# Sannyāsa **[[cc/madhya/17/179#translation|Madhya 17.179]]**, [[cc/antya/9/148#purport|Antya 9.148]], [[cc/antya/2/166#purport|Antya 2.166]], [[cc/antya/3/105#purport|Antya 3.105]], [[cc/antya/12/59#purport|Antya 12.59]], [[cc/madhya/8/61#purport|Madhya 8.61]], **[[cc/madhya/22/52#translation|Madhya 22.52]]**, [[cc/madhya/15/243#purport|Madhya 15.243]], **[[cc/antya/8/85#translation|Antya 8.85]]**, [[cc/adi/17/266#purport|Ādi 17.266]], [[cc/madhya/6/127#purport|Madhya 6.127]], [[cc/madhya/7/127#purport|Madhya 7.127]], **[[cc/madhya/25/28#translation|Madhya 25.28]]**, [[cc/adi/7/163#purport|Ādi 7.163]], [[cc/madhya/1/91#purport|Madhya 1.91]], [[cc/madhya/3/6#purport|Madhya 3.6]], [[cc/madhya/5/142–43#purport|Madhya 5.142–43]], [[cc/madhya/5/152#purport|Madhya 5.152]], [[cc/adi/17/266#purport|Ādi 17.266]], [[cc/madhya/6/56#purport|Madhya 6.56]], [[cc/madhya/9/244#purport|Madhya 9.244]], [[cc/madhya/10/154#purport|Madhya 10.154]], **[[cc/madhya/10/107–8#translation|Madhya 10.107–8]]**, [[sb/1/9/26#purport|SB 1.9.26]], [[sb/1/12/14#purport|SB 1.12.14]], [[sb/4/25/62#purport|SB 4.25.62]], [[sb/4/27/7#purport|SB 4.27.7]], [[sb/4/28/2#purport|SB 4.28.2]] * Arjuna’s opinion of, [[bg/5/1|Bg. 5.1]] * as compulsory, [[cc/madhya/25/194#purport|Madhya 25.194]] * as highest order of life, [[sb/1/3/13#purport|SB 1.3.13]] * as life’s culmination, [[sb/7/6/9#purport|SB 7.6.9]] * as life’s perfection, [[sb/7/13/34#purport|SB 7.13.34]] * as preparation for death, [[sb/1/19/4#purport|SB 1.19.4]] * as self-realization stage, [[sb/1/13/28#purport|SB 1.13.28]] * association of materialists &, **[[cc/madhya/11/7–8#translation|Madhya 11.7–8]]**, [[cc/madhya/17/60#purport|Madhya 17.60]] * association with women &, **[[cc/antya/2/117–20#translation|Antya 2.117–20]]**, [[cc/antya/2/143#purport|Antya 2.143]] * austerities &, **[[cc/madhya/7/23#translation|Madhya 7.23]]** * bathing &, [[cc/madhya/24/331#purport|Madhya 24.331]] * begging &, [[cc/madhya/4/123#purport|Madhya 4.123]], [[cc/madhya/8/39#purport|Madhya 8.39]] * Bhāratī-sampradāya &, [[cc/madhya/6/69#purport|Madhya 6.69]] * bodily comforts &, [[cc/madhya/3/106#purport|Madhya 3.106]] * bogus, compared with bona fide, [[sb/7/13/34#purport|SB 7.13.34]] * brahmacārīs &, [[cc/adi/7/64#purport|Ādi 7.64]], [[cc/madhya/7/27#purport|Madhya 7.27]] * brāhmaṇas &, [[cc/adi/17/265#purport|Ādi 17.265]], [[cc/adi/17/266#purport|Ādi 17.266]] * Caitanya’s austerities in, [[cc/antya/12/113#purport|Antya 12.113]] * chanting Lord’s name &, **[[cc/antya/6/223#translation|Antya 6.223]]**, **[[cc/antya/6/226#translation|Antya 6.226]]** * charity &, [[cc/adi/12/50#purport|Ādi 12.50]], [[cc/antya/3/136#purport|Antya 3.136]] * cooking &, [[cc/adi/10/146#purport|Ādi 10.146]] * criticism of, **[[cc/madhya/12/51#translation|Madhya 12.51]]** * cultivation of knowledge &, [[cc/madhya/6/75#purport|Madhya 6.75]] * daṇḍa &, [[cc/madhya/5/142–43#purport|Madhya 5.142–43]], [[cc/madhya/5/158#purport|Madhya 5.158]] * defined, [[sb/4/22/51#purport|SB 4.22.51]] * degradation of, [[cc/adi/7/128#purport|Ādi 7.128]] * Deity worship &, [[cc/madhya/4/111#purport|Madhya 4.111]] * devotees &, [[cc/adi/15/14#purport|Ādi 15.14]], [[cc/madhya/3/6#purport|Madhya 3.6]] * devotional service &, [[cc/madhya/3/6#purport|Madhya 3.6]], [[cc/madhya/7/69#purport|Madhya 7.69]] * difficulties of, [[bg/2/15|Bg. 2.15]] * divisions of, [[cc/adi/7/34#purport|Ādi 7.34]], [[cc/madhya/5/142–43#purport|Madhya 5.142–43]] * divisions of, four, [[sb/1/3/13#purport|SB 1.3.13]] * duties in, [[cc/antya/6/237#purport|Antya 6.237]] * duty in, [[sb/7/5/23-24#purport|SB 7.5.23-24]] * eating &, **[[cc/madhya/3/70#translation|Madhya 3.70]]**, **[[cc/madhya/3/74#translation|Madhya 3.74]]** * faith required for, [[sb/2/2/5#purport|SB 2.2.5]] * food acceptance &, **[[cc/madhya/12/190–91#translation|Madhya 12.190–91]]** * for *kṣatriya, *, 2.31 * from brahmacarya to, [[sb/7/12/13-14#purport|SB 7.12.13-14]] * Gadādhara Paṇḍita &, [[cc/madhya/3/6#purport|Madhya 3.6]] * Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism &, [[cc/madhya/3/6#purport|Madhya 3.6]] * goal of, [[bg/3/5|Bg. 3.5]] * gṛhastha āśrama compared with, [[sb/7/14/12#purport|SB 7.14.12]], [[sb/7/15/36#purport|SB 7.15.36]] * householder invitations &, [[cc/madhya/3/168#purport|Madhya 3.168]] * householder’s relation to, [[sb/1/4/8#purport|SB 1.4.8]] * householders’ duty &, [[cc/adi/7/54#purport|Ādi 7.54]] * impersonalist, compared with devotee, [[sb/1/13/30#purport|SB 1.13.30]] * importance of, [[sb/4/26/15#purport|SB 4.26.15]], [[sb/4/28/2#purport|SB 4.28.2]], [[sb/4/29/54#purport|SB 4.29.54]] * in age of present, SB Intro 15, [[sb/1/1/10#purport|SB 1.1.10]], [[sb/1/6/13#purport|SB 1.6.13]] * in Kali-yuga risky, [[sb/7/13/34#purport|SB 7.13.34]] * in varṇāśrama society, [[sb/7/5/5#purport|SB 7.5.5]], [[sb/7/11/2#purport|SB 7.11.2]], [[sb/7/11/13#purport|SB 7.11.13]] * in varṇāśrama system, [[sb/1/7/2#purport|SB 1.7.2]] * Indian public &, [[cc/adi/7/33#purport|Ādi 7.33]] * instructions for, [[sb/2/2/5#purport|SB 2.2.5]] * ISKCON &, [[cc/adi/10/160#purport|Ādi 10.160]], [[cc/adi/17/265#purport|Ādi 17.265]] * Kali-yuga &, [[cc/adi/2/5#purport|Ādi 2.5]], [[cc/adi/15/14#purport|Ādi 15.14]] * Keśava Bhāratī &, [[cc/adi/9/13–15#purport|Ādi 9.13–15]] * Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement &, [[cc/adi/7/23#purport|Ādi 7.23]], [[cc/adi/7/67#purport|Ādi 7.67]] * kṣetra-sannyāsa vow &, [[cc/madhya/16/130#purport|Madhya 16.130]] * legal status of, [[sb/1/13/30#purport|SB 1.13.30]] * Lord defines, [[bg/18/2|Bg. 18.2]] * Lord pleased via, [[sb/4/29/54#purport|SB 4.29.54]] * Lord’s satisfaction &, **[[cc/madhya/25/137#translation|Madhya 25.137]]** * Madhvācārya &, [[cc/madhya/9/245#purport|Madhya 9.245]] * materialistic association &, [[cc/madhya/8/37#purport|Madhya 8.37]], [[cc/madhya/12/25#purport|Madhya 12.25]] * Māyāvādī, compared with Vaiṣṇava, [[sb/1/13/30#purport|SB 1.13.30]] * Māyāvādīs &, [[cc/adi/7/64#purport|Ādi 7.64]], [[cc/adi/15/14#purport|Ādi 15.14]] * meaning of, [[bg/10/3|Bg. 10.3]], [[bg/18/2|Bg. 18.2]] * members of. See: Sannyāsī(s) * money-saving &, [[cc/madhya/25/205#purport|Madhya 25.205]] * Nityānanda &, [[cc/adi/5/149#purport|Ādi 5.149]] * occupational duties &, **[[cc/madhya/8/61–63#translation|Madhya 8.61–63]]** * of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, [[sb/4/26/15#purport|SB 4.26.15]], [[sb/4/30/43#purport|SB 4.30.43]] * of Caitanya, [[bg/16/1|Bg. 16.1]] (5) * paramahaṁsa stage of, [[cc/madhya/4/123#purport|Madhya 4.123]], [[cc/madhya/5/142–43#purport|Madhya 5.142–43]] * parents benefit from, [[cc/adi/15/14#purport|Ādi 15.14]] * preaching &, [[cc/madhya/8/39#purport|Madhya 8.39]] * prerequisite for, [[sb/7/6/9#purport|SB 7.6.9]] * prohibitions for, [[cc/madhya/3/70#purport|Madhya 3.70]] * purification required prior to, [[bg/3/4|Bg. 3.4]] * purpose of accepting, **[[cc/madhya/3/8#translation|Madhya 3.8]]** * Puruṣottama Yati &, [[cc/madhya/7/113#purport|Madhya 7.113]] * qualification for, [[sb/1/13/35#purport|SB 1.13.35]], [[sb/4/27/7#purport|SB 4.27.7]], [[sb/7/11/35#purport|SB 7.11.35]] * regulative principles for, [[cc/adi/7/59#purport|Ādi 7.59]], [[cc/madhya/10/108#purport|Madhya 10.108]] * remembrance of Lord &, [[cc/antya/8/9#purport|Antya 8.9]] * renunciation in, [[bg/18/2|Bg. 18.2]] * requirements for, [[bg/3/4|Bg. 3.4]] * residence &, **[[cc/madhya/3/177#translation|Madhya 3.177]]** * respect for, [[cc/adi/17/250#purport|Ādi 17.250]], [[cc/adi/17/265#purport|Ādi 17.265]] * respectability of, SB Intro 15 * Śacīdevī &, **[[cc/madhya/9/298#translation|Madhya 9.298]]** * salutations &, [[cc/madhya/6/48#purport|Madhya 6.48]] * Śaṅkara sampradāya &, [[cc/adi/3/34#purport|Ādi 3.34]], [[cc/adi/5/149#purport|Ādi 5.149]] * Śaṅkarācārya &, [[cc/madhya/6/73#purport|Madhya 6.73]] * Sārvabhauma &, **[[cc/madhya/6/58#translation|Madhya 6.58]]** * sense control &, [[cc/madhya/6/75#purport|Madhya 6.75]] * sense gratification &, [[cc/antya/4/179#purport|Antya 4.179]] * sense gratification pollutes, [[sb/4/22/30#purport|SB 4.22.30]] * sex desire controlled via, [[sb/2/2/12#purport|SB 2.2.12]], [[sb/2/6/20#purport|SB 2.6.20]] * sex life forbidden in, [[sb/7/14/1#purport|SB 7.14.1]] * spiritual status of, [[cc/adi/17/265#purport|Ādi 17.265]], [[cc/antya/5/84#purport|Antya 5.84]] * Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam &, [[cc/madhya/3/6#purport|Madhya 3.6]] * stages of, [[sb/2/4/13#purport|SB 2.4.13]] * stages of, four listed, [[sb/7/13/9#purport|SB 7.13.9]] * status &, [[cc/madhya/7/69#purport|Madhya 7.69]] * Subuddhi Rāya &, [[cc/madhya/25/194#purport|Madhya 25.194]] * surnames for, [[cc/madhya/6/73#purport|Madhya 6.73]] * surrender to Lord &, [[cc/madhya/10/55#purport|Madhya 10.55]] * sustenance &, **[[cc/antya/6/223–26#translation|Antya 6.223–26]]** * Svarūpa Dāmodara &, [[cc/madhya/10/102#purport|Madhya 10.102]], **[[cc/madhya/10/104–5#translation|Madhya 10.104–5]]** * symbols of, as optional, [[sb/7/13/9#purport|SB 7.13.9]] * time & preparation for, [[sb/4/28/3#purport|SB 4.28.3]] * Vaiṣṇavism &, [[cc/adi/3/34#purport|Ādi 3.34]], [[cc/antya/13/61#purport|Antya 13.61]] * vānaprastha compared with, [[sb/1/13/30#purport|SB 1.13.30]] * varṇāśrama-dharma &, [[cc/adi/15/14#purport|Ādi 15.14]] * Vedānta philosophy &, [[cc/adi/7/41#purport|Ādi 7.41]] * Vedānta-sūtra &, [[cc/madhya/6/120#purport|Madhya 6.120]] * Vedic culture &, [[cc/adi/17/265#purport|Ādi 17.265]] * Vedic study &, [[cc/adi/7/64#purport|Ādi 7.64]] * Viśvarūpa &, [[cc/adi/13/74#purport|Ādi 13.74]], **[[cc/adi/15/12–14#translation|Ādi 15.12–14]]** * wife’s duty after husband takes, [[sb/4/23/20#purport|SB 4.23.20]] *See also:* [Detachment](entries/detachment.md); [Renunciation](entries/renunciation.md); Sannyāsīs; Varṇāśrama-dharma