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Source: WikiPedia: BuddhismAsceticism (askesis, "exercise") describes a life style characterized by abstinence from various sorts of worldly pleasures (especially sexual activity and consumption of alcohol) often with the aim of pursuing religious and spiritual goals
Christianity and the Indian religions (including yoga) teach that salvation and liberation involve a process of mind body transformation that is effected through practicing restraint with respect to actions of body, speech and mind.
The founders and earliest practitioners of some religions (e.g. Buddhism, Jainism, the Christian desert fathers) lived extremely austere lifestyles refraining from sensual pleasures and the accumulation of material wealth. This is to be understood not as an eschewal of the enjoyment of life but a recognition that spiritual and religious goals are impeded by such indulgence.
Asceticism is closely related to the Christian concept of chastity and might be said to be the technical implementation of the abstract vows of renunciation.
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Full-text: Dandashrama, Shranta, Avamodarya, Niyamasthiti, Ten Great Disciples, Mahakashyapa, Tapasya.
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Atithi or Guest Reception (study) (by Sarika. P.)
Part 11 - Classification of Vānaprasthins < [Chapter 9 - Atithi-saparyā in Dharmaśāstra Literature]
Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika) (by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat)
Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology (by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri)
Cullakāla’s wives regain their husband < [Chapter 3 - Amarāvatī and the Formative Stage of the Buddhist Art]
The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 1d-e - Kṛṣṇa, the Legendary Character < [Chapter 3 - Historical aspects in the Matsyapurāṇa]
Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 63 - Vishvamitra is proclaimed a Maharishi < [Book 1 - Bala-kanda]
Chapter 57 - Shri Vasishtha refuses to help King Trishanku < [Book 1 - Bala-kanda]
Chapter 16 - Shri Rama in his chariot drives swiftly to the king < [Book 2 - Ayodhya-kanda]
Francis Thomson and Gerard Manley Hopkins: < [October – December, 2005]
A French Savant on Dr. Bhagavan Das < [July-August 1933]
Spiritualism Vs Materialism in < [July – September, 1995]