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It is an autobiography by Swami Agehananda Bharati who was born Leopold Fischer in Austria, served in Hitler's Youth, migrated to India at the end of the Second World War pursuing his long cherished desire of becoming a Sanyasi. Sanyasa-ashrama is the fourth stage in a man's life (normally a Hindu's life) before he leaves his mortal coils for the world beyond. The first three stages are: Brahmacharya (when as a youngster one equips oneself with education-knowledge), the second one is Grihastashrama (the stage where one gets married, raises a family, and feeds the hungry), the third stage is that of Vaanaprasthashrama (when one disassociates himself from his human boandages and tests for himself whether he can survive on his own) and the last one, the fourth one is Sanyasashrama when one snaps all relations with the world around, survives as a mendicant, and in return spread the knowledge acquired by him in his life, around (to whomsoever is willing to take from him). So that was young Leopold Fischer who landed in India with the sole desire of becoming a Sanyasi. (One has to be initiated into Sanyasashrama by one who is already a Sanyasi). But the monks in India could not accede to

Author

Agehananda Bharati, Swami, 1923-

Publisher

Seattle, University of Washington Press

Published

1962

Language

EN

Subjects

Religion

Updated

2026-03-24