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Ageing Gracefully In Indian Culture
Total solution of all the problems of old age was sought in Indian culture in the "Vanprasth Ashram" life style, for ageing gracefully. Due to misinterpretation of Vanprasth concept in English education introduced by Lord Macaulay in India in 1835, the "Vanprasth Ashram" has totally vanished from the lives of Indian populace.
Instead of going to the forest as misinterpreted, Vanprasth Ashram has to be lived after retirement in two stages viz., 10 years as householder Vanprasth and 10 years as Ashram Vanprasth. Following them, the were actually ageing gracefully.
Life
style
in
each
stage
is
different
as
detailed
in
the
article
and
if
followed
is
capable
of
providing
plausible
answers
to
the
problems
in
old
age
by
elderly
people
all
over
the
world.
Introduction:
Life style of elderly people of different culture vary from person to person. It is therefore very difficult to design a model capable of taking care of all the old age problems faced by this fast increasing segment of human race. There are however certain problems commonly faced by almost all the elderly people of the world irrespective of cast, creed, sex or culture.
A perfect model of elderly life style must therefore, address these problems in their entirety and adequately answer the following questions :-
1.
How
to
keep
fit
and
prevent
incurable
diseases
in
old
age?
2.
What
to
do
and
keep
satisfyingly
busy
after
retirement?
3.
How
to
have
good
relations
with
children
and
their
spouses
and
neighbours?
4.
Who
will
take
care
if
physically
or
psychologically
incapacitated.
5.Where
to
live?
With
children;
and
if
children
do
not
want
to
live
with
us?
6.How
to
finance
25/30
years
of
post
retirement
life?
7.
How
to
realize
the
ultimate
goal
of
human
birth?
Total
Solution:
A
total
solution
of
the
problems
of
old
age,
for
ageing
gracefully,
was
conceived
in
the
concept
of
Vanprasth
Ashram
in
time
tested
culture
of
India.
It
finds
place
in
the
Vedas
and
Smriti
texts;
A
person
after
fulfilling
the
responsibilities
of
a
householder,
was
expected
to
take
recourse
to
the
life
of
a
Vanprasth
for
about
25
years.
Pre-requisites
for
entry
into
Vanprasth
life
style
were
:-
Discharging
the
financial
debts
Getting
the
daughters
suitably
married
Setting
the.
sons
in
life.
Ensuring
the
lineage.
After fulfilling the above responsibilities, a householder usually promoted himself as a vanprasth to loosen his attachments. This class of young elderly people equipped with life long experience and freed from householder's responsibilities were then available for selfless work in spiritual and social service institutions of the society. At the same time, they exercised disciplinary influence over the younger generation and ensured high level of character all around. This preparation would help him to evolve into a Sanyasi Mahatama in the fourth stage before laying his mortal coil.
Fourth age group(Sanyasis) offered 'models of simple living and high thinking individuals striving to reach the ultimate goal of life. In every generation, there were hundreds of realized masters serving as beacon lights roaming around on foot from village to village propagating the highest ideals of human living based on Indian traditions.
What went wrong?
With the introduction of Macaulay system of English education in 1835 an organized effort was systematically made to look down upon every aspect of Indian tradition as outdated. Education system of India which nourished its very high culture for thousands of years was slowly and steadily destroyed root and branch. A nation that had a literacy rate higher than most other nations of Europe in those days even at village level, was reduced to an illiterate nation.
Brahmins who were the educators of Indian children and had constantly produced for millenniums humans of such quality that could make humanity proud, came under direct attack. They were highly abused and shown to ·be exploiters of Indian populace.
About
the
author
Shiv
Swarup
Agarwal
This article is written by Shiv Swarup Agarwal, Secretary General, Central Chimaya Vanprath Sansthan. It is an excerpt from “The Art of Graceful Ageing in Indian Culture'. This article deals about ageing gracefully and discusses about solutions for old age problems.
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