1st Stage: Brahmacarya Āśrama ,
2nd Stage: Grhastha Āśrama,
3rd Stage: Vanaprastha Āśarama,
4th Stage: The Samnyāsa Āśrama.
-
There are 4 different types of each of these stages
Contd..
2/9
1st STAGE: Brahmacarya āśrama - Celibate stage. It is of 4 types :
- Sāvitra: observance of celibacy and study of Sāvitri for three nights from the upanayana (thread bearing ceremony),
- Prajapatya: observance of celibacy for one year,
3/9
- Brahmā: observance of celibacy till the completion of the study of Vedas,
- Brhat: celibacy throughout life.
4/9
2ND STAGE OF LIFE: Grhastha āśrama - The Married Stage. It is of four kinds according to the way of maintenance of world
- earning livelihood by agriculture and such other such non prohibited vocations,
- Sañcaya: maintenance of money earned by performing sacrifices,
5/9
- Sālina: to live on whatever one gets without requesting or begging,
- Siloñccha: maintenance by gleaning grains, grain-gathering.
6/9
3RD STAGE OF LIFE: Vanaprastha Āśarama. There are four categories:
- Vaikhānasas: who live upon food-grains which grow naturally without agricultural efforts,
- Valakhilyas: who subsist on fresh food, giving away hoarded food,
7/9
- Audumbaras: who eat fruits etc. gathered from the direction to which they happen to look at first in the morning,
- Phenapa: who live on fruits, leaves etc. automatically dropped from trees.
8/9
4TH STAGE OF LIFE: The Samnyāsa Āśrama. It is of 4 kind
- Kuticaka; who abide by all the duties prescribed for the aśrama
- Bahroda: who perform the most essential duties of this āśrama but emphasize on the path of knowledge
9/9
- Hamsa: who concentrate on knowledge
- Niskriya: who have realized the Soul
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
PRĀNĀYĀMA : Prāṇa is the vital breath in the body. That which causes the movement is called Prāna, Āyāma is checking. Hence Prāṇāyāma means checking or restraining the breath.
Apart from Prana other vital breaths are
2/5
Apana, Sāmana, Udana, Vyana, Nāga, Kurma, Krkara, Devadatta and Dhananjaya.
The vital breaths of the body can be conquered through the mastery over Prana
- Apana is the vital air that takes the food lower down.
- Vyana is diffused through the limbs and it develops them.
3/5
- Udana is the vital air that affects the vulnerable points in the body among the limbs.
- Sāmana is the vital air that spreads equally.
- Nāga is the vital air for the activity of belching,
- Kurma is the vital air for the activity of closing the eyes,