Kama Sutra Dhama Sutra: The Yoga Of Pure Sex

KAMA SUTRA -

DHARMA SUTRA

The Yoga

of

Pure Sex

An Introduction To

Vedic Sex Education

by

Rajashekhara

Namah om vishnu-padaya krishna-presthaya bhu-tale

srimate bhaktivedanta swamin iti namine

namas te saraswati deve gaura-vani-pracarine

nirvisesa-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine

FOR MY BELOVED

GURUDEVA

The

Siddha Vedanta Saraswata

Commentary

on verse seven

chapter eleven

SHRIMAD

BHAGAVAD-GITA

"I am the strength of the strong, devoid of passion and desire.

I am sex life which is not contrary to religious principles,

O lord of the Bharatas."

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The Yoga of Pure Sex

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface by the Author

Introduction to ‘Kama Sutra-Dhama Sutra The Yoga of Pure Sex’

CHAPTER 1 - The Nature of Sexual Impulse

CHAPTER 2 - Distinction between Humans and Animals

CHAPTER 3 - The Vedic Plan for Uplifting Humanity

CHAPTER 4 - Sex Education in the Vedas

CHAPTER 5 - Yoga - the Process of Self-realization

CHAPTER 6 - Bhakti - the Topmost Yoga System

CHAPTER 7 - Yoga in Married Life

CHAPTER 8 - The Yoga of Pure Sex

CHAPTER 9 - Pure or Impure Birth

CHAPTER 10 - Spiritual Advancement for Sudras

CHAPTER 11 - Marriage – a Safe Position in Kali-yuga

CHAPTER 12 - Child Marriage

CHAPTER 13 - The Pitfalls of Married Life

CHAPTER 14 - Maya - The Illusion of Material Life

CHAPTER 15 - Lust Is the Enemy of the Soul

CHAPTER 16 - The Secret Nature of Women

CHAPTER 17 - The Secrets of Married Life

CHAPTER 18 - The Beauty of a Woman

CHAPTER 19 - A Woman’s Chastity Brings Wealth

CHAPTER 20 - Unchaste Women Cause Rape

CHAPTER 21 - Sexual Fantasies of Women

CHAPTER 22 - Dark Secret of a Women’s Beauty

CHAPTER 23 - Demons Rule the World

CHAPTER 24 - Homosexuality is Demonic

CHAPTER 25 - When Mothers Become Murderers

CHAPTER 26 - Evolution of the Female

CHAPTER 27 - Sex Is Love - In the Kingdom of God

GLOSSARY

Symptoms of Kali-yuga

The Glories of The Holy Name

Luna Calendara

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX OF SANSKRIT WORDS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

OTHER BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR

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CH 1 - The Nature of Sexual Impulse

CH 2 - Distinction between Humans and Animals

CH 3 - The Vedic Plan for Uplifting Humanity

CH 4 - Sex Education in the Vedas

CH 5 - Yoga - the Process of Self-realization

CH 6 - Bhakti - the Topmost Yoga System

CH 7 - Yoga in Married Life

CH 8 - The Yoga of Pure Sex

CH 9 - Pure or Impure Birth

CH 10 – Spiritual Advancement for Sudras

CH 11 - Marriage – a Safe Position in Kali-yuga

CH 12 - Child Marriage

CH 13 - The Pitfalls of Married Life

CH 14 - Maya - The Illusion of Material Life

CH 15 - Lust Is the Enemy of the Soul

CH 16 - The Secret Nature of Women

CH 17 - The Secrets of Married Life

CH 18 - The Beauty of a Woman

CH 19 - A Woman’s Chastity Brings Wealth

CH 20 - Unchaste Women Cause Rape

CH 21 - Sexual Fantasies of Women

CH 22 - Dark Secret of a Women’s Beauty

CH 23 - Demons Rule the World

CH 24 - Homosexuality is Demonic

CH 25 - When Mothers Become Murderers

CH 26 - Evolution of the Female

CH 27 - Sex Is Love - In the Kingdom of God

Preface by the Author

In the Kali-yuga, the present age systemized by quarrel and hypocrisy, everyone taking birth is in a fallen condition of life and addicted to all kinds of sinful activities. It is the duty of the Vaishava-acharyas and their disciples, to reveal the fault in the lives of the degraded people by revealing the path of righteousness as outlined in the Vedic literatures like the Shrimad Bhagavatam and the Bhagavad-gita. It is only out of love and compassion that the Vaishava-acharyas take on the burden of trying to save the mass of people from descending into hell. In order to cut through the hard knot of illusion that entraps the fallen soul to a life of sin, a sharp knife is required to sever the strong rope of material attachment. Therefore, the definition of a Vaishnava guru - is ‘heavy’ and ‘cutting’. This means the guru is ‘heavy’ with transcendental Vedic knowledge by which he can ‘cut’ through the hardened hearts of the conditioned souls.

It was Lord Jesus Christ who said. Hate the sin – not the sinner. This is because, as the proverb so eloquently states Every sinner has a future and every saint has a past Thus, the sinner of the past is a potential saint of the future. Therefore, this is the reason why the guru must be both ‘heavy and cutting’; in order convert a sinner into a saint. And those who are now relishing the life of sainthood should never forget that they were once the most fallen of sinners. The Bhagavad-gita also says. Even if you are considered to be the most sinful of all sinners, when you are situated in the boat of transcendental knowledge you will be able to cross over the ocean of miseries. (4.36)

The self-effulgent Vaishnava-acarya are nitya-siddhas, fully liberated souls from birth, who descends to the material world by the order of God, to make saints out of sinners, so they may return to the Kingdom of God, where life is full of eternal happiness and transcendental love. Such a life of is beyond the conception of the fallen conditioned soul’s, who are struggling day and night to enjoy the fleeting mundane pleasures which are in fact the cause of their very suffering and bondage.

Everyone in this world, rich or poor, is trapped in a cycle of suffering under the influence of false-ego, thinking themselves the rightful enjoyers of the temporary world. They strive to enjoy the pleasures of the flesh while accumulating as much wealth as possible, not realizing that at the time of death, everything they possess will be lost and they will be punished for their sins. This hard struggle to survive in a world full of endless pain and misery is caused by one primary desire only, the desire to enjoy the pleasure of sex. If one can be free from this great enemy of the soul, in the form of insatiable lust, then all the miseries of life will be over. In order to cure the diseased soul of its ailment, a painful operation may be required. If the reader feels a sharp blade ‘cutting’ into his hardened heart and the ‘heavy’ weight of condemnation and criticism descending upon their head, then our duty to the Vaishnava-acharyas will have been successful. Om – Tat – Sat

Rajashekhara

1st January, 2015

Introduction to

‘KAMA SUTRA-DHARMA SUTRA

The Yoga of Pure Sex’

"yasya deve para bhaktir yatha deve tatha gurau

tasyaite kathita hy arthah prakashante mahatmanah"

"Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the

Lord and the spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic knowledge

automatically revealed." (Svetashvatara Upanishad. 6.23)

In the western world there have been many books written on the subject of sex education, and amongst the most well known is the Kama Sutra. Popularly known as the ‘Hindu book of love’, this ancient Hindu text by Vatsyayana, first appeared around the 2nd century CE, and is considered to be the standard work in the Sanskrit literature on human sexual behavior. An English translation of the Kama Sutra was first published in 1883 and since then it has became one of the most widely read books on sex education in the world.

The Sanskrit word ‘kama’ means ‘desire’, which alludes to love, lust, and sexual union, and the Kama Sutra belongs to the Kama-shastra or Kama-khanda section of Vedic literature that guide the populace in materialistic subjects of life. The word kama should not be confused with the word karma – meaning action and reaction. The term ‘sutra’ refers to a thread or string of aphorisms, a code or concise philosophical exposition, the object of which is extreme brevity in presenting Vedic philosophy.

This book ‘Kama Sutra-Dhama Sutra The Yoga of Pure Sex’, belongs to a division of the Vedic literature’s known as the dharma-shastras, or dharma-sutras, which are literatures that expound upon purely religious doctrine and law, the best known being the Manu-dharma-shastra, also called Manu Samita. The Manu Samhita is also considered to be one of the smriti-shastras and also referred to as the Manu-smriti. Other dharma-shastras include those authored by Vashista Muni, Gautama Rishi and Yajnavalkya Rishi. There is little difference between dharma-shastras and smriti-shastras, as the subject matters generally overlap. Of the Vaishnava School, the Narada-smriti, authored by Shila Narada Muni, also called Narada-pancharatra, is the most important smriti-shastra in the present age of Kali-yuga. Another important Vaishnava-smriti is the Hari Bhakti Vilas by Shrila Sanatana Goswami. The Vedic literature’s are divided into two categories called sruti and smriti. The word ‘sruti’ means ‘that which is heard’ meaning ‘the word of God’, that emanates directly from the Supreme Being, such as the four Vedas namely; Rig, Sama, Yajur, and Atharva, and the Upanishads, The word ‘smriti’ means ‘that which is remembered’ and are literature’s composed by great sages in pursuit of the Vedic conclusions and are explanatory in nature.

Although the Kama Sutra is one of the most comprehensive guides on the subject of kama or sex-life, it fails to address the spiritual dimension of sexual union, as well as the religious significance of procreation. For this reason the Kama Sutra and other similar literature’s are classified amongst the less important Kama-khanda section of the Vedic literatures, meant for those who are materially attached to sense pleasure and who strive to enjoy the fruits of their worldly endeavors. Consequently, the Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana does not penetrate the transcendental plane of God consciousness, which is the ultimate goal of Vedic knowledge. The Kama Sutra does not reveal the path of yoga through regulated sexual union; neither does it reveal the negative reactions to illicit-sexual indulgence outside of the religious mandate, or the negative reactions of illicit-sexual behavior. The Kama Sutra is therefore left wanting as it cannot lead the reader to the path of true knowledge, spiritual perfection, or liberation from the sufferings of material existence.

The four Vedas are primarily concerned with ritualistic performances for material benefit and have three divisions of knowledge namely; kama-khanda, jnana-khanda, upasana-khanda. It is said in the Bhagavad-gita. The Vedas deal mainly with the subject of the three modes of material nature. O Arjuna, become transcendental to these three modes. (Bg.2.45) The most important aspect of Vedic knowledge is found in the jnana-khanda and upasana-khanda divisions, beginning with the Upanisads, which reveal the path of liberation from all material suffering through yoga and meditation to achieve self-realization and knowledge of the Absolute Truth. The most famous amongst the Upasana-khanda division is the Vedanta Sutra of Shrila Vyasadeva, which reveals the very essence of Vedic philosophy, and the spiritual dimension of human existence that differentiates between man’s perishable body and his imperishable soul that exists beyond the death of the material body. The word ‘upasana’ means ‘worship’ and the highest aspect of upasana is Vishnu-upasana, the worship of Lord Vishnu. Such upasana literature’s are concerned with guiding man to the transcendental plane of pure Krishna consciousness by achieving spiritual union (yoga) with the Supreme Being.

In today’s Godless and spiritually degraded society of the 21st century, where there is a profusion of sexually explicit material available through the mass-media and pornographic content can be downloaded to a mobile phone even by adolescent school children, there is an urgent need for a literature that comprehensively explains both positive and negative aspects of sex-life in all its varying manifestations. Such a literature has now appeared in the form of ‘Kama Sutra-Dhama Sutra The Yoga of Pure Sex’, which is the first book on Vedic sex education that clearly reveals the spiritual dimension of sexual union and the act of procreation as part of the yoga process that ultimately leads one to the path of pure religion and enlightenment. The ‘Kama Sutra-Dhama Sutra The Yoga of Pure Sex’, is based upon the precepts and teachings of Sanatana Dharma, as revealed in the Vedic scriptures like the Upanishads, Vedanta Sutra, Srimad Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita. This book reveals not only the religious significance of sexual union, but also discusses its misuse through various acts of adulterous and perverted sexual behavior. The is the first book in the history of Vedic literature, that provides a truly comprehensive presentation on sex education from the standpoint of yoga and Vedanta philosophy, which will be of great importance to the all those who are seekers of the truth and who wish to know the answers to life and the purpose of human existence.

The ‘Kama Sutra-Dhama Sutra The Yoga of Pure Sex’, belongs to the category of Vedic literature known as the dharma-shastras, which provide guidance on purely spiritual and religious subject matters. This new edition to the dharma-shastras, although presented in the English language, is set in the true mold of a traditional dharma-shastra, and guides the reader step by step through the various stages of Vedic scientific analysis concerning the variegated implications of kama or sex-life, and thus provides the reader with an in-depth understanding of the subject. Knowledge of the truth is spiritually liberating and therefore by contemplating the transcendental message contained in this book, one will be automatically guided to the platform of yoga perfection that ultimately leads to liberation from repeated birth and death. The Bhagavad-gita says. This knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and because it gives direct perception of the self by realization, it is the perfection of religion. It is everlasting, and it is joyfully performed. (Bg.9.2)

In the western world, human society is becoming more degraded as the decades pass. Modern society has completely ignored the all-important spiritual and religious significance of the procreative act. This failure to understand the true purpose of sex-life has given rise to the belief that sex is ‘just for fun’ and simply for an individual’s pleasure. This has led to the gradual denigration of human society where sexual perversion and adulterous sex-life have become the most prominent features. Prostitution, pornography, rape, domestic-crime, abortion, and illegitimate birth, are the hallmarks of the modern society. The religions of the world have completely failed to address the vital aspects of sex indulgence which is the most powerful amongst man’s natural instincts, but have instead become silent spectators to moral decline, not having the capacity to present the religious significance of sex-life and procreation. Only in the Vedic literature’s do we find a comprehensive scientific explanation regarding man’s inherent natural instinct and the need to achieve sexual satisfaction. To understand the true purpose of sexual union is imperative for the spiritual advancement of every human being and failure to do so, leads to the degradation of the self and the society at large. Such degradation is now being witnessed throughout human society due to the inauspicious effects of present age of darkness known as the Kali-yuga.

CHAPTER ONE

The Nature of Sexual Impulse

and the Origins of Mundane Sex-desire

The Vedas explain that the original sexual impulse is derived from a perverted form of pure spiritual love, which is referred to in the Sanskrit language as prema. This pure and unadulterated aspect of divine love (prema) is the original pure state of the living being when the soul is in direct communion with God. However, when the living entity falls into material consciousness, which is devoid of spiritual cognition, the pure aspect of prema becomes immediately perverted and manifests itself as kama or sex-desire. In the kingdom of God there is no such thing as mundane material consciousness and therefore kama or lusty for sex between male and female does not exist. Those who have achieved the kingdom of God, experience a far superior pleasure, in the form of prema, or pure unadulterated love, which is so powerful that it completely satisfies all the needs of the spirit-soul. Thus there is no material hankering or desire and only peace and tranquility pervade the mind. In the kingdom of God, even those who are united as husband and wife, experience the highest pleasure through their engagement in devotional service (bhakti-yoga) and remain completely undisturbed by any form of material inebriety, due of being so blissfully engaged in transcendental loving service at the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord. The Bhagavad-gita says. In that joyous state, one is situated in boundless transcendental happiness, realized through transcendental senses. Established thus, one never departs from the truth, and upon gaining this he thinks there is no greater gain. (Bg.6.22)

SEX-DESIRE IS THE PERVERTED FORM OF PREMA

When the soul takes birth in the material world, due to its coming in direct contact with matter, the spiritual consciousness of the soul is completely covered by lust (kama) which gives rise to innumerable materialistic desires, with sex being the most powerful. Due to the soul’s new-found identification with matter, the soul is forced by the material senses to fulfill these desires. This attempt to fulfill material desires is what keeps the soul entrapped in material existence while passing from one body to the next in the repetitive cycle known in Sanskrit as samsara, or the ‘wheel of time’ which is similar to the concept of eternal damnation of the soul described in Christian theology.

Kama, the perverted manifestation of the spiritual prema, creates only anxiety for the living entity born in the material world, where the mind is always restless and frustrated in its quest to fulfill the myriad of burning desires. Kama is so powerful that the whole material world is simply being driven by sex-desire and every creature that takes birth, is bound by varying degrees of this kama, or the lust for sexual gratification. Thus out of the four basic animal instincts; eating, sleeping, mating and defending, sex-desire is the most powerful instinct. Whether the spirit-soul has taken birth as a human being or as one of the animals, all are bound to the cycle of repeated suffering due to kama or the desire for sex.

SEX AMONGST THE ANIMALS

Sex in the animal kingdom is a violent and bloody ritual that often leads to death. It can be observed that mating amongst the animals is fraught with every danger. The male of almost every species on earth has to fight for his right to engage in sex. Even in the human species, there is a powerful element of danger and the present upsurge of violent sex crimes is clear evidence of this phenomena. Unfortunately, modern man does not understand the karmic connection between sex and violence, and consequently sexual violence in society will simply go on increasing. By observing the various animal species, human beings can learn much about material existence, simply by observing the sexual instincts and behavior of animals. In ancient India, the great yogi Patanjali Rishi, who compiled the ‘Yoga Sutras’, developed a number of yogic postures after observing animals stretching and exercising after they awoke from slumber.

Animals engage in sexual union due to the powerful urges of nature and there are no rules or regulations governing such sexual activity between animals. An animal is driven to sexual indulgence at such a time when the female of the species enters her reproductive cycle. In the human species, the female enters such a cycle once every month, whereas in animals it varies from one species to the next. The reproductive cycle in monkeys, man’s closest relative, is the same as that of humans. Amongst dogs, the cycle is just twice in a year; however, big cats like lions and tigers have just one cycle in a year.

Unlike the human species, sex amongst animals is totally unrestricted and uninhibited. During their bi-annual reproductive season, street dogs can be observed engaging in sexual union in public places without any inhibitions whatsoever. Regardless of the time, place or circumstances, an animal must fulfill its sexual appetite, whenever and wherever the urge arises. Amongst the animal species, there is no question of love or consideration for their sexual partner, or even the slightest consideration for the resultant offspring that will take birth. After the birth of offspring, the female normally takes exclusive care of such offspring, whereas the male of some species usually try to kill and eat the offspring. This is because animals by their natural instinct, can understand that if the offspring are killed, the female will again enter her reproductive season and once again engage in sex. Animals are wholly consumed by the desire to fulfill the sexual urge and killing offspring in order to enjoy more sex is a part of animal existence. This violent animal instinct of killing offspring is manifested in modern-day human society in the form of abortion.

In the animal kingdom, the female becomes interested in sex only when she enters her reproductive season and her sexual organs produce a powerful scent that attracts the male of the species for copulation. It can be observed that when the male donkey approaches the female donkey for sexual union, the male is invariably kicked with great force in the jaw by the female any number of times, before she finally relents and allows the male suitor to engage in sex. In many species of animals, the female will first attack the male suitor with vicious bites or scratches, before allowing him to copulate. This is most commonly observed amongst street dogs. This same psychological mechanism is also prevalent in the human species, although generally without such a degree of violence. When the female of the human species is first being courted by a male suitor, the female will always feign annoyance or disinterest at being propositioned, even though sub-consciously the female feels flattered and also excited by the prospect. Nevertheless, due to the female’s natural instinct, regardless of how much she desires sex, she will first act as if completely disinterested.

In human society, attraction to engage in sexual union is based primarily upon sight and physical beauty. However, in the animal kingdom, the stimulus to engage in sex is caused specifically by the odorous scent emitted from the female’s genital aperture. This powerful scent emitted by the female, can carry through the air for many miles and has the capacity to attract a mate from a very long distance. A male bear can detect the vaginal scent of the female bear from a distance of over ten miles. Therefore, it is not uncommon for a number of suitors to arrive on the scene simultaneously, which invariably leads to a vicious fight amongst the male bears for the right to mate with the female. In almost every animal species on earth, there is a violent confrontation amongst the males for the right to engage in sex with the female. A number of suitors may die or receive serious wounds in the process. Simply because of the overpowering drive to enjoy sex, this violent confrontation goes on endlessly across the entire animal kingdom.

Besides the danger posed by other suitors, the female may also pose an even greater danger to the male. For example, many species of poisonous snakes like cobras, are naturally cannibalistic, if the male suitor is somewhat smaller than the female; the male is more likely to be eaten by the female rather than achieving sexual satisfaction. This danger posed by the female is very prominent amongst spiders, where the ravenous female spider is much larger than the male, and as soon as the male spider has finished copulation, due to her ravenous appetite, the female spider will usually devour her sexual partner before he can escape her loving embrace. The male spider certainly understands the great danger posed before him, but his uncontrollable urge to engage in sex forces him forward, even though hesitantly, in order to copulate with the female spider, knowing full well the risk of being eaten alive just after satisfying his sexual urge. But regardless of the life-threatening danger, due to the burning desire to enjoy sex, the male spider is ready and willing to risk his life.

SEX CAUSES A VIOLENT REACTION

Sex in the animal kingdom is an extremely violent affair that often leads to death or serious injury. The alpha-males of the various species are forced to continually defend their mating rights from would-be challengers and this violent ritual goes on unabated, mating season after mating season, until finally the alpha-male, having grown weaker with age, is either killed in battle fighting with young studs, or driven away after receiving devastating wounds that inhibit his ability to fight off the younger and more determined claimants. In the world of the simians, one of the most sexually active species, this titanic battle for supremacy amongst the monkeys is a daily ritual. In the human species, such violent mating rituals do not occur, but nevertheless, there is a degree of rivalry amongst men over women that sometimes lead to fist-fights and in rare instances even murder. Violence against women in the form of molestation and rape is the most common act of sexual violence which sometimes leads to the death of the victim. Domestic violence is another form of violence that is prominent in the human species.

Once the spirit-soul, due to the attachment to sex pleasure, and under the weight of the accumulated effect of sinful reactions, descends from the human species to the animal species, the spirit-soul must experience different varieties of hellish existence, as he transmigrates from one animal species to the next. To be born as an animal is the reaction to a former human life wasted in pursuit of sinful pleasures like illicit-sex, while neglecting to follow the principles of religious. The entire animal kingdom exists as a living hell on Earth, with one creature being the food for another. The animals are in so much steeped in ignorance that they are completely oblivious to their miserable condition, which would be unbearable for the more intelligent humans to endure. The Vedas say that there are 8,400,000 of species of life, of which 400,000 species are humanoids belonging to various tribes, both civilized and uncivilized. The balance are all animal species that includes; aquatics, birds, insects, worms, amoeba and bacteria, etc.

The animals are mostly preoccupied with eating and they spend most of their life foraging and searching for food. Herbivores spend practically the entire day eating vegetation that is when they are not sleeping or engaged in sex. Fear is one of the greatest concerns for an animal, especially those who are at the bottom of the food-chain. An animal is always fearful, even lions and poisonous snakes live in constant fear, due to ignorance, which is the greatest torment for all creatures in the animal kingdom. A good example of the fearful animal existence can be seen when harmless garden birds are eating bread-crumbs put out by humans. They are in constant fear of death as they take each morsel of food and there are only a few animals that can eat food in peace. This is the standard of animal life, perpetual fear of death at every moment, a truly harrowing ordeal.

FOUR TYPES OF BAD KARMA

The Sanskrit word karma has two basic meanings that are interrelated. One meaning is work or action, thus a man’s job is his karma and thus he is called a karmi or karmachary. The other meaning is the reaction to ones work or particular type of action performed. Thus, due to ones karma or work there are three different results obtained, good, bad, or equable. According to the Vedic literatures, there are four types of bad karma or sinful reactions. The first being reactions that are already fructified, that are causing distress at the present moment, which are called prarabdha. The second being reactions that are just waiting to take effect which are called aprarabdha or phalonmukha. The third variety are reactions that are still further dormant and yet to manifest which are called kutastha, and lastly, the reactions that are still in a seed-like state which are called papabija. Only in the human form can any karma, good, bad, or equable be created, the resultant reactions to that karma will be experienced mostly in the next life, and based on that particular karma, one also gets a particular type of body. Therefore, those who are very sinful like for example meat eaters, they must descend into the animal kingdom where meat-eating is not considered sinful, but the standard of life is very bad.

As soon as bad karma or sin is committed by a human being, the reactions start to manifest immediately, at least on the subtle plane, the guilty look on the face, the constant pricks of the conscience, and bad dreams, although the full reaction may not appear until one dies and achieves the next birth. Therefore, many people are born with the marks of sinful deeds from the previous life. For example, those who are born blind, deaf, dumb, deformed, or with limbs missing, these are all due to bad karma and the result of sins from a previous life. In modern society, many are aghast when these facts of karmic laws are presented before ignorant persons who do not possess transcendental knowledge. Such rascals will make all kinds of excuses saying, It’s not their fault, or They are innocent. However, that is not a very scientific explanation, but simply false sentiment and an emotional reaction. It has become ‘politically correct’ and fashionable to refer to such people as physically impaired, or sight impaired, rather than invalids, blind or crippled, but this is just a cosmetic cover-up for the truth, that in actual fact they were sinners in their previous life. This type of cover-up is also due to those who are hard-core sinners themselves, like the meat-eaters, who do not wish to come to terms with reality, who try to wish away their sins by saying that it is not a punishment, or bad karma, but an accident of nature. Some will even blame God or say There is no God, because if there was a God, how could He allow such terrible things to happen.

Regardless, of the cacophony created by morons, these are the laws of nature, and material nature was created by God, and by the laws of nature sinners have to suffer, like it or not. Why on Earth did God give mankind the ‘Ten Commandments’, if there is no reaction to sin? Can anyone give a scientifically plausible answer? No they can’t! Consequently, there are no actual accidents in nature because nature works by the law of action and reaction, nature works like a computer program based on logarithms, ‘whatever is the input – is equal to the output’, or just as the Holy Bible says. As you sow so shall you reap, and An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, In other words, it is simple mathematics ‘two and two equals four and not two or three’. The whole material creation is based on a mathematical equation of cause and effect, or in other words karma. The cause is the desire of the javatma, the individual spirit-soul, to transgress against God’s divine spiritual nature in order to fulfill selfish ambitions. Thus the cause of one’s suffering is oneself. The Manu Samhita says. A sinful man suffers changes in his physical appearance due to sins in this life and the past. Decease of the skin (leprosy etc) is due to having soiled a superior’s bed in a previous life.

Although the violent reactions to illicit-sex will be fully experienced in the next life, some percentage of the sinful reactions is experienced immediately. Therefore, the immediate reaction to ejaculation of semen during illicit-sex and through self-abuse, results in a man experiencing violent dreams and nightmares at night. Thus it can be concluded that illicit-sex creates a violent reaction which results in a human being undergoing various types of suffering in this life and in the next. Therefore, all those who misuse the human form to live like animals by engaging in the basic animal propensities, such as meat-eating and indulging in illicit-sex-life, must take birth in the animal species in the next life.

CHAPTER TWO

The Distinction between Humans

and Animals

There are four basic instincts that are present in all living creatures that inhabitant of the Earth. This includes human and the animal kingdom. From the Vedic perspective, human beings, who are classified by modern science as homo-sapiens, are just one of the many animal species that inhabit the earth, even though they are highly evolved and with a far superior intelligence than the other animals, nevertheless, human beings are still animals and posses the four basic animal instincts. And like all other animal species on the earth, they are forced by nature to engage in fulfilling these four basic propensities which are; eating, sleeping, mating and defending. Therefore, both humans and animals are driven to fulfill these basic urges in order to survive. There is no animal on earth, including humans, who can avoid these four natural instincts, because they are inherent within the nature of every living creature. Just like the light and heat generated from the fire, cannot be separated from the fire itself, they coexist simultaneously. Similarly, in nature there are four seasons in a year; summer, winter, autumn and spring, or four cardinal directions; north, south, east, and west. They are unchangeable and like the four basic instincts of all living creatures, is an integral part of the material nature. Because the human beings possess a far superior intelligence, they have to some degree refined the four basic animal instincts, but regardless of the degree of sophistication, the basic animal propensities remain the same.

For example;

1. Eating – animals either scavenge on dead carcasses or kill other animals for food, otherwise they eat raw vegetation. Early humans were primarily vegetarian but gradually began killing animals for food. Due to a superior intelligence, human beings first cook the flesh before consuming it, which increases the taste and helps the digestive process.

2. Sleeping - animals live naked in all conditions and sleep on the ground with other animals or otherwise perch in trees. Human beings wear clothing due to a sense of moral decency and sleep in comfortable beds in the privacy of homes.

3. Mating – an animal is driven to indulge in sex at any given time due to being overpowered by the urge for sex. Sometimes dogs engage in sex in the street without any shame. The male of the species bears no responsibility for the offspring and have no ties to any particular female, and generally copulates with multiple partners. The normal practice amongst human beings is to first get married under religious laws before sexual union takes place. They remain united throughout life because they feel responsibility towards their offspring and remain close to them even after they have matured and left home. Unlike animals, human beings never engage in sexual union in public view, due to a sense of shame.

4. Defending – animals use their claws and teeth for defense. Animals mostly live in constant fear and are forced to defend themselves based on four principles of self-preservation; to protect their territory, to protect their life from predators, to defend their right to mate with the females of their species, and to protect their offspring from danger. Humans also experience fear in varying degrees, fear from accidents or disease, from rogues, thieves, rapists and murderers, as well as enemies of the state. Human beings will also defend for the same four reasons as animals; defense of life, of territory, of family, of females. Although in human society, rather than fight for the right to copulate with females, humans will fight to protect females from the attack of other males. Human beings, due to possessing a far higher intelligence, fight not only with their fists, but with sophisticated weapons like machine-guns, tanks, guided missiles and bombs, etc.

Therefore by analysis, we can see that both human beings and animals share the same four basic instincts, but because human beings have a greater intelligence, they can enact these four basic animal instincts in a far more sophisticated and elaborate manner. But whether one sleeps in a soft bed high above the Earth in a skyscraper apartment, or as the animals do, sleep naked on the jungle floor, sleeping is the same. The dog in the street is running on four legs in order to fulfill its basic needs, while the human being has developed a machine and is running on four wheels, but running here and there to fulfill basic needs is the same.

HUMANS POSSES A FIFTH INSTINCT

Through Vedic knowledge, it has been revealed that there is a fifth basic instinct found only in human beings, the instinct of morality, which is not found in any other animal species. Therefore due to this sense of morality, unlike animals, human beings cover their bodies and in particular their private parts. Human beings, unlike animals, never engage in copulation in public view because they feel acute personal embarrassment at being naked before the public gaze, and also because it will offend the moral dignity of other humans. Due to a sense of moral responsibility, human beings, unlike animals, first get married under a religious covenant before engaging in sexual union, because they feel a moral responsibility towards one-another as well as towards the children born out of such a sexual union. Therefore, besides the four natural instincts which are; eating, sleeping, mating, and defending, human beings posses a fifth instinct, which called morality, which is the primary difference between human beings and animals.

THE FIFTH INSTINCT IS CALLED MORALITY

The English dictionary defines morality as being ‘concerned with goodness and badness of the human character’ and the ‘distinction between right and wrong’. This means that only humans can distinguish between right and wrong, whereas animals cannot. Therefore, for an animal there is no right or wrong, but for the human beings there is, and this means that human beings posses what is referred to as a conscience and therefore are able to question every action that they perform, and consider whether such an action is right or wrong. This moral instinct has nothing to do with religious indoctrination, because even atheists and agnostics posses the same moral instinct, which is an almost indelible part of every human beings psychology, it is not an imposition by some outside force, or due to social pressure. It is the specialty of the human being, consequently the word ‘human’ is derived from the word ‘humane’ which means benevolent, compassionate, and civilized. Sometimes we hear a person says that ‘they believe they did wrong’ or it is ‘on their conscience’, that they have erred. This conception of the guilty conscience reveals the natural instinct of morality within every human being. Animals are bereft of this capacity of discrimination based on moral considerations. Thus when a man commits a wrong act, his fifth instinct of religiosity or conscience, causes him to feel a sense of regret. This concept of right and wrong is an integral part of the moral instinct found in human beings and part of the highly developed human mind.

THE VEDAS DEFINE MORALITY AS RELIGION

The Vedas define the human instinct of morality as religiosity. This implies the natural instinct to inquire about the self. To perform good deeds that benefits others as well as the self. The English dictionary says religiosity is, A state of being, a very accurate definition of mans natural instinct to enquire about the self, his ‘state of being’ and the purpose of his life. Due to the instinct of religiosity, every man at some point in life arrives at the same point of enquiry, regarding the purpose of human life, about the difference between his body and his soul, as well as the existence of the Supreme Creator. The further developed a man’s instinct of religiosity, the greater his ability to understanding the purpose of human existence. Therefore in light of mans quest for self-knowledge, the first aphorism of the Vedanta Sutra says. Athato brahma jinasa – Now that one has achieved the human form of life, one should enquire about the nature of spirit (brahma).

Thus we see that the most intelligent class of men in Vedic society, were the morally upright and religious minded priestly classes known as the brahmanas, rishis, rajarishis, munis, yogis and Vaishnavas. Whereas, at the other end of the scale, the class of people known as sudras, or the working-classes, are not so concerned with religiosity and do not follow a very high moral life-style and lack in religious instinct. The sudras are often addicted to sinful activities like meat-eating, intoxication, and illicit-sex. It is the prerogative of the more intelligent class of human beings to utilize their instinct of religiosity for a higher purpose other than simply gross animal existence like the sudras.

THE FIFTH INSTINCT - PRODUCES A THE SIXTH SENSE

By development of the fifth instinct referred to as religiosity or moral aptitude, ones higher conscience, one can gradually develop the sixth sense. The sixth sense is described in the English dictionary as being an an extra-sensory faculty A yogi automatically achieves this faculty of extra-sensory perception, because it is a natural by-product of advancement in yoga practice. This extra sensory ability is the basis for developing yoga-siddhi or mystic power. Thus a yogi can comprehend many truths simply by the faculty of the sixth sense. Physiognomy is one of the more common aspects of extra-sensory perception, simply by observing the expression on someone’s face, or the sound of someone’s voice, one can understand many truths about that person’s character, whether he is a sinner, a thief, or an envious person, or if he is an honest man. This is important for a guru, who is training disciples and must be able to detect their purity and advancement of his students. It is similar to a mother observing the guilty look on a child’s face when he has done something wrong, even though she is unaware of the child’s mischief, simply by the use of her sixth sense.

Knowledge of physiognomy or reading the face is an aspect of the sixth sense. Many people posses some ability to detect the changes in people’s faces, but in yoga this is an important aspect of awareness and detecting a person’s real intensions. As it is said ‘the face is the mirror of the mind’. In yoga; this aptitude is developed to a very fine art. Thus the yogi can perceive many truths that are beyond the scope and capacity of ordinary people. Such a yogi is referred to as being a siddha-yogi or one who has developed siddha or knowledge by mystical perception which is beyond the scope of the five knowledge acquiring senses present in humans: sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch.

The sixth sense or siddhi is not recognized by science as it cannot be perceived or measured by modern scientific techniques, unlike the five regular senses that are easily identifiable. Consequently, the sixth sense is simply a ‘mythology’ for the modern scientists, similar to Christ’s walking on water. For the yogi, the sixth sense is the only faculty by which he can perceive brahman (the individual soul), Parabrahman (the Supreme Soul), Paramatma (the Holy Ghost). Unfortunately, these three subjects of spiritual cognition lay beyond the purview of modern science and consequently scientists will never be able to discover God. This inability of modern science to comprehend this spiritual dimension is explained by the Supreme Lord Himself in the Bhagavad-gita. "I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent. For them I am covered by My internal potency, and therefore they do not know that I am