Why Do Monks Shave Their Head #DailyWisdom
The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes
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🗓️ 20 October 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Now you will see all our brahmacharis every month. |
| 0:19.0 | One day before Amavasya on the Shavaratri day, their headsacharies every month. One day before Amavasya on the Shiva-Ratry day, their heads are shaved every month. |
| 0:25.8 | Because they are doing certain sadana to push their energies up. |
| 0:30.7 | And shaving your hair distorts your energy of the upper portion of your body. Sometimes some women who have never cut their hair in their life, |
| 0:41.4 | suddenly they go to some temple and shave their hair, |
| 0:44.6 | they'll lose their mental balance, |
| 0:46.6 | simply because an upsurge of energy happens |
| 0:48.9 | because of shaving of the head. |
| 0:51.9 | So the Brahmataries have necessary sadana to direct their energy in that way, so they're |
| 0:56.8 | constantly shaving their head to make use of the little help that it gives them. |
| 1:03.2 | But once their energies reach a certain peak, they will not cut their hair anymore. |
| 1:07.9 | Because after that, keeping the energy in the body becomes a whole challenge. |
| 1:12.9 | It wants to go now. |
| 1:15.0 | If we had long hair, we would have tied it up and you know, you saw Gautam Buddha, |
| 1:19.3 | tied it up and kept it there. |
| 1:21.9 | Now if you don't have long hair, you tie something else up to keep your head together. |
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