Respectful Relations
Brahmacharya includes treating all beings with respect, not as objects of desire.
Beyond restraint, brahmacharya means seeing others as souls rather than objects of pleasure. This respect for others' spiritual nature transforms relationships from exploitation to mutual support.
See the soul in all; desire for the body will fade.
Soul vision transforms how we see and relate to others.
Applied Brahmacharya
Written about in
- What Jainism says about compassion and forgiveness
Seeing another person as a soul rather than as an object. The library treats this as what turns a relationship from use into mutual support.