| 词汇 | brahmacharya |
| 词源 | Brahmacharya. Literally, this means “the search after Brah- ma” or “the search after God.” “Life without Brahmacharya,” Gandhi said, “appears to me insipid and animal-like. The brute of nature knows no self-restraint. Man is man because he is capable of, and only insofar as he exercises, self-restraint.” See alsoboston brahmin. |
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