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<div id="LectureonBG421BombayApril101974_0" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="185" link="Lecture on BG 4.21 -- Bombay, April 10, 1974" link_text="Lecture on BG 4.21 -- Bombay, April 10, 1974">
<div class="heading">Everything belongs to guru. This brahmacārī life. This is tapasya. Tapo divyam (SB 5.5.1). That is Vedic civilization, that children should be from the very beginning of life trained up in tapasya, brahmacarya. Celibacy. A brahmacārī cannot see any young woman. Even the guru's wife is young, he cannot go to the guru's wife. These are the restriction. Now where is that brahmacarya? No brahmacārī. This is Kali-yuga. No tapasya.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 4.21 -- Bombay, April 10, 1974|Lecture on BG 4.21 -- Bombay, April 10, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">
So this illusion is there, but by knowledge, by good association, by taking instruction from the ''śāstra'', from ''guru'', from saintly person, one should understand what is the value of life and live like that. So this is instructed by Kṛṣṇa, that ''nirāśīḥ'', one should not be unnecessarily desireful, more than his necessities of life. This is called ''nirāśīḥ. Nirāśīḥ'' another meaning is that not very much fond of material enjoyment. And that is possible when he is in full knowledge that, "I am not this body. I am spirit soul. My necessity is how to advance in spiritual knowledge." Then he can become ''nirāśīḥ''. These are the items for ''tapasya'', austerity, penance.

People have forgotten now. They do not know what is the austerities. But the human life is meant for that purpose. ''Tapo divyaṁ putrakā yena śuddhyet sattvaṁ yena brahma-saukhyam anantam'' ([[Vanisource:SB 5.5.1|SB 5.5.1]]). These are the instruction of the ''śāstra''. The human life is meant for ''tapasya''. And ''tapasya'' . . . therefore in the Vedic way of life the beginning of life is ''tapasya, brahmacārī. Brahmacārī.'' A student is sent to ''gurukula'' for practicing ''brahmacarya''. This is ''tapasya'', not comfortable life. Lying down on the floor, going door-to-door for begging alms for ''guru''. But they are not tired. Because they are children, if they are trained these austerities, they become to practice. They call all woman "Mother," "Mother, give me some alms." And they come back to ''guru's'' place. Everything belongs to ''guru''. This ''brahmacārī'' life, this is ''tapasya. Tapo divyam'' ([[Vanisource:SB 5.5.1|SB 5.5.1]]). That is Vedic civilization, that children should be from the very beginning of life trained up in ''tapasya, brahmacarya'', celibacy. A ''brahmacārī'' cannot see any young woman. Even the ''guru'''s wife is young, he cannot go to the ''guru's'' wife. These are the restriction. Now where is that ''brahmacarya''? No ''brahmacārī''. This is Kali-yuga. No ''tapasya''.

But the according to Vedic civilization, ''varṇāśrama''-''dharma''. Vedic civilization means four ''varṇas'' and four ''āśramas'': ''brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra''. We have begin . . . we have began our lecture on the basis, ''cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa''-''karma''-''vibhāgaśaḥ'' ([[Vanisource:BG 4.13 (1972)|BG 4.13]]). So this is civilization. Unless one comes to this standard of civilization, ''varṇāśrama''-''dharma'', that is animal civilization. So we prefer animal civilization. Therefore we living like animal also, fighting like cats and dog and suffering like cats and dogs also. This is the position. ''Nirāśīr yata-cittātmā.'' Control. I shall accept as much as I require, not more than that, not less than that. Controlling the ''citta'', intelligence, and ''ātmā'', mind or self, self-control. ''Nirāśīr yata-cittātmā tyakta-sarva-parigrahaḥ. Parigrahaḥ'' means unnecessarily collecting something, ''atyāhāraḥ. Atyāhāraḥ prayāsaḥ''. Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī has given definition how ''bhakti'' is killed:

:''atyāhāraḥ prayāsaś ca''
:''prajalpo niyamāgrahaḥ''
:''laulyaṁ jana-saṅgaś ca''
:''ṣaḍbhir bhaktir pranaśyati''
:([[Vanisource:NOI 2|NOI 2]])

If you want to advance in spiritual life, ''bhakti''-''yoga'', then you should avoid all these things, six kinds of. ''Ṣaḍbhiḥ'', six kind. ''Bhaktir pranaśyati''. What is that? ''Atyāhāraḥ'', eating more than you require. Actually, we should not eat unless we are very hungry. That is good eating. In . . . when you are hungry, you can eat any ordinary things; still, you feel very satisfactory. So not routine eating. Routine eating must be there. We should not eat more than that. But the best principle is that if we do not feel hungry, we should not eat. But if there is no hunger and at the same time no appetite and we eat, that brings indigestion, dysentery, indigestion. So why should we accept that? Therefore it is forbidden, ''atyāhāraḥ. Āhāra'' means eating, eating more than required, or ''āhāra'' means collecting also. Collecting more than necessity.

''Atyāhāraḥ prayāsaś. Prayāsaḥ'' means things which are done with great endeavor. No, we shall accept things which is very easily done, not to waste our energy unnecessarily.</p>
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