--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 4/21/05 6:24 PM, anonymousff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> > > > > Bob, of course there are urinals; I should have explained > > the context better, This yogi I was chatting with mentioned > > the squatting practice to improve cleansing and brahmacharia. > > personally I do think it's ridicules however I do not doubt > > his sincerity. > > Many yogis and Indians in general squat to poop, rather than sitting. Never > heard of squatting to pee. If it's for Brahmacharya, maybe it's so you don't > have to touch yourself. The book "Brahmacharya for Boys and Girls," which > most good Purusha read at some point, also advises against riding bicycles > (too stimulating in that area) and against looking at yourself in the > shower. Maybe someone should market an opaque plastic tutu for aspiring > celibates.
I noticed in scanning through the Manu smirti and other vedic literature, this concept of squatting for promoting brahmaharya. Also I saw a reference to not bathing nude. Now the reason that was kind of interesting was that when i was in India, I happened to be looking for the guys who were heating our tubs of water and accidently came across one of the guys in an outdoor shower. Sure enough he was wrapped around the middle in a white cloth while actively bathing. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
