keep up the lineage or the family line and a daughter to give an ineffable cosmic enlightenment
expressive of the Divine Mother (Prakriti) who is the creatrix and origin of the universe, for it is
from the womb of the Mother (Prakriti) that the entire creation is ushered into this world. No
household couple is satisfied either with male issues or with female issues. They want both, to
reveal themselves as the two reflections of their own individual selves, representative of Purusha
and Prakriti. Besides these two¾a son and a daughter¾there can be one extra to avoid
contingent mishaps like death and the like. A spiritually-bent householder can lead the conjugal
life up to the limit of three children. Later on he can take up the Nivritti Marga for quick
evolution and realization. Study the lives of realized saints like Tukaram, Ram Tirth and
Pothana. You will understand the truth behind “realization in and through the world”. Overindulgence
in sexuality or worldly life allows no access to spiritual matters. In this connection, it
is worth the remembrance that children are not an absolute necessity for realization of Moksha,
that Moksha is not debarred from those that do not beget children, and also that they are prone to
exemption from the curses of the manes if they take to Sannyas without keeping up the lineage or
Vamsa Vriksha.
From "May I answer that" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informations on Swami Sivananda: on the Website of Divine Life Society, Photographs of Swami Sivananda, German Pages on Swami Sivananda
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