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In one of my questions I asked about Sanyasa and its related things. In Sanyasa ashram, a sanyasi wears saffrons robs and removes or keeps panchkeshi.
I was under the impression that Sanyasa is the final state but later on from one spiritual book, I came to know that there is one more state after sanyasa. But I didn't find what is it.
There is no recognized or formal stage after sannyas. Individual maths or individual gurus may give some title or other such thing, but there is no generally accepted stage after sannyas nor is there anything in scripture.
There are different sects of sadhus and different sects will wear different colors. Most people when they think of sannyas, think of those whose lineage traces to the maths started by Sankara, and they wear saffron. But there are other sects and those sadhus do not always wear saffron.
Go to Kankhal, you see a lot of saffron - but you can also see many many different colors there!
