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Asceticism is a
lifestyle characterized by
abstinence from
worldly pleasures,
often for the
purpose of
pursuing spiritual goals.
Ascetics may withdraw...
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Asceticism is a
lifestyle characterized by
abstinence from
sensual pleasures,
often for the
purpose of
pursuing spiritual goals.
Asceticism has not been...
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Ascetical theology is the
organized study or
presentation of
spiritual teachings found in
Christian Scripture and the
Church Fathers that help the faithful...
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Vairagi is a
Hindu Sect who
follow Vaishnavism.
Celibate Ascetics of
Vaishnav Sampradaya are
called Vairagi or Bairagi. The
Vairagi term was
first adopted...
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Saint Paphnutius the
Ascetic (Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲡⲁⲫⲛⲟⲩϯ), also
known as
Paphnutius the Hermit, was an
Egyptian anchorite of the
fourth century. He is most...
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Hierax (‹See Tfd›Gr****: Ἱέραξ), or Hieracas, was a
learned ascetic who
flourished about the end of the 3rd
century AD at
Leontopolis in Egypt,
where he...
- Inner-worldly
asceticism was
characterized by Max
Weber in
Economy and
Society as the
concentration of
human behavior upon
activities leading to salvation...
- (male), sādhvī or sādhvīne (female)), also
spelled saddhu, is a
religious ascetic,
mendicant or any holy
person in
Hinduism and
Jainism who has renounced...
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Lucius the
Ascetic was a 5th-century
Syrian Christian abbot at Enaton. He was one of the
Desert Fathers. He was a
companion of Longinus.
Wikiquote has...
- mahāvratas (Great Vows), from Mahavira's teachings, are
followed by all Jain
ascetics of both the sects.
Historians believe that a
united Jain
sangha (community)...
