user5069: Like in Hinduism, is there any teaching on the stages of life in Buddhism ?
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user7233: There really isn't anything quite like ashrama in Buddhism, at least as it applies to an individual person's life. Buddhism takes a simple view that one is born, lives, and then dies, within a cycle of saṃsāra (a belief shared with Hinduism). Within the context of that life, one is either awakened or one isn't.
I think it's interesting, since Buddhism defines many other "stages" involving aspects of life (just not about life itself):

Four stages of enlightenment
Stages along the path to liberation (in Tibetan Buddhism)
Jhāna stages of meditation
Seven stages of purification
Seven stages of mind training (in Tibetan Buddhism)

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5069: <p>Like in <a href="http://hinduism.about.com/od/basics/p/fourstages.htm" rel="nofollow">Hinduism</a>, is there any teaching on the <em>stages of life</em> in Buddhism ?</p>

<p><em>P.S. Answers for this question will be great "Dhamma gifts" for my upcoming Birth day.</em></p>
 7233: <p>There really isn't anything quite like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashrama_(stage)">ashrama</a> in Buddhism, at least as it applies to an individual person's life. Buddhism takes a simple view that one is born, lives, and then dies, within a cycle of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%E1%B9%83s%C4%81ra">saṃsāra</a> (a belief shared with Hinduism). Within the context of that life, one is either <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightenment_in_Buddhism">awakened</a> or one isn't.</p>

<p>I think it's interesting, since Buddhism defines many other "stages" involving <em>aspects</em> of life (just not about life itself):</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_stages_of_enlightenment">Four stages of enlightenment</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_Paths_to_liberation#Tibetan_Buddhism">Stages along the path to liberation</a> (in Tibetan Buddhism)</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhy%C4%81na_in_Buddhism#Qualities_of_the_jh.C4.81nas">Jhāna stages of meditation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/mahasi/progress.html">Seven stages of purification</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lojong">Seven stages of mind training</a> (in Tibetan Buddhism)</li>
</ul>

<p>Also: Happy birthday!</p>
