on 5/30/05 2:39 PM, premanandpaul at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- In [email protected], gerbal88 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Isn't "bal" just a plain old Hindi word for "life"? >> >> G > > Bal Brahmachari is a term used to describe someone who has been > celibate from childhood. Guru Dev was described in this way, but at a > later initiation by his guru was conferred the title of swami. > But sometimes a period of abstinence is also called celibacy - whereas > baala Brahmachari is about life celibacy. So yes, in that sense you are > correct.
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