... his fourth and final stage; entering retirement, he will renounce his caste and the material world, withdrawing completely from society and turning to the spiritual practices of mediation and scriptural analysis. The main goal of a sannyasin is to quietly concentrate on the practices that will help him reach enlightenment and allow him to be released from samsara, the cycle of life ... ...

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... abnormally link the two. Limbic control over violence, sexuality and eating, can also explain the many mystical and religious practices involving the ritual control over sex and food (which have come to be known as limbic taboos). Fortunately, most limbic taboos promote survival, whether by prohibiting the eating of poisonous plants or "unclean" animals or forbidding indiscriminate sex, which spreads venereal ... ...

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