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The five ascetic rules which Patanjali ordains for the yogi include, as their fourth item, brahmacharya. In India this term is usually taken to mean "abstinence from sexual intercourse; chastity," and is so translated into English. But the original esoteric and philosophic meaning is "restraint of the sexual forces." These two definitions are not identical.

-- Notebooks Category 5: The Body > Chapter 7 : Sex > # 125