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brahmacariya {pi}


Pāḷi; √ brahmacariya
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alt. sp.: IPA: bɾəɦmət͡ʃəɾɪjə, Velthuis: brahmacariya, readable: brahmachariya, simple: brahmacariya
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khmer: ព្រហ្មចរិយ
thai: พฺรหฺมจริย
sinhal.: බ්‍රහ්මචරිය
burm.: ဗြဟ္မစရိယ
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Illustrated Glossary of Pāli Terms

by Ven. Varado Maha Thera:

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Introduction

Brahmacariya: religious life

The religious life (brahmacariya) is practised by all the Buddha’s disciples, whether ordained or not, whether celibate or not. Thus:

1) Sakka, surrounded by nymphs called Moggallāna his sabrahmacārī:

Sabrahmacārī me eso āyasmā mahāmoggallāno ti. (MN i 255)

2) Māra invited the Buddha to return to lay life, and called it brahmacariyaṁ:

• ‘By living the religious life, by making offerings to the sacrificial fire, much merit will be heaped up by you.

Carato ca te brahmacariyaṁ aggihuttañca juhato
Pahūtaṁ cīyate puññaṁ kiṁ padhānena kāhasi. (Snp 428)

Brahmacariya: celibate life

The celibate life (brahmacariya) is practised by all ordained disciples, and by some lay disciples. For arahants celibacy means avoiding all forms of sexuality including sexual thoughts, which is a blemish of the celibate life (Idampi kho brāhmaṇa brahmacariyassa khaṇḍampi chiddampi sabalampi kammāsampi: see Methuna Sutta, AN iv 54).

Action noun: ‘the practice of celibacy’

Brahmacariya means ‘religious life’, ‘celibate life’, or ‘celibacy’. But where the context implies an action noun, it means ‘the practice of celibacy.’ For ‘religious life’ to become an action noun, it is usually paired with an action noun. For example: Carato ca te brahmacariyaṁ (‘By living the religious life,’ Snp 428).

So, consider three passages:

1) Austerity; the practice of celibacy; insight into the noble truths; the realisation of the Untroubled: this is supremely auspicious.

Tapo ca brahmacariyañca ariyasaccāna dassanaṁ
Nibbānasacchikiriyā ca etaṁ maṅgalamuttamaṁ. (Tha 267)

2) The practice of celibacy: this they call the supreme power.

Brahmacariyaṁ etadāhu vasuttamaṁ. (Snp 274)

3) Unrestraint of the sense faculties is an obstacle to the practice of celibacy.

indriyāsaṁvaro brahmacariyassa paripantho. (AN v 136)

Illustrations

brahmacariyaṁ

brahmacariyaṁ: (main article see: brahmacariya)

Illustration: brahmacariyaṁ, celibate life

He lives the celibate life disgruntled…lives the celibate life with delight

anabhirato… abhirato ca brahmacariyaṁ carati. (AN iii 146)

brahmacārino

brahmacārino: (main article see: brahmacariya)

Illustration: brahmacārino, celibate; brahmacariyaṁ, religious life

If, Master Gotama, the only people who fulfilled this teaching were Master Gotama himself, together with

sace hi bho gotama imaṁ dhammaṁ bhavañceva gotamo ārādhako abhavissa

• his bhikkhus, and

bhikkhū ca ārādhakā abhaviṁsu

• bhikkhunīs, and

bhikkhuniyo ca ārādhikā abhaviṁsu

• celibate men lay followers clothed in white, and

upāsakā ca gihī odātavasanā brahmacārino ārādhakā abhaviṁsu

• non-celibate men lay followers clothed in white, and

upāsakā ca gihī odātavasanā kāmabhogino ārādhakā abhaviṁsu

• celibate women lay followers clothed in white,

upāsikā ca gihiniyo odātavasanā brahmacāriṇiyo ārādhikā abhaviṁsu

but there were no non-celibate women lay followers clothed in white who fulfilled it, then this religious life would be deficient in that respect;

no ca kho upāsikā gihiniyo odātavasanā kāmabhoginiyo ārādhikā abhaviṁsu evamidaṁ brahmacariyaṁ aparipūraṁ abhavissa tenaṅgena. (MN i 493)

abrahmacāriṁ

abrahmacāriṁ: (main article see: brahmacariya)

Illustration: abrahmacāriṁ, not celibate

And the Venerable MahāMoggallāna saw that person sitting in the midst of the assembly of bhikkhus―unvirtuous, of an unvirtuous moral nature, of foul and odious behaviour, secretive in conduct, no ascetic though pretending to be one, not celibate though pretending to be so, spiritually rotten, full of defilement, and morally decayed.

Addasā kho āyasmā mahāmoggallāno taṁ puggalaṁ dussīlaṁ pāpadhammaṁ asucisaṅkassarasamācāraṁ paṭicchannakammantaṁ assamaṇaṁ samaṇapaṭiññaṁ abrahmacāriṁ brahmacārīpaṭiññaṁ antopūtiṁ avassutaṁ kasambujātaṁ majjhe bhikkhusaṅghassa nisinnaṁ. (Uda 52)

brahmacariyañca

brahmacariyañca: (main article see: brahmacariya)

Illustration: brahmacariyañca, celibacy

He amongst them who was supremely devout, being unwavering in application [to his practice], refrained from sexual intercourse even in a dream.

Yo nesaṁ paramo āsi brahmā daḷhaparakkamo
Sa vāpi methunaṁ dhammaṁ supinantepi nāgamā

Some of the wise amongst them following his religious practices praised celibacy; virtue; and also patience.

Tassa vattamanusikkhantā idheke viññujātikā
Brahmacariyañca sīlañca khantiñcāpi avaṇṇayuṁ. (Snp 293-294)

Illustration: brahmacariyaṁ, religious life

For forty-eight years they lived the religious life as virgins.

Aṭṭhacattārīsaṁ vassāni komāraṁ brahmacariyaṁ cariṁsu te. (Snp 289)

Illustration: brahmacariyaṁ, religious life

‘Come, bhikkhu. Well explained is the teaching. Live the religious life for making a complete end of suffering.’

Svākkhāto dhammo. Cara brahmacariyaṁ sammā dukkhassa antakiriyāyā ti. (Vin.1.12)

Illustration: brahmacariyaṁ, religious life

According to the teaching Master Mahākaccāna teaches, it's not easy living at home to perfectly practice the religious life. How about if I shaved off my hair and beard, and went forth from the household life into the ascetic life?

Yathā yathā kho ayyo mahākaccāyano dhammaṁ deseti nayidaṁ sūkaraṁ agāraṁ ajjhāvasatā ekantaparipuṇṇaṁ ekantaparisuddhaṁ saṅkhalikhitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ carituṁ. Yannūnāhaṁ kesamassuṁ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajeyyanti. . (Uda 57)

sabrahmacāriṁ

sabrahmacāriṁ: (main article see: brahmacariya)

Illustration: sabrahmacāriṁ, a companion in the religious life

One lives in spiritual discipleship under the Teacher or a companion in the religious life of the standing of a teacher

satthāraṁ vā upanissāya viharati aññataraṁ vā garuṭṭhāniyaṁ sabrahmacāriṁ. (DN iii 284-5)

Illustration: brahmacariyaṁ, religious life

“Then, headman, just like the field of middling quality are the male and female lay followers to me. To them too I explain a teaching which is excellent in the beginning, the middle, and the end, whose spirit and letter proclaim the utterly complete and pure religious life.

Seyyathāpi gāmaṇi yaṁ aduṁ khettaṁ majjhimaṁ evameva mayhaṁ upāsakaupāsikāyo. Tasempahaṁ dhammaṁ desemi ādikalyāṇaṁ majjhekalyāṇaṁ pariyosānakalyāṇaṁ sātthaṁ savyañjanaṁ kevala paripuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ brahmacariyaṁ pakāsemi. (SN iv 314-5)

Illustration: brahmacariyaṁ, religious life

The Buddha said that brahmans and householders are helpful in providing bhikkhus with robe material, almsfood, abodes, and therapeutic requisites. Bhikkhus are very helpful in explaining the teaching, and proclaiming the religious life in its complete purity. Thus the religious life is lived with the help of each other (aññamaññaṁ nissāya brahmacariyaṁ vussati) (Iti 111).

Illustration: brahmacariyaṁ, religious life

Those teachings which are excellent in the beginning, the middle, and the end, whose spirit and letter proclaim the utterly complete and pure religious life.

ye te dhammā ādikalyāṇā majjhekalyāṇā pariyosānakalyāṇā sātthaṁ savyañjanaṁ kevalaparipuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ brahmacariyaṁ abhivadanti. (Vin.2.96)

 

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