ASHRAMS AND ASCETICS
The search for the light and still more light has found varied expressions in the lives of eligiously-awakened souls in all world religions. They instil into the hearts of their followers an ultimateconcern, which unsettles their natural human complacency in their self-sufliciency.The dawn of this...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1978
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Journal of Dharma
Year: 1978, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 111-113 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ascetics
B Ashrams B MONASTIC life |
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| Summary: | The search for the light and still more light has found varied expressions in the lives of eligiously-awakened souls in all world religions. They instil into the hearts of their followers an ultimateconcern, which unsettles their natural human complacency in their self-sufliciency.The dawn of this disquietude is often accompanied by a strong resolve to detach oneself from the world and to purify oneself through ascetical practices. So many and diverse are the self-purificatory rites practised by men from time immemorial for the expiation of their sins and the proper ordering of their lifecourse on earth. |
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| ISSN: | 0253-7222 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma
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