This kid of four asks his grandpa - stop worrying that old people were not always old.
Geandpa- I was not akways old. I used to be young just like you and someday you too will become old man like me.
Geandson -good, we can share clothes then.
As a child it never came to our mind that someday we will also become old and die like people around us.
Point is at what age do we realise that someday we will also become old and die.
Prince Siddharth realised it at the age of 25 or so by which time he had wife and a son named Rahul.
Many took to Sanyasa at very young age. Many took to renunciation very late in life. A great majority do not think on this line till their retirement from active life. A few are ever too young and never think that they are old and shall die one day, not at least in the open. They keep a brave face till the end.
The
Our scriptures have divided life in four
Ashramas- Brahmcharya (syudent), Grihastha (householder), Vanprastha(retired)and Sanyasa ( renunciation) from birth to 25 years, 26 to 50 years, 51 to 75 years and after 75 years respectively. That was then. Considering time needed for employable education, late marriages, late children and late freedom from family obligations, suitable amendments may be in order. That will leave less or no years for Sanyasa but can't be helped.
When is time to say goodbye to childhood (some people never grow), goodbye to adulthood (some get old too early in life because of responsibilitues), goodbye to old age (which is also called - return of childhood and as Gulzar says -take my childhood but not my childishness) and goodbye to life which in any case is not in our hands?????
Geandpa- I was not akways old. I used to be young just like you and someday you too will become old man like me.
Geandson -good, we can share clothes then.
As a child it never came to our mind that someday we will also become old and die like people around us.
Point is at what age do we realise that someday we will also become old and die.
Prince Siddharth realised it at the age of 25 or so by which time he had wife and a son named Rahul.
Many took to Sanyasa at very young age. Many took to renunciation very late in life. A great majority do not think on this line till their retirement from active life. A few are ever too young and never think that they are old and shall die one day, not at least in the open. They keep a brave face till the end.
The
Our scriptures have divided life in four
Ashramas- Brahmcharya (syudent), Grihastha (householder), Vanprastha(retired)and Sanyasa ( renunciation) from birth to 25 years, 26 to 50 years, 51 to 75 years and after 75 years respectively. That was then. Considering time needed for employable education, late marriages, late children and late freedom from family obligations, suitable amendments may be in order. That will leave less or no years for Sanyasa but can't be helped.
When is time to say goodbye to childhood (some people never grow), goodbye to adulthood (some get old too early in life because of responsibilitues), goodbye to old age (which is also called - return of childhood and as Gulzar says -take my childhood but not my childishness) and goodbye to life which in any case is not in our hands?????
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