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Those who practice ascetic lifestyles do not consider their practices as... asceticism refers to people who live ascetic lives but don... Most of the austerities and ascetic practices can be traced back to Vardhaman... a sacred book within Jainism that discusses the ascetic code of conduct... Other illustrious Jain works on ascetic conduct are Oghanijjutti... but a Jain ascetic may accept a meal from a householder... Quotes on ascetic practices from the Akaranga Sutra as... adopted an extreme ascetic life after leaving his father... Some traditions emphasize ascetic life more than others... the Tathagatta rejected a number of more specific ascetic practices that some monks requested to follow... The prophets and their disciples were ascetic to the extreme including many examples of fasting and hermitic living conditions... There did existed some ascetic Jewish sects in ancient times... even more rigorous ascetic practices were common in the early Church... revealed ascetic practices of the ancient Jewish sect of... and a desert ascetic like Antony the Great... emphasis on an ascetic religious life was evident in both early Christian writings... has generally discredit the ascetic moral most prominently in the books such as... the Muslim ascetic believes that he draws near to Allah... and by leading an ascetic life paves the way for absorption in Allah... Various individuals have attempted an ascetic lifestyle to free themselves from modern day... The observation of an ascetic lifestyle can be found in both religious and secular settings... Nietzsche describes the morality of the ascetic priest as characterized by...

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