Listening songs while studing
Question
i m presently preparing for iit jee ,i wanted 2 know wether i can study while listening to songs and is there any harm in listening 2 romantic music while practicing bramacharya?????
Answer
The beauty and allure of music stems from the Lord who is the source of all energy and power. However, till one becomes very advanced, it is not possible to realize this when one sees the beauty of the Lord shining in various things such as a woman, music etc. (it is not the body or the woman who is beautiful, but the power of the Lord who shines from within that temporary encasing of flesh). Until a certain degree of spiritual illumination is not reached, an individual cannot segregate between the two. He gets carried away by Mâya (illusive power of creation), thinks the impermanent visual objects themselves to be the source, and ultimately falls prey to lower emotions.
Hence it is unadvisable to listen to romantic music in the midst of study, which ultimately flowers desire from within and will not only reduce focus and concentration but also impede Brahmacharya.
After a few years of unbroken Brahmacharya, the Yogi reaches a state where he realizes the beauty of music to be nothing else but a minute part of the Lords great power. He will then not be easily carried over by desire, lust etc. which blossom in an ordinary man upon the advent of music with an undercurrent of Maya. Also, the bliss he tastes through Samadhi will be so great that he will no longer have interest as regards pleasures derived from the senses.
ॐ तत् सत्
(That Supreme being is the absolute truth)