Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c5.13

c5.13

“ *Brahmacharya does not mean mere physical self-control. It means much more. It means complete control over all the senses. Thus an impure thought is a breach of brahmacharya ; so is anger. . . And since thought is the root of all speech and action, the quality of the latter corresponds to that of the former. Hence perfectly controlled thought is itself power of the highest potency, and can become self-acting. That seems to me to be the meaning of the silent prayer of the heart. If Man is after the image of God, he has but to will a thing in the limited sphere allotted to him, and it becomes* ” (*Mahatma M. K. Gandhi in Harijan for 23rd July, 1938*).