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Retention of Semen  ( FROM DEVOTEES OF PRABHUPADA ISKON SOCIETY ) The following is taken from HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami’s book Brahmacarya in Krishna Consciousness. Retention of semen is so essential in progressive human life that it is simply astounding how the whole endeavor of modern civilization is based on discharging it as much as possible. Semen retained in the body goes upwards to nourish the brain, rendering the body robust and the memory and intellect sharp. Determination, optimism, confidence, will-power, fixed intelligence, noble character, photographic memory, and shining good health are all fruits of conserved semen. It is said that the four Kumaras were unwilling to adopt materialistic activities because they were highly elevated due to their semens’ flowing upwards (urdhva-retasah). (SB 3.12.4) Scientists have analyzed semen to be amazingly rich in hormones, proteins, vitamins, minerals, ions, enzymes, trace elements, and other vital substances. By nature’s arrangement...

Practice of Brahmacharya and importance of celibacy according to hindu scriptures  by Swami Sivananda As the practice of Karma Yoga is not possible without Brahmacharya, I have given here a short description of the methods by which one can be established in physical and mental celibacy. One of the students of Dhanvantari approached his teacher after finishing his full course of Ayurveda and asked him: "O Bhagavan, kindly let me know the secret of health now." Dhanvantari replied: "This Veerya (seminal energy) is verily Atman. The secret of health lies in preservation of this vital force. He who wastes this energy cannot have physical, mental, moral and spiritual development." If the Veerya is lost, Prana gets unsteady. Prana is agitated. The man becomes nervous. Then the mind also cannot work properly. The man becomes fickle-minded. There is mental weakness. According to Ayurveda semen is the last Dhatu that is formed out of Majja or marrow. From food chyle (Rasa) i...