Is it proper for one to neglect one’s family duties to devote oneself to God?
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some people give up the entire world, their families and wealth and become sanyasis for serving the lord the entire family depends on them is it good to give up in that situation and become saints? as I said that there is the purpose of practicing spiritual life is to develop our devotion to Krishna, to share that devotion with others so normally speaking one should not neglect one’s own responsibilities so if somebody is married and the person has a wife and the person has children and has some responsibilities that person cannot take sanyas that person should do the worldly duties and along with that practice bhakti accordingly so only when the person has done the worldly duties when the children are getting married and the wife is now in the care of a son then that person can take sanyas so if the family is dependent, one cannot renounce if one has entered the Mahasadashram then one should try to spiritualize it as a person and do bhakti accordingly but if the family is not entirely dependent, like somebody is a student right now then if one can complete one’s own responsibilities in a reasonable way and then one can practice spiritual life then that is fine now in some exceptional cases, some people may have such an irresistible longing for God that they may renounce everything and just focus on God in such situations, Krishna will protect everything Yogakshinam Mahamyanam Krishna says that I will protect the family I will provide whatever is lacking but we should not assume that we are that kind of saintly devotees and we can renounce everything and Krishna will take care of everything we don’t demand Krishna Krishna will say you protect everything it’s not like that we do our duties properly and when we have done our duties then if someone feels inspired that person can renounce the world but spiritual life should never become a guard for irresponsibility that is very important