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The four ashramas of Indian life

1:25|2016|teaching
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at it like this, so the first ages of life, what are the 4 stages and you help me, if you get somewhere, in India, in Hinduism, particularly, is defined like this, when you are, it is 25, 24 years each, 24 years each, and the first stage is Brahmacharya, so Brahmacharya means that you typically study, you get an education, you learn the scriptures, so it is defined, the prescribed way of living, so the first ages to get a good education, to become, living with the master, and to learn all the Shastras, and with us, and whatever, if you are going to get into a profession, we will learn all the professional skills at the first age. The second is Grihast, where you are supposed to be married, you are supposed to have a family, you are supposed to contribute to society, you are supposed to run your business, do your job well, focus on the worldly aspect of things. The third stage is Rana Prastha from 48 onwards, is like planning for retirement, you start to let go, you start handing over your business to your children, you start to plan for future retirement, you get back into reading of the scriptures, you are back to study of what is reality, so from 48 to 72, so we got from 24, 24, Brahmacharya till 48 was