Hare Krishna
All glories to Srila prabhupad
Please accept my Humble Pranam
If somebody wants to join the temple fulltime at the age of 51 and enter in vaprasth ashram. Then,
Will iskcon allow him to stay fulltime in temple?
Ys
jagdish
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hari bol,
i would like to express my feelings for that lion. that person is very great who have thought of joining vanaprastha ashram he should quickly approach temple and i am sure 100% temple will not only but also will pull him towards krishna's service, please let us know future updates. i am praying for him. tell him to do it prabhu.
i remember one incident one person asked devotee if he does devotion his family will throw him out and devotee said don't worry u can stay in temple, Actually ISKCON is only sheltor in material world.
I have seen some devotees who stay at home in the night and spend whole of their day in temple services. Some of the devotees stay in the temple also if their home is far from temple. Vaanaprasta life is nothing but a grahasta life style with NO mundane work or working for earning money (retired life) and devoting completing time in serving Lord and devotees. And completely abstain from sex life. In earlier ages, couple would go to forest (Vana) and live a retired life like this and when husband is ready for taking sanyaas, the wife would return to live rest of her life with her eldest son and the husband would go on preaching after taking sanyaas.
oh, this one i do not know. For example Srila Prabhupada when He left His home He rented a room in Radha Damodar Temple and used to publish Back to Godhead Journal and Himself distribute and collect some charity from those journals and again publish journals.
Maybe these days it is changed, because we have so many ISKCON Temples, and Ashrams. For example, most Devotees stay in Mayapur, or in USA New Vrindavan, or Hungary in Krishna Farm...
Please, ask senior Devotees who know You better and give to You suitable advise!
Your servant,
Hare Krishna Jagdish Ramnikal Prabhu, please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
above i think i explained about Brahmacharya life. But then remembered that usually at the Temple live only Sannyasis and Brahmacharyas. Vanaprasthas are those who stay with their wives but now being fully engaged with the service to Krishna by preaching or worshiping to Deities fully controlling senses.
For example, there is one Guru Maharaja in Russia His Holiness Chaitayna Chandra Charan Prabhu, He is vanaprastha, stays with His good wife, also He has lots of disciples who are very serious in Krishna Consciousness as He Himself and whole His family: wife, daughter.
So, You can be a Vanaprastha even in Your home just increasing Your service and decreasing material duties. Also there are many Krishna Conscious Societies, Farms where Vanaprasthas live.
Your servant,
Hare Krishna Jagdish Ramniklal Prabhu, please accept my humble obeisances! all glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Usually, Devotees who stay at the Temple live very dynamic life or preaching, book distribution, Prasadam distribution, cow protection. They live very simple life, sleeping on the floor, sharing Temple room with other Devotees, having daily dal and rice or roti...
They wake up very early...if You are able to accept such type of life then You will be surely accepted to the Temple life.
Your servant,