Martin Bohn discovers why ancient Vedic traditions are still relevant.
The young woman just about to start university; the newly-wed couple; the elderly lady at the end of her working life; the old man who leaves home to spend his last years in a care home… They all have something in common: They are in a transition from one stage of life into another.
The Vedas divide our lives into four different stages, called the four ashramas. They are brahmacharya (being a student), grihasta (being a householder), vanaprastha (forest dweller) and sannyasa (stage of renunciation).
