Ashramas (stages of a Hindu life.)

Question 1

What is Brahmacharya?

Answer 1

This is when a hindu is 25 years old and you are a student. Also, they stay with a guru to learn spiritually and practically. This allows the Hindu to be prepared for the future and he is a Brahmachari and ready for the life ahead.

Question 2

What is a Grihastha?

Answer 2

This is when a man gets married and has to support his family. This ashrams,stage of life, can last up to the age of 50. Once the man has wrinkles and grey hair the should live in the forest.

Question 3

What is a Vanaprastha?

Answer 3

This is when a man becomes a grandfather and their children can live without them. He should pray inside a hut and live there,leaving physical pleasures. Also his life can not live with him.

Question 4

What is a sannyasa?

Answer 4

This is when the man is not at home and he is totally devoted to God. He has no fears, hopes, responsibility and not desires and he is called a Sannyasi. Their soul concern becomes a release of the cycle of birth and death.