THERE ARE MAINLY FOUR ASHRAMAS --
1) BRAHMACHARYA
2) GRAHASTHA
3) VANAPRASTHA
4) SANYASA
SANYASA ASHRAMA IS OF 3 TYPES --
1) KARMA SANYASA
2) JNANA SANYASA
3) PARAMAHAMSA, also called AVADHOOTHA
SHRI SHANKARA BHGAVATHPADA with Danda
dispassion in wife,children,property,gold,money,sex and has
control of mind & body.He had taken vow going round fire, to
protect his wife at the time of marriage is going to leave her as
his wife & view her as his mother, before taking SANYASA.He
removes his sacred thread & bunch of hair behind head(shika)
to avoid KARMA BANDANA(entrapment in rituals).
Preshocharana is performed alongwith swa-pinda pradana.
Alongwith Mahavakya, danda & kamandala is given.
With the sole aim of achieving Libertion(MOKSHA),renouncing
--all activity to possess/gain anything in return, all his
possessions he takes SANYASA.
KARMA SANYASA --
To protect himself from wild animals,creatures,insects,snakes.& scorpions he uses a DANDA(stick) made of
PALASHA TREE having six knots.From OM kara 7 swaras are
born & the world is born.Always repeating12000 OM kara japa
per day,bathing 3 times a day, wearing saffron colour clothes,
holding a jug of water-KAMANDALA,being clean, begging food,
without himself preparing food,always praying to GOD, living in
a temple alone is called KARMA SANYASA. The SANYASI
should be true to all requirements of SANYASA in thought, talk
& action.
JNANA SANYASA --
Jnanendriya, respect/disrespect, world/beyond
world, place, living, nation, bad, complicated, attachment,
love, sleep, intellect, trouble creator, beauty, , look, people,
occasion, outside activity, anger, hunger, thirst, death, worry,
unhappiness due to ego, unhappiness, habit,argument,
difference,trouble, blame,showoff, defect,comfort, sorrow,
disguise, sin,-- having any attachment/connection like these,
repeating mantra SOHAM'.living alone is JNANA SANYASA.
By following this JNANA SANYASA he will attain path of
liberation.Without any interest in karma activity, being happy
with himself(ATHMA),living alone is auspicious JNANA
SANYASA.If he does not take bath or does not do sandya,
JNANA SANYASI is not affected by that. However KARMA
SANYASI has to do them promptly at appropriate time.So
it is better to follow JNANA SANYASA.
PARAMAHAMSA --
SANYASI without holding danda & kamandala, wearing only
kaupeena holding a wooden stick to protect himself from
village animals, repeating incessantly 'SOHAM' japa, begging
biksha, not looking left or right,wearing padukas, without
looking at ladies or talking to them or treating them as his
mother, not applying chandana etc.on fore head,avoiding
company of people, having BRAHMA bhava while moving
about, doing suitable karma of this ashrama by walking,
without ego,vasana, pasha(attachment),he is a liberated
person while living(JEEVANMUKTHA) and is called
PARAMAHAMSA. Karmas done by him are of nishkama
type & he is also called as AVADHOOTHA.
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