# Sannyāsa Instructions from Śrīla Prabhupāda's letters about the renounced order of life (sannyāsa). --- ## Accepting Sannyāsa ![[letters/1967/670314_brahmanandaa|A female is never awarded the order of Sannyasam. Because a female is never considered independent and Sannyasam was never awarded to any female in the past by the great Acaryas like Sankara, Ramanuja etc.]] —Brahmananda, 14 March, 1967 --- **[← Back to Śikṣāmṛta](wiki/compile/siksamrita)**