Explain briefly the renouncer stage of a Hindu man's life.
What will be an ideal response?
The fourth (and optional) stage of a Hindu man's life is that of the "renouncer" or sannyasin, when a Hindu renounces the world and his previous life completely. All cares and pleasures of life are abandoned, and his concentration is devoted to achieving moksha before he dies. The sannyasin engages in intense study and meditation, typically with yoga and rigors such as solitude and a sparse diet. He is treated with greatest respect in Hindu lands. On taking up the life of the sannyasin, he will often burn an effigy of his body to show that he has died to the world. When a renouncer who has achieved moksha dies, his fellow renouncers tie stones onto his body and throw it in a river. He needs no funeral with cremation, for the soul has already been released from the dreaded cycle of reincarnation.
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a. true b. false
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