Veerya is an ancient Indian term for Seminal energy and is fairly interchangeable with the term 'semen'.
Vedic tradition holds that: "Veeryanashahi mrutyu, Brahmacharyahee Jeevan" "The vital energy, the Veerya that supports your life, which is the Prana of Pranas, which shines in your sparkling eyes, which beams in your shining cheeks, is a great treasure for you. Remember this point well. "
And: "Falling of semen brings death; preservation of semen gives life. Semen is the real vitality in men. It is the hidden treasure in man. It imparts Brahma-Tejas to the face and strength to the intellect." The Indian practice of Bramacharya requires(amongst other things) that one does not waste Veerya.
To those who practise QIGong/Chi Kung in China it is known as Jingqi, and many teachers of the art require that their students retain it in order to be able to train properly.
American Chi Gong Master Gary J Clyman says that retaining semen is the most important unbreakable basic law of those wishing to become Chi Gong practitioners. "Masturbating is considered "energy wastage" in relationship to your internal energy cultivation practice."
Vīrya (Pali: viriya; Tibetan: brtson 'grus) is a Sanskrit word which can be translated into English as "effort," "vigor," "diligence," "zeal, and "energy."
In Buddhism, vīrya is one of the five controlling faculties (indriya), one of the five powers (bala), one of the six or ten paramitas, one of the seven factors of enlightenment (bodhyaṅga) and is identical with right effort of the Noble Eightfold Path (Pali: aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo; Skt.: aṣṭāṅga mārga). It stands for strenuous and sustained effort to overcome unskillful ways (akusala dhamma), such as indulging in sensuality, ill will and harmfulness (see, e.g., nekkhamma). It stands for the right endeavour to attain dhyāna. Vīrya does not stand for physical strength. It signifies strength of character and the persistent effort for the well-being of others. In the absence of sustained efforts in practicing meditation, craving creeps in and the meditator comes under its influence. Right effort known as vīryabala is, thus, required to overcome unskillful mental factors and deviation from dhyāna.
"Know that happiness and unhappiness are states of mind. They are not the real you. You are the pure awareness that experiences a state of mind; you are not the state of mind itself." - Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami ascended the pitham, spiritual seat, of Kauai Aadheenam (also known as Kauai's Hindu monastery) as Guru Mahasannidhanam and 163rd preceptor of the Nandinatha Sampradaya's Kailasa Parampara, upon the passing of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (Gurudeva) on November 12, 2001. He continues the mission of Subramuniyaswami to establish Hinduism in the West and strengthen it in the East through four major areas of service: Saiva Siddhanta Church, Himalayan Academy, Hindu Heritage Endowment and Hinduism Today international magazine. Saiva Siddhanta Church is the fellowship of initiated disciples and students and includes the Iraivan Temple project on Kauai, the first all-granite Hindu temple built in the West. Himalayan Academy publishes books by the gurus of Kauai Aadheenam and conducts courses for students. Hindu Heritage Endowment as of 2006 has assets of $6,000,000, the yearly proceeds of which fund various Hindu institutions. Hinduism Today magazine is the world's foremost Hindu publication. It is published quarterly and supplemented with Hindu Press International, a daily e-mail news summary service on Hindu events and issues.
Bodhinatha first met Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami in September of 1964, in Virginia City, Nevada, at age 21. He stated, “I want to realize God.” A year later, upon completing his university education, Bodhinatha took monastic vows and moved to the monastery permanently. In 1970, Subramuniyaswami took him to Sri Lanka and introduced him to Jaffna Saivite culture and worship, just as Subramuniyaswami had been introduced in the late 1940s. In 1972, at his Sri Subramuniya Ashram in Alaveddy, Subramuniyaswami gave him sannyasa diksha in a powerful ceremony. The young swami remained in Lanka another six months, pilgrimaging many times to the Columbuturai hut of Subramuniyaswami's guru, Yogaswami, for worship and meditation, as well as to the famed temples of Nallur, Kumbalavalai and Kataragama.
Early on, Bodhinatha distinguished himself as a gifted teacher, working closely in the 1970s with the first large group of Subramuniyaswami’s Western devotees to formally enter the Saivite Hindu religion. Many of those devotees are today the senior members of Saiva Siddhanta Church. As a special discipline he lived for nine months as a solitary hermit in a small hut on the shore of Kona, Hawaii, performing worship and meditation. In 1975, Subramuniyaswami assigned him and Acharya Palaniswami to translate the Tirukural from Tamil into American English (published as Weaver’s Wisdom), which they completed in 1999.
In the 1980s Bodhinatha taught at Kauai Aadheenam on travel/study programs and accompanied Subramuniyaswami on his lecture tours to Mauritius, Malaysia and Singapore. In 1988, after six months of pilgrimage in India, he was the first to receive acharya diksha from Subramuniyaswami. In the 1990s, while Subramuniyaswami concentrated on his Master Course trilogy - Dancing with Siva, Living with Siva, and Merging with Siva - Bodhinatha travelled abroad often to minister to members and students. In 1997, Subramuniyaswami initiated him as paramacharya, empowered to confer samaya (mantra) diksha (initiation), which he did for members in Mauritius, Malaysia, Singapore and India. Behind the scenes, he has been the financial administrator and senior trustee of the Church’s four corporations for 20 years.
Bodhinatha travels extensively each year and is actively immersed in a series of educational projects and international seminars that focus on bringing spiritual instruction to Hindu youth. He is also working on a series of pamphlets and books that present Subramuniyaswami's teachings in thoughtful, step-by-step style, elucidating all the refined nuances and deeply mystical subtleties of Saivism.
Witness Sri Baladev, Subhadra, and Jagannathdev as they come out of Jagannath Temple and ascend to Their chariots. The soundtrack is from the Gita-govinda album by Sripad BV Muni Maharaja.
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