One should eat only such food as is not forbidden in the scriptures, abstaining from food of every kind on days of the new moon and the full moon.
The householder, abstaining from food, should daily attend to his sacred fire and to his sacrificial offerings.
One secures obedience to one's command by the vow of silence, all the enjoyments of life by practice of austerities, long life by Brahmacharya, and beauty, prosperity and freedom from disease by abstaining from injury to others.
Properly speaking fasting consists in abstaining from food, but speaking metaphorically it denotes abstinence from anything harmful, and such especially is sin.
Abstaining from a work by right prescribed Never is meet!
Abstaining from a work grievous to flesh, When one saith "'Tisunpleasing!
Abstaining from attachment to the work, Abstaining from rewardment in the work, While yet one doeth it full faithfully, Saying, "Tis right to do!
Arrived on the banks of the Gomati, they beheld that regenerate person seated in a secluded spot, abstaining from food of every kind, observant the while of excellent vows, and engaged in silently reciting certain Mantras.
I ask, how should one judge of an act in respect of either one's obligation to do it or of abstaining from it?
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "abstaining from" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
