Even the asceticsby the Red Sea and in Nitria did not deprive themselves of all literary solace, although the more fanatical would abjure it, and many would be too poor to have it.
Not without hope of success; for they will find purchasers of their wares wherever mankind can be interested in that queer disrespect of the body which is taught by the metaphysical ascetics of the East.
In making "war on nature" the ascetics made war also on God.
As a result there were manyascetics of both sexes, although they were bound by no irrevocable vow.
It was not long before he gained a large following of ascetics in Italy and with them founded several cloisters which were models of lofty zeal and piety.
But the services rendered by the ascetics in imprinting on the minds of men a profound and enduring conviction of the importance of chastity, though extremely great, were seriously counterbalanced by their noxious influence upon marriage.
Encouraged inhumanity of ascetics to their relations, 134.
The Christian faith, planted in the dissolute cities of Asia Minor, had produced many fanatical ascetics and a few illustrious theologians, but it had no renovating effect upon the people at large.
And, O best of men, although the Danavas behaved in this way towards the ascetics in woody retreats, yet men failed to discover anything of them.
And the illustrious and virtuous king, saluted in return by those virtuous ascetics that had approached him, sat down in their midst at the foot of a mighty tree decked with flowers, like his father (Pandu) in days before.
Having spoken unto that princess--the beloved queen of Nala--the ascetics with their sacred fires and asylum vanished from sight.
And the ascetics living in that forest, said, Welcome!
And Yudhishthira the just, apparently grieved at this, asked him, saying, 'All these ascetics are sorry for seeing me here.
And the virtuous Yudhishthira, reflecting upon the subject, began to recite unto the ascetics the merit attaching to tirthas!
Here also, O mighty king, is the region called Jamvumarga, inhabited by birds and deer, and which constitutes the retreat of ascetics with souls under control, O thou foremost of those that have subdued their senses!
And, O king, food also of the best kind was formerly given by thee unto ascetics both houseless and living in domesticity!
And having arrived at those woods, he beheld the slayer of foes and son of Kunti, king Yudhishthira the just, surrounded by ascetics and his younger brothers.
And at this, the ascetics again recollected all that they had learnt before.
By journeying, O son of Kunti, to those places, with the Brahmanas and ascetics that are with thee and with thy blessed brothers, thou wilt be freed from anxiety!
And as thou wilt lead these ascetics to those tirthas, thy merit will be much greater.
And as they ate, the conversation turned to the holy lives of the ascetics in the monasteries and lauras of Palestine.
On the other hand, there were societies of Christian ascetics who persisted in applying literally to all Christians the highest demands of Christ, and thus arose, by secession, the communities of the Encratites and Severians.
Consequently, there were besides Pharisaic Jewish Christians, ascetics of all kinds who were joined by all those over whom Oriental religious wisdom and Greek philosophy had won a commanding influence (see above, p.
According to the teaching of all ascetics the reception of grace imparts peace and joy in God.
In it are included proper treatment of slaves and servants, honour to teachers, gentleness towards living creatures, and liberality towards ascetics and Brahmans.
He wishes every man to have the reading of his own scriptures, and whilst reserving his most lavish gifts for Buddhist shrines and monasteries, he does not deny his benefactions to Brahmans and ascetics of other sects.
Hindu ascetics appealed to the credulity of the masses and every Bar Association became the centre of an active political propaganda on a Western democratic model.
The second and smaller inscription asserts that Khâravela's wife caused a cave to be prepared for theascetics of Kalinga, "who believed on the Arhat.
The ascetics alone are able to penetrate into the truths which Jina teaches, to follow his rules and to attain to the highest reward which he promises.
Jaina ascetics existed, a great age and lively activity, as well as great care as regards the traditions of the sect, may be inferred.
The union of the laity with the order of ascetics has, naturally, exercised a powerful reaction on the former and its development, as well as on its teaching, and is followed by similar results in Jainism and Buddhism.
The ascetics fled from a profane and degenerate world to perpetual solitude, or religious society.
The officers of the king filled some of those figs with gold and mixing them with others sought to induce those ascetics to accept them.
Inviting many ascetics crowned with success and causing them to take their seats before me, I commenced the preliminary rites consisting of gifts of water and of other things.
In the world are seen ascetics wandering everywhere under diverse forms and clad in diverse kinds of attire.
You ascetics endued with wealth of penances, egged on by that king, she had come, but I have slain her.
For fear of saying what is incorrect or what may offend, asceticsoften forego speech itself.
The mongoose sported there with the snake, and the tiger with the deer, like friends, forgetting their natural enmity, in consequence of the energy of those ascetics of blazing penances and for their proximity to these high-souled ones.
All those ascetics then, famishing with hunger and worn out with exertion, agreeing to the proposal, took these oaths.
Thou shouldst know that man to be guilty of Brahmanicide who sets fire to the retreats of ascetics or to woods or to a village or a town.
Seeing all this, that illustrious and best of ascetics became delighted.
By following the dictates of that religion, O auspicious lady, the ascetics attain to success through the severe penances they practise.
Listen to me as I tell thee what Mahadeva having the bovine bull for the device on his standard had recited unto the ascetics on the breast of the Himavat.
Other Rishis also, endued with Diksha and self-restraint, followed by their disciples and accompanied by many Siddhas and many ascetics of great merit, came there.
It is for this reason that ascetics adopt the vow of silence, and being respected by all, pass through Diksha (initiation) without indulging in speech.
As regards the attitude of the earliest Christian asceticsin this matter I may refer the reader to an interesting passage in Lecky's History of European Morals (vol.
In the middle ages, when the extreme excesses of the early ascetics had died out, and monasticiam became regulated, monks generally took two baths a year when in health; in illness they could be taken as often as necessary.
Endlessly preoccupied with the endeavor not to do wrong, the ascetics have failed to do the positive good they ought.
Most of the ascetics had to pass their days in constant struggles against their temptations, and many of them recurrently lapsed into wild orgies of sin, the result of pent-up impulses denied their natural channels.
The oldest a¹cAºfA-s were ascetics and hermits, but they were also something more.
Wiser were the ascetics whom I used to scorn; they made themselves ascetics of the body, but I have been an ascetic of the soul.
A theological logomachy was substituted by the sullen and proudascetics who ascended into power.
Moreover asceticism logically leads nowhere, to negation of life; the most thorough-going ascetics are the Yoghis of India, who attain the point of living without air or food and of going down alive into the tomb.
And ascetics and priests have endeavoured as a means of struggling against temptation to confine human thought, to prevent it from playing freely about the things of this world.
To this sect belonged the Yamabushi, mountain ascetics referred to in Taniko and other plays.
Founder of the sect of the ascetics called Yamabushi Mountaineers.
His followers were divided into two classes--the outer circle of hearers or combatants, and the inner circle of teachers or ascetics described as the Elect.
Then Takshaka sent to the king some snakes in the guise of ascetics taking with them fruits, kusa grass, and water (as presents).
And that stream infused gladness into the hearts of the ascetics who resorted to it for purposes of ablutions.
Vaisampayana continued, 'The ascetics with Guhyakas, having said this unto the Kurus, instantly disappeared in the very sight of the people.
Vaisampayana continued, 'King Mahabhisha then recollecting all the monarchs and ascetics on earth, wished to be born as son to Pratipa of great prowess.
And Indra was appointed by Kasyapa to bring the sacrificial fuel; and with him those ascetics the Valakhilyas, and all the other deities.
And her foster-father and the other holy ascetics who were there, all saw her lying motionless upon the ground with the splendour of a lotus.
And there lived also holy ascetics engaged in studies and meditation.
Hearing him, the ascetics replied, 'There dwell in these waters five large crocodiles which take away the ascetics that may happen to bathe in them.
The ascetics set out that very moment, taking with them those children and Kunti and the two dead bodies.
And hearing those words uttered so loudly, the asceticsdwelling on the mountain of a hundred peaks, and the celestials with Indra sitting in their cars, became exceedingly glad.
This is a thing constantly forgotten in judging of ascetics and Puritans in old times.
The only question that remains is what was the joy of the old Christian ascetics of which their ascetism was merely the purchasing price.
We insist that the ascetics were pessimists because they gave up threescore years and ten for an eternity of happiness.
The name Sadhu is applied to ascetics or Bairagis.
Ramamurti Pantulu informs me that they are believed to be the offspring of ascetics who have violated their vow of celibacy, and women with whom they have lived.
A few are employed at Oriya maths (religious institutions), where it is their duty to invite Bairagis and ascetics to a dinner party, and afterwards to remove the leaf platters, and eat the food which is left.
I now the ancient rule accept By good ascetics gladly kept.
Mantles of the skin of the black antelope were the prescribed dress of ascetics and religious students.
It is the duty of ascetics to protect those who flee to them for protection.
The splendour of even those ascetics who have practised but little asceticism is wont to be easily provoked, like fire swiftly falling on dry reeds, kaca grass, or flowers.
Some of these ascetics pass from a simple trance to a state of catalepsy, in which their bodies become insensible to pain--but this kind of ecstasis is not accompanied by divination.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ascetics" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
