True, the Guru finds the disciple in time... and everything will happen only at the right time alone.. to that extent the Indian religion also is in agreement...
But Hinduism is by no means a religion which demand frugal life of self torture..
Even the greatest sages lived full life with a lot of comforts, lots of wives and lots of children..
Vasishta not only had the daughter of Kamadenu Nandini, with him but lived his life deriving full benefit out of her by way of personal comforts...
Sage Yajnavalkya was very rich.. he demanded and got sufficient compensation in return to gift of education..His wealth which he bequeathed to one of his wives was indeed huge..
Here Sannyasa means giving up enjoyments after getting satisfied or even bored and satiated with such enjoyment of all senses..
Poverty was not ever considered as a virtue... A person becomes divine by knowledge and penance, and not by poverty as per Hinduism..
Only the influence of Old testament, and perhaps Buddhism or Jainism would have persuaded Hindus also to wear poverty as if it were a cap, or the tallest feather in their cap...
We have to understand this difference.. Everything has a price, both in spiritual and material terms according to Hinduism..
I am surprised that spirituality in Hinduism too is equated with poverty these days.. It is a thorough misinterpretation of Hindu ethos..
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