Brahmacharya: The Meaning, Benefits and Techniques of Preservation of Celibacy

It is generally thought that Brahmacharya means only Celibacy, but actually it's something more encompassing.
 
Brahmacharya = Brahma + Charya; which means 'Conduct as per the Brahman', or 'Dwelling in the Supreme Being'. Prevention of loss of semen except for creation of the new generation is one of the interpretations. Dwelling in the supreme lord itself is the method as well as the aim of Celibacy.

Brahmacharya is a state which once achieved, makes a human insulated to all the kinds of Vikaras. Once this state is attained, we become free of all the attachments, and attractions. This state makes us more focused to realize the supreme being.

Glory of Brahmacharya:- Our saints and scriptures say that a person who could retain his vital fluids within himself without losing even a single drop of it for 12 years, he becomes an 'Akhand Brahmachari'. For such a being, nothing is impossible. he becomes godly in that very same life.

An Akhand Brahmachari can easily realize Kundalini rising and achieves vision of the supreme being in his Sahasrara Chakra (crown chakra in his head). Such people can also attain siddhis easily.


Techniques to achieve Celibacy:
Ashwini Mudra Method:-

1. Contract your anus and hold it as long as possible.
2. While you are holding the anus contracted, make your sexual energy located at the lower Chakras to move up towards and into your head .this can be done by moving your attention along the spine upwards repeatedly and trying to feel for the energy moving up the spine.
3. If at first, even if you don't feel any thing; continue, gradually after some days you will really perceive the energy moving up your spine with this technique
4. Repeat this tracking the energy up the spine 30-60 times, while holding the anus contracted through out the whole procedure (doing 5-10 tracking(s) after a while  may work fine. This may vary from one individual to another)
5. Do this daily to maintain Brahmacharya easily. 
6. Some amount of energy in lower Chakras is required for daily work (yogis say that for every work, some amount of energy is drawn from the base of spine). Don't over do this transmutation because excess transmutation will cause weakness , 30-60 tracking(s) up is alright and doesn't cause weakness for some people. It may vary from person to person
7. Also doing this before sleeping will surely prevent wet dreams
8. This technique will keep the mind pure and you will notice a considerable decrease in lust
9. After doing this technique if you have time, try doing some sort of meditation at least for 10 minutes. 'Bhramari Mudra of Pranayama gives great peace to mind. Meditation is not compulsory, but it's nice to have thing. Doing meditation will remove any feeling of tiredness you may get if you do excess transmutation.

Tibetan rite 6 Method (very spontaneous and results oriented):-
With this technique, even with out trying to move the sexual energy up, as with Ashvini Mudra technique , you could feel the energy moving up spontaneously after doing this rite 6.
The purpose of the Tibetan rite 6 exercise is to redirect the excess of sexual and reproductive energy, generated by the activity of the base Chakra (Muladhara) to all higher Chakras along the spine.
The technique is as follows:
Deep Breathing:

1. Stand comfortably and exhale as you bend from the waist, placing your hands on your knees
2. Expel the last bit of air from your lungs and without taking in new breath, return to an erect position
3. Place your hands on your hips, with fingers to the front and press as hard as you can while sucking in the abdomen
4. This will raise your shoulders and chest. While holding in the abdomen, also squeeze the pubococcygeal muscle up to emphasize the upward thrust. (Pubococcygeus muscle is that muscle which helps in stopping the urination in between. Try to see the working of it while you urinate and trying to stop the stream in between.)
5. Hold this position and bring your closed eyeballs to the point between the eyebrows so that all this lower Chakric energy will rise up to the highest centers
6. When you must take a breath, breathe in through your nose and then exhale through the mouth as you drop your arms down to your sides to relax
7. Take in several normal breaths through the nose and mouth before beginning again

According to Lamas this exercise should NOT be practiced excessively, otherwise this exercise does more harm than benefit, by draining the energy from the base Chakra. Doing exercise excessively you may experience weakness (related to Muladhar) and a feeling of inability to express emotions (related to Swadhisthana). Doing this exercise once or twice a day doesn't cause any of these side effects. Try to find out by experimenting how frequently you can do this exercise with out these side effects

Notes:
In addition to these methods, there are tantrik methods, which are to be taught and practiced strictly under a master. The inclusion of sexual methods in some tantrik practices are for arousal of energy and giving it a direction, so that it becomes the kundalini itself. needless to say, it requires enormous self control. 

Sexual energy is also the life force. Excess wastage will lead to weakness of the body and prana, just like hunger starts devouring the body when food is not there. 
Similarly, it is almost impossible to accumulate it without clearing the path for its upwards rise. One may start with Nadi Shodhan pranayama, and add other pranayama successively to clear the prana channels. meditation and chanting of OM, Gayatri, and Chakra seed mantras will make the Chakras open and receptive to the upwards movement of the accumulated sexual energy or Kundalini.

Further Reading:
http://haribhakt.com/become-powerful-and-gain-inner-strength-with-vedic-directive-on-celibacy/

Reference for the two methods mentioned above:
http://adhyatmikasampada.blogspot.in/2010/02/9-experiment-with-brahmacharya-category.html#comment-form