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My Guru Maharaja took sannyasa at very young age. So it is not that only old men should take sannyasa

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"My Guru Mahārāja took sannyāsa at very young age. So it is not that only old men should take sannyāsa"

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One who is advanced, he can take sannyāsa even at young age. Just like Caitanya Mahāprabhu took sannyāsa, Rāmānujācārya took sannyāsa very young age. My Guru Mahārāja took sannyāsa at very young age. So it is not that only old men should take sannyāsa, but there are many instances.


Initiations and Sannyasa -- New York, July 26, 1971:

This vow—today you are taking sannyāsa—so keeping oneself steady and fixed up in this position, etāṁ sa āsthāya parātma-niṣṭhā . . . Parātmā, the Supreme Lord . . . jīva, living entities, they are ātmā, and Kṛṣṇa is parātmā. Paramātmā and parātmā. So parātmā-niṣṭhām, to serve Kṛṣṇa. So "Taking sannyāsa, from this day my vow to serve Kṛṣṇa is more fixed up, steady."

Upāsitāṁ pūrvatamair mahadbhiḥ: "This practice, this process was accepted by my previous ācāryas." Your spiritual master, his spiritual master, his spiritual master, they all accepted this. Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted at the age of twenty-four years. Therefore it is not a new introduction. Pūrvatamaiḥ. Pūrvatamaiḥ means previous ācārya, they accepted it, sannyāsa āśrama. That is Vedic civilization.

Everyone has to accept sannyāsa āśrama at a certain period, generally at the end. But one who is advanced, he can take sannyāsa even at young age. Just like Caitanya Mahāprabhu took sannyāsa, Rāmānujācārya took sannyāsa very young age. My Guru Mahārāja took sannyāsa at very young age. So it is not that only old men should take sannyāsa, but there are many instances. Why?

Now, parātma-niṣṭhā. Etāṁ sa āsthāya ahaṁ tariṣyāmi: "I shall cross over." Tariṣyāmi means cross over. Duranta-pāram: "which is very difficult to overcome." Tamo: "this darkness." This material world is dark. Tamasi mā jyotir gama. Vedic injunction is, "Don't remain in this darkness. Go the other side, jyoti, where there is . . ." Na tad bhāsayate sūryaḥ.

There is another nature, where there is no need of sun, no need of moon, no need of electricity. There, jyoti . . . jyoti means effulgent light, only light. So we have to cross over this ocean of darkness and reach that jyotir dhāma. Jyotirmāyā dhāma, brahma-jyotir.

Tamo mukundāṅghri. How it will be possible? Mukunda. Mukunda means . . . muk means mukti, or liberation. So one who gives liberation and gives ānanda . . . unless one is liberated, one cannot understand what is ānanda, or pleasure. Here in the material world we are trying to be happy by false pleasure. Actual pleasure . . . Kṛṣṇa is the reservoir of all pleasure.

When we serve Kṛṣṇa, mukundāṅghri . . . aṅghri means lotus feet, leg. When we appoint ourself, engage ourself in the service of the lotus feet of Mukunda, who can deliver liberation and transcendental bliss . . . tamo mukundāṅghri niṣevayaiva: "Only by serving Him I shall be able." This mantra you shall take copy.

Page Title:My Guru Maharaja took sannyasa at very young age. So it is not that only old men should take sannyasa
Compiler:Visnu Murti
Created:28 of Nov, 2010
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