The Four Ashramas of Yoga
The traditional Indian culture promoted four Ashramas, or stages of spiritual life, that provided a simple framework of life planning for the spiritual aspirant.
Ashramas: Nearly 2,000 years ago, the dharma texts described the four ashramas (stages of life).
It is nice to see ashramas, temples and institutions where people keep their things neatly and in an organized way. Harmony outside helps create the inner harmony. It is important necessary for sadhakas to maintain this harmony line perfectly.
Thousands of years ago, the rishis of India formulated a system of living called the four 'ashramas' or the four stages of life. The first stage from birth to about the age of twenty five was the time of learning and study.
Most Yoga centers, ashramas and studios rent out mats, by and large for a dollar or two per session. The disadvantage of such mats is that a lot of people have probably been on them before you, and they could turn malodorous between sessions.
a text in praise of the guru, often chanted in ashramas
Guru-Yoga ("Yoga [relating to] the teacher")
a yogic approach that makes the guru the fulcrum of a disciple's practice; all traditional forms of yoga contain a strong element of guru-yoga ...
Almost every aspect of the observances of Hindu dharma - including the rules for the four Ashramas, the forty sanskāras, the four varnas, kingly duties, the punishments for various offences, the obsequies for the dead, ...
It is under such conditions that a person hurries forward to places of seclusion, to temples, churches, monasteries, nunneries, Ashramas or convents, with the hope that here, perhaps, ...
 See also: Ashrama, Ashram, Spirit, Spiritual, Ananda
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