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The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: One who desires to adopt the third order of life, vānaprastha, should enter the …

Having adopted the vānaprastha order of life, one should arrange one’s sustenance by eating uncontaminated bulbs, roots and fruits that …

The vānaprastha should not groom the hair on his head, body or face, should not manicure his nails, should not …

Thus engaged as a vānaprastha, one should execute penance during the hottest summer days by subjecting oneself to burning fires …

One may eat foodstuffs prepared with fire, such as grains, or fruits ripened by time. One may grind one’s food …

The vānaprastha should personally collect whatever he requires for his bodily maintenance, carefully considering the time, place and his own …

One who has accepted the vānaprastha order of life should perform seasonal sacrifices by offering oblations of caru and sacrificial …

The vānaprastha should perform the agnihotra, darśa and paurṇamāsa sacrifices, as he did while in the gṛhastha-āśrama. He should also …

The saintly vānaprastha, practicing severe penances and accepting only the bare necessities of life, becomes so emaciated that he appears …

One who with long endeavor executes this painful but exalted penance, which awards ultimate liberation, simply to achieve insignificant sense …

If the vānaprastha is overtaken by old age and because of his trembling body is no longer able to execute …

If the vānaprastha, understanding that even promotion to Brahmaloka is a miserable situation, develops complete detachment from all possible results …

Having worshiped Me according to scriptural injunctions and having given all one’s property to the sacrificial priest, one should place …

“This man taking sannyāsa is going to surpass us and go back home, back to Godhead.” Thus thinking, the demigods …

If the sannyāsī desires to wear something besides a mere kaupīna, he may use another cloth around his waist and …

A saintly person should step or place his foot on the ground only after verifying with his eyes that there …

One who has not accepted the three internal disciplines of avoiding useless speech, avoiding useless activities and controlling the life …

Rejecting those houses that are polluted and untouchable, one should approach without previous calculation seven houses and be satisfied with …

Taking the food gathered through begging, one should leave the populated areas and go to a reservoir of water in …

Without any material attachment, with senses fully controlled, remaining enthusiastic, and satisfied in realization of the Supreme Lord and his …