The Vānaprastha Adventure, Installment 2 I have a new book in the works—The Vanaprastha Adventure, a guide to retirement in spiritual life. While I’m working on it, I’ll be posting my draft here, in installments. I invite your comments, questions, and suggestions. Hari Bhakti Dāsa began Kṛṣṇa consciousness in the 1970’s, when he joined ISKCON as a brahmacārī in Chicago. He distributed books, gave lots of classes, traveled the country, started three ISKCON temples, and got several dozen people started in Kṛṣṇa conscious life (some still ISKCON leaders today). For a while he served as … [Read more...] about Introduction: What are your plans for your retirement?
Vānaprastha Adventure
The Vānaprastha Adventure, installment 1
I have a new book in the works—The Vanaprastha Adventure, a guide to retirement in spiritual life. While I’m working on it, I’ll be posting my draft here, in installments. I invite your comments, questions, and suggestions. Scope Let me lay out here some of the limits I’ve set for myself in this book. First, because it focuses on the vānaprastha āśrama it doesn’t have much to say about the problems, anomalies, and challenges of the other āśramas, except as these relate to vānaprastha life. Do I see things wrong in how sannyāsīs live? Sure. Could sānnyāsīs live by higher standards? … [Read more...] about The Vānaprastha Adventure, installment 1
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