sannyasa why

Lord Chaitanya remained a householder until twenty-four only, and in the twenty-fifth year of His life, He accepted the renounced order. After accepting the renounced order, He attracted many other renounced order Sannyasis. During the time that He had been executing the Samkirtan movement in His family, many Mayavadi Sannyasis did not take His movement very seriously. Similarly, the speculative students, atheists, and those who are attached to fruitive activities and unnecessary criticism were also delivered by the Lord after He accepted the Sannyasi order of life. The Lord was so kind that He accepted all of them, and delivered to them the most important factor of life: love of God.    (More...)

When the Lord became aware of this, He began to consider the various types of men which are found in society. He noted that especially the students, professors, fruitive workers, yogis, nondevotees, and different types of atheists were all opposed to the devotional service of the Lord. "My mission is to deliver all the fallen souls of this age," He thought, "but if they commit offenses against Me, thinking Me to be an ordinary man, they will not benefit. If they are to begin their life of spiritual realization, they must some way or another offer obeisances unto Me." Thus the Lord decided to accept the renounced order of life (sannyasa) because people in general were inclined to offer respects to a sannyasi.    (More...)