Aging is often feared, resisted, and in the cruelest of cases, mocked and even punished. I’m aware of Hinduism’s teachings about the different stages of life — the four ashramas — knowledge that has ...

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Given people’s increased life spans now, the timeline indicated above for each stage should be interpreted fluidly and variably. Broadly though, in Hinduism, an approximation of such stages and ...