- A monk (/mʌŋk/; from Gr****: μοναχός, monachos, "single, solitary" via
Latin monachus) is a man who is a
member of a
religious order and
lives in a monastery...
- (householder),
Vanaprastha (forest walker/forest dweller), and
Sannyasa (
renunciate). The
Asrama system is one
facet of the
Dharma concept in Hinduism. It...
- he met Ramakrishna,
later becoming a
devoted follower and
sannyasin (
renunciate).
After the
death of Ramakrishna,
Vivekananda toured the
Indian subcontinent...
-
Renunciates of
Darkover is an
anthology of
fantasy and
science fiction short stories edited by
Marion Zimmer Bradley. The
stories are set in Bradley's...
-
refers to when a
layperson leaves home to live the life of a
Buddhist renunciate among a
community of
bhikkhus (fully
ordained monks). This
generally involves...
-
traditional practice of Vip****anā meditation,
making it more
available for
renunciates and lay
people alike.
Sayadaw began his
studies at age 20 in Mandalay...
-
inspired by the
Renunciate guildhouses.
Books in the
world of the
Renunciates: The
Shattered Chain (1976) (reprinted as Oath of The
Renunciates, the 1983 omnibus...
-
South and
Southeast Asia, is Maha sramana, "great sramana" (ascetic,
renunciate). On the
basis of
philological evidence,
Indologist and Pāli
expert Oskar...
-
Hayashi resigned his job and left his
family to join Aum and
become a
renunciate. He was
believed to be one of
Shoko Asahara's
favorites and was appointed...
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Hagiographies dating from the 14th-17th
centuries deified him as a ruler-
renunciate,
travelling on a
digvijaya (conquest of the four quarters)
across the...
