Does it not involve the sin of disobedience if a person becomes a Sadhu disregarding the pious wishes of his parents?

No doubt it helps a person if he takes to Sadhuhood or Sannyasahood with the permission
of his parents and other closely related ones; or else, it is likely to affect the interests of the
individual. But there is absolutely no harm if he takes to the Nivritti Marga or the path of
renunciation when there is a very high degree of Vairagya.
No man in the world is related to any other from the absolute metaphysical standpoint and
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