/lit/ - Literature

>>16856719
>Interesting, how come?
I happen to be a romantic person in the sense that I relish spending time with women that I care deeply about and the idea of raising my own family with such a woman excites me. I also have a deep appreciation for ascetism, and it was really reading Shankara's works that made me awaken to how monasticism truly opens the doorway to the infinite so to speak; but at the same time I have the urge to have one last family before striving in grandfatherhood or the next life for monasticism.
>some worries about my parents.
If you really wanted to join any sort of ascetic or other spiritual order in India (or at least to study or be initiated there before joining any temple/community in another country like Nepal, Bali etc) eventually then it would be very helpful and you'll progress faster if you know somewhat the languages of that scripture as well as a modern dialect spoken in that location, as I'm sure you're already aware of. It would presumably take someone a good amount of time to read through a bunch of Indian philosophy and then see if they wanted to become initiated into any those schools which they had studied, and then furthermore also get started on learning the scriptural and/or day-to-day language of that religious order. So, in the time that it would take you to do all this you could use it to also in your free time help to get your parents situated in a safe position which a plan and resources for them to be fine in your possibly permanent absence.

Anyways I hope that it works out for you as well as the other anon and that you guys are able to find what you are looking for. And whenever I see threads on Hindu philosophy I'm happen to help explain if you have further questions later on in your reading.