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'''Sanyasa''' (pronounced ''sanyaas'') symbolises the conception of the mystic life in [[Hinduism]] where a person is now integrated into the spiritual world after wholly giving up material life. One who walks this path is known as a '''sannyasi''', '''sannyasin''' or '''sanyasi'''. The sanyasi lives without possessions, practices [[yoga]] meditation and prays to his/her conception of [[Brahman|God]] in the hopes of ultimately achieving [[samadhi]] (enlightenment) and, subsequently, [[moksha]] (liberation).

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== Word Root ==

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This is a [[Wikipedia:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]] word. The word "Nyasa" means ''path''. "San" is a prefix that denotes ''integration''. The word '''sanyasa''' The person following Sanyasa is called a ''[[Sanyasi]]''.

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=== Usage ===

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This word is generally used to denote a particular phase of life. In this phase of life, the person develops ''Vairagya'' or a state of determination and disillusionment with material life. He thus, renunciates all worldly thoughts and desires, and spends the rest of his life in spiritual contemplation. It is the last in the four phases of a man, namely, [[Wikipedia:Brahmacharya|Brahmacharya]], [[Wikipedia:Grihastha|Grihastha]], [[Wikipedia:Vanaprastha|Vanaprastha]] , and finally [[Sanyasa]], as prescribed by [[Wikipedia:Manusmriti|Manusmriti]] for the [[Wikipedia:Dhwija|Dhwija]] castes, in the [[Hindu]] system of life.

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A '''sannyasi''' may not marry, live a householder life, breed children, or work for wages. In ancient times, they lived in caves, huts, ruined buildings, or empty houses, and always away from towns and villages. More recently, some sects have formed communities and live in [[ashram]]s or monasteries.

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Orthodox Hindus will generally not accept the claims of followers of [[Shri Gurudev Mahendranath]] to be sannyasins of the [[Adinath]] lineage and may even find this claim insulting. The reason for this is that according to tradition, true initiates of the Adinath lineage must first renounce the world as '''sannyasi''' and receive the ''Sannyas mantra'' before acceptance into the Adinath lineage. However, Shri Mahendranath purposefully created a new Nath lineage for householders who he intended to be referred to simply as [[Nath]]s rather than [[Adinath]]s, did not bestow the ''sannyas mantra'', and subsequently denounced the use of the term Adinath by his initiates for precisely this reason.

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==References==

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*Adityanath (2002). [http://www.mahendranath.org/faq.mhtml Nath FAQ]. Retrieved Oct. 20, 2004.

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*Wikipedia (2004). [http://www.wikipedia.org/Sanyasa Sanyasa]. Retrieved Oct. 16, 2004.

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[[Category:Hinduism]]

-'''Sanyasa''' (pronounced ''sanyaas'') symbolises the conception of the mystic life in [[Hinduism]] where a person is now integrated into the spiritual world after wholly giving up material life. One who walks this path is known as a '''sannyasi''', '''sannyasin''' or '''sanyasi'''. The sanyasi lives without possessions, practices [[yoga]] meditation and prays to his/her conception of [[Brahman|God]] in the hopes of ultimately achieving [[samadhi]] (enlightenment) and, subsequently, [[moksha]] (liberation).
-== Word Root ==
-This is a [[Wikipedia:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]] word. The word "Nyasa" means ''path''. "San" is a prefix that denotes ''integration''. The word '''sanyasa''' The person following Sanyasa is called a ''[[Sanyasi]]''.
-=== Usage ===
-This word is generally used to denote a particular phase of life. In this phase of life, the person develops ''Vairagya'' or a state of determination and disillusionment with material life. He thus, renunciates all worldly thoughts and desires, and spends the rest of his life in spiritual contemplation. It is the last in the four phases of a man, namely, [[Wikipedia:Brahmacharya|Brahmacharya]], [[Wikipedia:Grihastha|Grihastha]], [[Wikipedia:Vanaprastha|Vanaprastha]] , and finally [[Sanyasa]], as prescribed by [[Wikipedia:Manusmriti|Manusmriti]] for the [[Wikipedia:Dhwija|Dhwija]] castes, in the [[Hindu]] system of life.
-A '''sannyasi''' may not marry, live a householder life, breed children, or work for wages. In ancient times, they lived in caves, huts, ruined buildings, or empty houses, and always away from towns and villages. More recently, some sects have formed communities and live in [[ashram]]s or monasteries.
-Orthodox Hindus will generally not accept the claims of followers of [[Shri Gurudev Mahendranath]] to be sannyasins of the [[Adinath]] lineage and may even find this claim insulting. The reason for this is that according to tradition, true initiates of the Adinath lineage must first renounce the world as '''sannyasi''' and receive the ''Sannyas mantra'' before acceptance into the  Adinath lineage. However, Shri Mahendranath purposefully created a new Nath lineage for householders who he intended to be referred to simply as [[Nath]]s rather than [[Adinath]]s, did not bestow the ''sannyas mantra'', and subsequently denounced the use of the term Adinath by his initiates for precisely this reason.
-==References==
-*Adityanath (2002). [http://www.mahendranath.org/faq.mhtml Nath FAQ]. Retrieved Oct. 20, 2004.
-*Wikipedia (2004). [http://www.wikipedia.org/Sanyasa Sanyasa]. Retrieved Oct. 16, 2004.
-[[Category:Hinduism]]