bhramcharya & menstrual period

Aren't a few months of Brahmacharya very small as compared to the millions of past births of 'Abrahmacharya' (non-continence)?

All good things come to one who waits and perseveres. Progress in Brahmacharya is no exception.

One's true nature itself is that of Godliness. One is only the 'Âtman' (soul), an extension of the Almighty and not this body, mind, intellect, consciousness or ego. Hence contemplation on God is everybody's birth-right and at all times. It is in fact one's foremost duty. The aim of a mantra is to induce the divine vibrations and positivism that come from taking the Almighty's name and thinking of his glory. Gender, age, health... these are conditions of the body and not of the soul. How then can it be wrong to think and contemplate on one's true and default state of Godliness at any point of time? This is what one is doing while contemplating, chanting or thinking of God with love and devotion, Is it not?

Does a mother get angry when her little child thinks of her, calls her and takes her name at the point of time it has soiled itself? Does she consider it wrong or insulting that the child took her name when it had dirtied itself? NO. Her love and affection for the child are immaterial of its state of cleanliness and unconditional. This is why she is called a mother, because her perspective as regards her child is something beyond the physical state of the child. She connects with it through a view that is independent of its physical cleanliness, its looks, color or intelligence. She attends to the child at once with fondness and dearness. The Âtman is akin to a child of God. The Almighty Lord can never be insulted or angered by the earnest, sincere and fond calls or thoughts of his devotees as regards him, regardless of their physical state. To him, all creatures are equally dear and important, being extensions of his very self. So one can take the Lord's name, think of him and contemplate on him at all times, as long as one's attitude is that of prayer, love, surrender and devotion.

If one's body is thought as being impure during the monthly period, then one might as well assume it to be impure at all times; for this physical body is always filled with urine, stool, phlegm, blood, flesh and bones. All of them falling under the category of impure substances in the gross sense and it should hence follow that a person should never chant a mantra, contemplate or meditate as long as he or she has this physical body but wait for death to lose the physical body!  

The menstrual period of a woman is a natural phenomenon devised by nature to eject the unfertilized egg. This process occurs as long as eggs are being produced and are not fertilized. Just as an Urdhvaretha Yogi stops producing sperm after reaching that high stage, a woman who has reached such an advanced stage stops producing the egg. Till then, nature will take its usual course. One need not let this interfere with God-contemplation. It will however be necessary to avoid performing Âsana and Prânayâma by a lady during those days as these involve physical activity which could cause discomfort and fatigue, the energy being low at those times. Mental contemplation and chanting can be carried out by all means and pose no risk.

ॐ तत् सत्
(That Supreme being is the absolute truth)