Ashram Vyavastha
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2. Ashram Vyavastha (four age-based life stages)
According to the scriptures, humans got a hundred years of life blessing from god. Rishi (sages) or senior people gave blessing to the junior people as a blessing. “ जीवेम शरदः शतम्” It means blessing given to live for 100 years. In this ashram Vyavastha applied suppose human life is 100 year. They are divided into four stages of life. Every stage 25/25 years is as arranged. Which are as follow : a) Brahmacharya b) Grihastha c) Vanprastha d) sannyasa
a) Brahmacharya Ashram: Brahmacharya means walking to understand Brahma (god). When a boy’s age reaches seven years, parents send the Gurukul to acquire education /knowledge for life. when they wear yagyopavit ( as Hindu ritual). Gurukul was an ancient residential school to get higher education and acquire useful knowledge for life.
The brahmacharya ashram is the age of up to 25 years for gaining strength, intellect and knowledge. Nobody was in the cast before Brahmacharya at that time. Teacher guru selected the student in four categories. If the students are talented and interested to read, write and understand Veda and Upanishad. These types of students were selected in the brahmin group.
If the students are strong, brave, and have leading power. who wants to know and interested in the skill of diplomacy, fighting and dhanurvidya. These students were selected in the kshatriya group. They were taught political sciences. If students are interested in loss and profit and want to benefit from others.
These students are in the Vaishya group. They were taught trade and business. If students were not interested in the above things. They were taught technical training education like instrumental music, crafts, tailoring, making daily goods for all students and socially useful wooden, metal goods.
All these students were in the sudra group. In summary, it is a student life that acquires knowledge for 25 years of initial life. According to eastern philosophy, students came out from gurukul.
They had four types of quality and ability. Like Brahmin, kshatriya, Vaishya and sudra . Actually these were educational degrees of Gurukul. When they came to Grihastha life they applied their knowledge. In this way, In Hindu sanatan dharma has started a caste system.
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