Clad in a gossamer like loin cloth, Mohatma Ghandi, a frail little man wielding only his believe in the truth, whom Winston Churchil called a half naked faker, by many accounts can be regarded as the epitomy of courage, peace, love and spirituality.
But little did we know that while growing up, he was a lustful young boy. (Guys, feeling vindicated??haha..)
He was so lustful that he was busy having sex with her wife and missed the dying words of his father.
"This shame of my carnal desire even at the critical hour of my father's death... is a blot I have never been able to efface or forget, and I have always thought that although my devotion to my parents knew no bounds... yet it was weighed and found unpardonably wanting because my mind was at the same moment in the grip of lust. I have therefore regarded myself as lustful, though a faithful husband. It took me long to get free from the shackles of lust, and I had to pass through many ordeals before i could ovecome it."
But it was what he did to transform his lustful desire into spiritual energy that made him trully the Great Soul (Mohatma).
"What then, I asked myself, should be my relations with my wife? Did my faithfulness consist in making my wife the instrument of lust? So long as I was the slave of lust, my faithfulness was worth nothing. To be fair to my wife I must say she was never the temptress....it was my weak will or lustful attachment that was the obstacle. "
In the later years of his life to come, he took on the vow of celibacy.
In taking the vow of celibacy, he had purified his love for his wife, distilling all lust, as his faithfullness did not consist a sliver of temptation anymore. His celibacy made him a better lover. It was not a mere act of physical abstinance, but transcended it at all levels. He had spiritualized lust. He was the Great Soul.
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I heard thus,
At one time the Blessed One was living in the monastery offered by Anathapindika in Jeta's grove in Savatthi.
The Blessed One addressed the bhikkhus and said:
1.Bhikkhus, I do not know of a form that captivates the mind of man as that of woman.
The form of a woman indeed captivates the mind of a man. This is the first.
2.Bhikkhus, I do not know of a sound that captivates the mind of man as that of woman.
The sound of a woman indeed captivates the mind of a man. This is the second.
3. Bhikkhus, I do not know of a smell that captivates the mind of man as that of woman.
The smell of a woman indeed captivates the mind of a man This is the third.
4.Bhikkhus, I do not know of a taste that captivates the mind of man as that of woman.
The taste of a woman indeed captivates the mind of a man. This is the fourth.
5. Bhikkhus, I do not know of a touch that captivates the mind of man as that of woman.
The touch of a woman indeed captivates the mind of a man. This is the fifth.
6.Bhikkhus, I do not know of a form that captivates the mind of woman as that of man.
The form of a man indeed captivates the mind of a woman. This is the sixth..
7.Bhikkhus, I do not know of a sound that captivates the mind of woman as that of man.
The sound of a man indeed captivates the mind of a woman. This is the seventh
8. Bhikkhus, I do not know of a smell that captivates the mind of woman as that of man.
The smell of a man indeed captivates the mind of a woman This is the eighth..
9.Bhikkhus, I do not know of a taste that captivates the mind of woman as that of man.
The taste of a man indeed captivates the mind of a woman. This is the ninth.
10. Bhikkhus, I do not know of a touch that captivates the mind of woman as that of man.
The touch of a man indeed captivates the mind of a woman. This is the tenth.
AN 1.1
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Sabbe dhamma nalam abhinivesaya
All phenomena should NOT be clung to as "My Self", "Mine" or "I".
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