Srimad Bhagavatam 11.18.01 - Detachment is the foundation for Vanprastha Ashram (download mp3)
by Vrishbhanu Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty
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SB 11.18.1
sri-bhagavan uvaca
vanam viviksuh putresu
bharyam nyasya sahaiva va
vana eva vasec chantas
trtiyam bhagam ayusah
Translation:
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: One who desires to adopt the third order of life, vanaprastha, should enter the forest with a peaceful mind, leaving his wife with his mature sons, or else taking her along with him.
Purport:
In Kali-yuga a human being generally cannot live more than one hundred years, and even this is becoming most unusual. A man who has a reasonable expectation of living for one hundred years may adopt the vanaprastha order at the age of fifty, and then at the age of seventy-five he may take sannyasa for complete renunciation. Since in Kali-yuga very few people live for one hundred years, one should adjust the schedule accordingly. Vanaprastha is intended as a gradual transition from materialistic family life to the stage of complete renunciation.
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