{"id":172,"date":"2022-09-12T15:52:36","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T10:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.creativethemes.com\/blocksy\/yogi\/?post_type=class&#038;p=172"},"modified":"2023-10-13T19:22:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T13:52:54","slug":"ashrams-of-yoga","status":"publish","type":"class","link":"https:\/\/yogaschoolofbharat.com\/index.php\/class\/ashrams-of-yoga\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashrams of Yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Four Ashrams | Yoga School of Bharat | Viral Chawla\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cgdahKHjlMs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>ASHRAMS OF YOGA<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The traditional Indian culture promoted four ashrams, or stages of spiritual life that provided a simple framework of life planning for the spiritual aspirant. The ancient sages articulated the goals of humankind as \u2018Purusharthas\u2019 where \u2018Purusha\u2019 means an individual or a person and \u2018Artha\u2019 means objective, meaning or pursuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dharma&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211; Righteousness or duty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artha&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211; Wealth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kama&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211; Desire.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Moksha&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211; Liberation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The four ashrams allowed the Indian culture to participate in and actively support a rich spiritual life for the clarity to progress along the path of self- realisation. These ashrams are categorised in 4 different phases of life which equally divides the total life span of an average human life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"730\" class=\"wp-image-1264\" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"https:\/\/yogaschoolofbharat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ashrams-of-yoga-school-of-bharat.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogaschoolofbharat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ashrams-of-yoga-school-of-bharat.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/yogaschoolofbharat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ashrams-of-yoga-school-of-bharat-288x300.jpeg 288w, https:\/\/yogaschoolofbharat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ashrams-of-yoga-school-of-bharat-768x801.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Bhramacharya (Student)&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211; The first quarter of spiritual life is spent as celibate student, closely studying with spiritual teacher for yogic training, mental discipline, and learn about family life which creates the foundation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Grahasthya (Householder)&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211; Second phase of spiritual life is spent as a householder, creating and supporting a family and fulfilling one\u2019s worldly interests and duties. During this ashram, one utilises the training, discipline and knowledge gained from brahmacharya to live a complete life and enjoy worldly pleasures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Vanaprastha (Hermit)&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211; In this ashram, one begins to withdraw from the world to establish a state of hermitage. This is a transition stage, moving away from fulfilling needs of the family and society to deepening the practice started as a householder. A quiet living space is sought, a simple yogic lifestyle is practised and being detached to family and community.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sannyasa (Renunciate)&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211; In the last ashram, the yogi retreats from all the involvement in all worldly pursuits and seeks only the attainment of the unintuitive state of self-realisation. It requires a period of practice and abandonment of physical possessions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-172","class","type-class","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"page_structure_type":"type-1"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaschoolofbharat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/class\/172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaschoolofbharat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/class"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaschoolofbharat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/class"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaschoolofbharat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaschoolofbharat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaschoolofbharat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}