“There’s no right age for getting involved with spiritual pursuits.”. This is at par with what WARREN BUFFET says about “when is the right age to start investing?”
I will to illustrate some stories to corroborate my point
STORY 1 – PRAHLAD
They say PRAHALADA was spiritual when he was born. He’s the reason we celebrate HOLI. Holika is HIRANYAKASHAPU’s sister and has a blessing from Brahma / a Robe that protects her from fire. Hiranyakashapu gets HOLIKA to hold prahlada and gets them to sit on a pyre. Holika dies, Pralada gets saved without a scratch. That’s the reason why HOLIKA DAHAN happens. Infact there’s a temple in erstwhile PRAHLADPURI (Current Multan in Pakistan) dedicated to this incident. Its in ruins, don’t have to tell you why. But here’s some more information if you are interested – Prahladpuri Temple, Multan – Wikipedia
STORY 2 – ADI SHANKARA
ADI SHANKARACHARYA too sanyas when he was 8 years old. Infact there’s a interesting story where he asked his aged mother (he was born very late to his parents and father was no more) as to if he could take SANYAS. Mother disapproved. Then one day he went to the river with his mother to bathe., thats when a CROCODILE caught him and that’s when he calls out to his mother to get permission from her to become a sanyasi else the crocodile would kill him. His Mother SIvataraka didn’t have any other choice but to approve.
STORY 3 – YOGIRAJ SHYAMA CHURN LAHIRI (LAHIRI MAHASHAYA)
Lahiri Mahashaya, the Guru of the coveted PARAMAHAMSA YOGANANDA’s guru Yukteshwar Giri, got to meet his guru when he was 33 after which e became completely spiritual.
SO, what I am trying to say is there’s NO AGE for this. Any age is a good age. The earlier the better.