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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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Christian love.
Ascetics, as a
branch of theology, may be
briefly defined as the
scientific exposition of
Christian asceticism. It has been defined...
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Kalonymus ben
Isaac the Elder, seem to have been a
family of
ascetics.
Among the Ashke****
Hasidic movement which they led, it was
frequent to...
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conflicts provoked the
creation of a
military order of
Hindu ascetics in India.
These warrior ascetics formed paramilitary groups called ‘‘Akharas'’ and they...
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involved a sect of
Hindu ascetics, the
Dasanami Naga
Sadhus who
likewise visited Bengal on pilgrimage. To the British,
these ascetics were
plunderers and must...
- However, soon
after Mahavira's
nirvana ascetics organized themselves into groups. A few
examples of
ascetics living in
complete solitude are
found in...
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Hierax (Ancient Gr****: Ἱέραξ), or Hieracas, was a
learned ascetic who
flourished about the end of the 3rd
century AD at
Leontopolis in Egypt,
where he...
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University of New York Press, 2003. ISBN 0-7914-5922-5.
Wandering with Sadhus:
Ascetics in the
Hindu Himalayas,
Sondra L. Hausner, Bloomington,
Indiana University...
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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...
- This is a list of the
ascetics belonging to the
Digambara sect of Jainism.
These ascetics are
known for
their contributions to Jain
philosophy and Jainism...
