turvy. The student lives in luxury at the expense of the father
or the father-in-law. When the educated, indulgent student
becomes a householder by the strength of university de-
grees, he requires money by all means for all kinds of bodily
comfort, and therefore he cannot spare even a penny for the
so-called vanaprasthas and sannydasis. The vanaprasthas
and sannyasis nowadays are those who were unsuccessful
in family life. Thus the so-called sannyasis try to construct
another home in the name of the sannyasa aSrama and glide
down into all sorts of luxury at the expense of others. So all
these varnas and asramas have now become so many tran-
scendental frauds.

But that does not mean that there is no reality in them.
One should not conclude that there is no good money simp-
ly because one has met with counterfeit coins. The sannyasa
asrama iS meant for complete freedom from all anxieties,
and it is meant for uplifting the fallen souls, who are merged
in materialism. Unless the sannyasi is freed from all cares
and anxieties, like a white cloud, it is difficult for him to do
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