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Sannyasins abandon everything to live entirely without plans

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To achieve final liberation, these individuals completely renounce their totally normal lives, homes, and identities to wander aimlessly. It transforms having absolutely no life trajectory whatsoever into the ultimate mark of extreme spiritual success.

Sannyasins abandon everything to live entirely without plans
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