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  • ...bcontinent who followed a philosophy of fatalism, determinism, and extreme asceticism, and who were mostly atheists but also occasionally theists.
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  • # extreme self-denial; overt asceticism
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  • Asceticism is [[a]] very ancient institution. Munis (men of contemplation) and yatis ( ...e only for the dvijas (‘twice-born’) in the earlier days, later history of asceticism shows that people from all castes have taken to it. [[Women]] also could be
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  • ...king who has renounced his royal privileges and prerogatives in favour of asceticism (My. Up.); In [[Jainism]], one who distinguished by possession of ‘seven
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  • ...r austerities are often stressed in the religious scriptures. It is called asceticism. Mokṣa has been declared as the birthright of every human being and not t Asceticism was not unknown to the [[Vedas]]. The reference about this topic is as foll
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  • ...acharya]]), non-injury ([[ahimsa]]), non-irritability (''akrodha''), and asceticism ([[tapas]]). ...i]]''). Pāśupatas believe that when a person is established in the path of asceticism, he is able to accept with equanimity all abuse and insult. Accordingly, th
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  • ...The churning of the ocean, the present given by Mahabali and the shining asceticism .
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  • ...hich brought him in contact with God. But there was a rich undercurrent of asceticism which occasionally peeped through his demeanor. The mutually conflicting in
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  • ...ārga]] or Jnāna Mārga - the path of Jnāna or knowledge and it is [[Hindu]] asceticism. The other 2 paths towards achieving Mokṣa are [[Karma Mārga]] and [[Bha Asceticism is found in both non-theistic and theistic traditions within Indian religio
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  • ...arma marga|karma yoga]] (virtuous actions), or [[gyana yoga|gyana marga]] (asceticism.)
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  • # Self-control<ref>It means lit. asceticism or abstemious lifestyle.</ref>
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  • ...ch the Vanaprastha (''Forest-dweller'') stage of life, the Hindu practices asceticism in the forest. A large number of monks, while they lived within a monastic ...ss of society, possessions have become greater attachments for people, and asceticism seems more impractical. Ascetics do exist, but usually in monasteries that
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  • ...anha is the ancestor of Kanhayanas.<ref> P. 84 ''The Two Sources of Indian Asceticism'' By Johannes Bronkhorst </ref>
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  • ...Brahmins from the ''Majjhima Nikaya'':<ref>P. 82 The Two Sources Of Indian Asceticism By Johannes Bronkhorst</ref> ...s that a Brahmin can become a Sramana.<ref>P. 81 The Two Sources Of Indian Asceticism</ref>
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  • |He was a mendicant and had become a saint through his asceticism.
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  • ...s]] such as their [[temples]] and universities, the outlawing of [[Hindu]] asceticism and the slaughter of [[Hindu]] clergy, they had no resources to continue th
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  • ...refuted the notion that liberation could be attained only through rigorous asceticism and meditation, and it dismissed the Samkhyan precept that a yogi must reno
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  • ...refuted the notion that liberation could be attained only through rigorous asceticism and meditation, and it dismissed the Samkhyan precept that a yogi must reno
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  • .../ref> Even many of the Vedic sages are honored by Jain scholars, for their asceticism. Sages like [[Yajnavalkya]], Rajaputra, [[Nara-Nārayaṇa|Nara]], [[Nārad
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  • ...Lily Hwa, Peter N. Stearns, Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks </ref> which advocated asceticism. These schools were in start opposition to the Cyrenaicism (Greek Hedonisti
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