For the spiritualist who aspires to rise above material suffering, suicide is less serious than voluntary sexual indulgence, especially for one who has adopted the order of renunciation. A sannyasi who indulges in the pleasures of the flesh is the vilest religious degradation. One who is in such a state can only be saved if he is fortunate enough to meet a pure devotee of God.

God has granted us a minute independence, which translates into free choice and free will, either to remain in the material universe where we will be obliged to reincarnate and suffer continuously, or to return to His wonderful kingdom.

In truth, the spiritual world is especially for those who have surrendered to God, who serve Him with love and devotion, and who, once there, know that they will never return to the material universe. It is, however, imperative to know that all those who remain attached to family life, and who do not strictly observe the vows of celibacy and continence, will have to remain in the material universe; they will not be able to enter it. In truth, family members and those who have deliberately broken the vow of continence will not have access to the kingdom of immortality.

The greatest benefit that can be conferred on man is that of educating him to detach himself from the sexual life, for it is this alone which perpetuates, life after life, the conditioned existence in matter, keeping the soul imprisoned in its material body. The civilization which does not advocate any sexual restriction is to be considered degraded, for it creates a climate in which it is impossible for the soul to escape from the prison of the material body in which it finds itself. As long as the attraction for sense pleasure is nourished, the incarnated soul is forced to reincarnate repeatedly in a material body, which is in reality a mere garment subject to the laws of wear and tear.

It is for this reason that the great sages renounce family and social life and choose to live alone, as hermits.

What is it that, even against his will, drives man to sin, as if he were forced to do so?

In contact with matter, the soul unhesitatingly engages in all kinds of sinful activities, often against its will. It is compelled to commit faults without having wished to do so.

The Lord explains it in these words: It is concupiscence alone. Born in contact with passion, then changed into anger, it is the devastating enemy of the world and the source of sin.