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There are four "Purusarthas" (पुरुसार्थ) in Vedic Sanatan dharma.
1) Dharma
2) Artha
3) Kama
4) Moksha
Dharma is the righteousness (duty), Artha is earning wealth without violating dharma, Kama means the fulfillment of genuine desires without violating dharma, and Moksha is the final liberation.
The four stages of life in Vedic Sanatan Dharma are called "आश्रम." They are:
1) Brahmacharya
2) Grahasta
3) Vanaprastha
4) Sannyasi
All these four stages of life are necessary to understand life. Brahmacharya is the stage of student life where a student goes to his guru's place and studies Vedas for 12 years. It is a period of strict self-discipline, sense-control, strict celibacy, study of the self, study of the meaning of existence, etc. Then after this, the student life is over and a person enters a Grahasta life where he/she marries and starts living a family life. Family life is not an easy life. All the complexities of life can be experienced in this stage of life. Without this stage, a person's mind won't understand what life is. Therefore, in Vedic Sanatan Dharma this stage of life is prescribed if one wants to experience what life is. Then comes Vanaprastha. This stage starts when you reach 50 years of life. In this stage you are supposed to start living a life of seclusion and slowly move away from worldly affairs. And the final stage of life is "Sannyasi" which is a total renunciation for the final aim of life: self-realization and attainment of Moksha. The final stage can be confusing because what is it that we need to renounce? Are the modern so called sannyasi like Modi, Sushil Koirala really a true sannayasi? Not at all. They are still attached with worldly affairs and cannot be considered a sannyasi according to Vedic codes of conduct. A true Sannyasi is free from all attachments. What is the use of going to jungle and meditating for 20 years and still worrying about your country, wife, wealth, and children? Therefore, sannyasi means mental detachment from the world itself.
1) Dharma
2) Artha
3) Kama
4) Moksha
Dharma is the righteousness (duty), Artha is earning wealth without violating dharma, Kama means the fulfillment of genuine desires without violating dharma, and Moksha is the final liberation.
The four stages of life in Vedic Sanatan Dharma are called "आश्रम." They are:
1) Brahmacharya
2) Grahasta
3) Vanaprastha
4) Sannyasi
All these four stages of life are necessary to understand life. Brahmacharya is the stage of student life where a student goes to his guru's place and studies Vedas for 12 years. It is a period of strict self-discipline, sense-control, strict celibacy, study of the self, study of the meaning of existence, etc. Then after this, the student life is over and a person enters a Grahasta life where he/she marries and starts living a family life. Family life is not an easy life. All the complexities of life can be experienced in this stage of life. Without this stage, a person's mind won't understand what life is. Therefore, in Vedic Sanatan Dharma this stage of life is prescribed if one wants to experience what life is. Then comes Vanaprastha. This stage starts when you reach 50 years of life. In this stage you are supposed to start living a life of seclusion and slowly move away from worldly affairs. And the final stage of life is "Sannyasi" which is a total renunciation for the final aim of life: self-realization and attainment of Moksha. The final stage can be confusing because what is it that we need to renounce? Are the modern so called sannyasi like Modi, Sushil Koirala really a true sannayasi? Not at all. They are still attached with worldly affairs and cannot be considered a sannyasi according to Vedic codes of conduct. A true Sannyasi is free from all attachments. What is the use of going to jungle and meditating for 20 years and still worrying about your country, wife, wealth, and children? Therefore, sannyasi means mental detachment from the world itself.