Something common in the early days of our movement was to abandon their families and everything else and try to immediately achieve a platform of complete renunciation. It would not always work.
Artificial celibacy is really dangerous. One should understand what God nature is n act according to that as Krsna says in 3rd chapter. That's nice point.
Artificial brahmacharis played havoc in our movement in the past. Those who r too much lusty for them Sukadeva Goswami suggest a solution according to their taste in 7th canto -
upyamānaṁ muhuḥ kṣetraṁ
svayaṁ nirvīryatām iyāt
na kalpate punaḥ sūtyai
uptaṁ bījaṁ ca naśyati
evaṁ kāmāśayaṁ cittaṁ
kāmānām atisevayā
virajyeta yathā rājann
agnivat kāma-bindubhiḥ
TRANSLATION
My dear King, if an agricultural field is cultivated again and again, the power of its production decreases, and whatever seeds are sown there are lost. Just as drops of ghee on a fire never extinguish the fire but a flood of ghee will, similarly, overindulgence in lusty desires mitigates such desires entirely.
PURPORT
If one continuously sprinkles drops of ghee on a fire, the fire will not be extinguished, but if one suddenly puts a lump of ghee on a fire, the fire may possibly be extinguished entirely. Similarly, those who are too sinful and have thus been born in the lower classes are allowed to enjoy sinful activities fully, for thus there is a chance that these activities will become detestful to them, and they will get the opportunity to be purified.
Yes, often after becoming tyre due to indulgence, a person becomes tired and becomes interested in self-realization. However, this is a path for sinful people, and the relief is only temporary. However, this is a path recommended for people who are already trying to practice.
Hare Krsna prabhuji
Jai Śrīla Prabhupāda
Nice article prabhuji
Artificial celibacy is really dangerous. One should understand what God nature is n act according to that as Krsna says in 3rd chapter. That's nice point.
Artificial brahmacharis played havoc in our movement in the past. Those who r too much lusty for them Sukadeva Goswami suggest a solution according to their taste in 7th canto -
upyamānaṁ muhuḥ kṣetraṁ
svayaṁ nirvīryatām iyāt
na kalpate punaḥ sūtyai
uptaṁ bījaṁ ca naśyati
evaṁ kāmāśayaṁ cittaṁ
kāmānām atisevayā
virajyeta yathā rājann
agnivat kāma-bindubhiḥ
TRANSLATION
My dear King, if an agricultural field is cultivated again and again, the power of its production decreases, and whatever seeds are sown there are lost. Just as drops of ghee on a fire never extinguish the fire but a flood of ghee will, similarly, overindulgence in lusty desires mitigates such desires entirely.
PURPORT
If one continuously sprinkles drops of ghee on a fire, the fire will not be extinguished, but if one suddenly puts a lump of ghee on a fire, the fire may possibly be extinguished entirely. Similarly, those who are too sinful and have thus been born in the lower classes are allowed to enjoy sinful activities fully, for thus there is a chance that these activities will become detestful to them, and they will get the opportunity to be purified.
SB 7.11.33-34
Yes, often after becoming tyre due to indulgence, a person becomes tired and becomes interested in self-realization. However, this is a path for sinful people, and the relief is only temporary. However, this is a path recommended for people who are already trying to practice.