment | added | iammilind | @Rickross, your answer is voted high & accepted, but IMO the interpretation of Brahmacharya is wrong. "Celibacy = state of abstaining from marriage and sex". While "Brahmacharya = BrahM (true self) + charya (practice) = practising true self". Krishna and VyAsa, both were said to be equal BrahmachAri as Bhishma. But both of them had sex. Krishna had multiple wives/kids & VyAsa had niyoga with 3 women. Same is true for RAmakrishna Paramhamsa. In short, relating any physical activities with Brahmacharya is ignorance. Unfortunately many books translate that way; so not your fault. | |
| Nov 9, 2016 at 4:22 | comment | added | Rickross | @iammilind "What if, one doesn't look at women but constantly thinks about women?" A sannyasi avoids both looking at women as well as thinking about them..Both are contrary to celibacy.From my answer "...and this should be observed by VISION, THOUGHT or deed is called Brahmacharya or celibacy; | |
| Nov 8, 2016 at 7:24 | answer | added | Pradip Gangopadhyay | timeline score: 6 | |
| Nov 8, 2016 at 4:41 | comment | added | iammilind | 'Not looking at women', seems to be a tradition of recent times. In modern times, the "lust" is more prevalent. May be due to that, many SanyAsi-s decide, not to get into contact of such subjects at all. Important part is 'Not to get affected by looking at women'. Just not looking at subject is merely a physical activity. What if, one doesn't look at women but constantly thinks about women? One & the same, isn't it. See this related answer: How do the scriptures describe an ideal Sanyasi? | |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 16:53 | answer | added | Say No To Censorship | timeline score: 12 | |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 15:16 | history | edited | Say No To Censorship | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 7, 2016 at 8:54 | vote | accept | Utsav | ||
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| Nov 7, 2016 at 8:53 | comment | added | Utsav | Thankyou. I have edited my post as I did not know the correct term to describe these individuals. | |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 8:52 | history | edited | Utsav | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 7, 2016 at 8:49 | answer | added | Rickross | timeline score: 8 | |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 7:54 | comment | added | SwiftPushkar | Do you mean "Sadhu's" or "Sanyasi's" ? Because Sadhu is more general term and can be used to denote a good person also.Sadhus generally give discourses and pravachanas to mass public , so in that case it's not applicable rule not to look at women.Some "Hatayogi" sadhus might be doing that as a special vow. | |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 7:26 | history | asked | Utsav | CC BY-SA 3.0 |