From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from
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CE), founder of Advaita Vedanta, with disciples.  Sannyasa
(Devanagari: संन्यास, saṁnyāsa) is the life stage of the
renouncer within the Hindu scheme of four age-based life stages
known as ashrams. It is the topmost and final stage of the
ashram system and is traditionally taken by men or women over
fifty or by young Brahmacharis who wish to renounce worldly and
materialistic pursuits and dedicate their lives to spiritual
pursuits. People in this stage of life develop vairāgya, or a
state of dispassion and detachment from material life,
renouncing worldly thoughts and desires in order to spend the
remainder of their lives in spiritual contemplation. A member of
the sannyasa order is known as a sannyasin (male or female) or
"sannyasini" (female); however, the term "sannyasini" isn't
quite right, since one renounces even the gender by taking
sannyasa.  During the sannyasa phase of life, a pe