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<div id="LettertoDrDaveVrindaban1October1976_0" class="quote" parent="1976_Correspondence" book="Let" index="547" link="Letter to Dr. Dave -- Vrindaban 1 October, 1976" link_text="Letter to Dr. Dave -- Vrindaban 1 October, 1976">
<div class="heading">It is the Vedic system that after 50 years of life one has to take to Vanaprastha, then take to Sannyasa.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Dr. Dave -- Vrindaban 1 October, 1976|Letter to Dr. Dave -- Vrindaban 1 October, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Please accept my greetings. I am in due receipt of your kind letter dated 28th September, 1976 and noted the contents with care. I am very much pleased that such a highly qualified person as you desire to join our movement. We require many such persons as you to make our movement successful.</p>
:yad yad acarati sresthas
:tad tad evetaro janah
:sa yat pramanam kurute
:lokas tad anuvartate
:([[Vanisource:BG 3.21|BG 3.21]])
<p>"Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow in his footsteps. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues." (Bhagavad-gita, 3.21)</p>
<p>It is the Vedic system that after 50 years of life one has to take to Vanaprastha, then take to Sannyasa.</p>
<p>It will be a great pleasure to meet you again, and if possible please join us as soon as possible.</p>
<p>I hope this meets you in good health.</p>
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