Upanishad Ganga Appreciation Thread: A MUST-WATCH! - Page 20

Originally posted by: Cool-n-Fresh

Thank You so much!And my pranams to all your elders.😊

Now I get the objectives of Vanaprasthashram & Sanyas.It is not running away from our duties and society but to overcome this bondage of surroundings and possessions.

Originally posted by: Cool-n-Fresh

Thank you so much Bhaiyya!🤗 I'm very happy to find a brother who can spare some time & help me understand these real life concepts.😊

My pleasure Cherry.🤗 But I just put it in natural flow of words but what I believe is that you actually already knew it somewhere inside and just enjoyed the framing of the answer and are giving me the credit. You believe it or not but only this knowledge of yours raised the curiosity to confirm and ask this question in front of all here. The answer you wanted from me which was spontaneously liked and grasped by you was exactly right there in you.😊 Someone else might not have grasped the same or agreed with it.

And Bhaiyya as you said these Saansarik duties never end & keep forging as long as we keep interest in them.People forget that god has appointed them to look after his own children(not their children) and they develop a different sense in carrying these responsibilities.They don't limit themselves to their duties but unknowingly develop attachment towards them.And as long as we keep thinking about them they don't leave us.May be coz of this our ancient Rishi,Munis classified life into Ashramas.And they placed Vanaprastha at the end of Grihasthya to ensure that all the Householder duties get fulfilled and one can peacefully retire to a calm place without any troubles in mind and acheive their life goal.Vanaprastha is the best ashrama!👍🏼

It is indeed a beautiful aashram. I actually love Aranya Kand of Ramayan the most too. But sometimes (due to man's own fault only), its beginning is painful. Person forces the situation in which he is hurt and forced to start this aashram and in that situation (like going to old age houses), it creates an impression like he ran away from duties (or the other members of the family are bad people) but actually it is fundamental right of soul to overcome the sorrow and to go to any appropriate training place for that which has necessary supporting surroundings. Let's consider 4 aashrams to be 4 step by step courses or syllabus or training programs. In the first standard, we are taught and educated intellectually about our duties towards smaller and larger world. In the second standard, we create our own little world (like Brahma), then we nurture it (like Vishnu) and then we have to destroy it (like Shiv) and when we destroy it, it creates an outside image of Pralay (and pralay also is the outcome of anger & dissatisfaction of nature). But this little rehearsal of nurturing the family like Vishnu is for the larger plot in the fourth standard of Sanyas where only the number of family members expands with a giant multiple. But in between that 2nd & 4th standards of smaller and larger family, purifying phase is the third aashram. Aashram for changing the horizon and also preparing oneself physically for the big battle. We see that the smaller battle or Gruhasthi itself is very tough and challenging, then imagine how much mental and physical strength would be required for larger one (which can't be freely gained without disturbance in limited circle). And in the big battle, since the soul is active for every soul, there is no difference between him and others and others & others. So there doesn't come the question of expectations, possessiveness, sorrow, disappointment etc. There comes the broadness. A sense of neutrality is achieved between all jeevas living in the world. Fighting between two sons then becomes like one wild animal eating the other one. Sanyasi physically saves the weaker one and mentally pities the wilder one.

Originally posted by: shubsmayur

@shivangbuch- Very well explained answers thank you so much for sharing 😊.

Originally posted by: ShivangBuch

Originally posted by: ShivangBuch

My pleasure Shubsmayur. I am happy that you liked it so much. What's your name that I can use to address you? You can call me Shivang only. Buch is my surname. As long as we don't know each other's age, it's nothing wrong in calling by single name especially when it is the mannerism in west.