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Asceticism
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Asceticism is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures through self-discipline, self-imposed poverty, and simple living, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. Asceti
Coptic icon of St. Anthony the Great, father of Christian monasticism and early anchorite. The Coptic inscription reads 'Ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲁⲛⲧⲱⲛⲓ' ("The great Abba Anthony").
Coptic icon of St. Anthony the Great, father of Christian monasticism and early anchorite. The Coptic inscription reads 'Ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲁⲛⲧⲱⲛⲓ' ("The gre
A Sufi Muslim ascetic (fakir) in Bengal during the 1860s
A Sufi Muslim ascetic (fakir) in Bengal during the 1860s
The Ashkenazi Hasidim were a Jewish sect of mystics and ascetics in medieval France and Germany (12th–13th centuries)
The Ashkenazi Hasidim were a Jewish sect of mystics and ascetics in medieval France and Germany (12th–13th centuries)
A sādhu in yoga position with pictures of Shiva, reading a book in Varanasi, Northern India
A sādhu in yoga position with pictures of Shiva, reading a book in Varanasi, Northern India
Mortification in Catholic theology
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The Roman Catholic Church has often held mortification of the flesh, as a worthy spiritual discipline. The practice is rooted in the Bible: in the asceticism of the Old and New Testament saints, and i
Asceticism
…Buddha first practiced severe asceticism before recommending a moderated "Middle Way". In Christianity, Francis of Assisi and his followers practiced extreme acts of mortification. Asceticism is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures through self-discipline, self-imposed poverty, and simple living, often…
St. Francis: he asked pardon from his "Brother Ass" (as he referred to his body), for his severe penances.
St. Francis: he asked pardon from his "Brother Ass" (as he referred to his body), for his severe penances.
St. Teresa of Ávila: her motto was "Lord, either let me suffer or let me die".
St. Teresa of Ávila: her motto was "Lord, either let me suffer or let me die".
St. Ignatius: he is praised in his litany for being "constant in the practice of corporal penance".
St. Ignatius: he is praised in his litany for being "constant in the practice of corporal penance".
Venerable Matt Talbot (1856–1925) was an Irish worker whose life would have gone unnoticed were it not for the cords and chains discovered on his body
Venerable Matt Talbot (1856–1925) was an Irish worker whose life would have gone unnoticed were it not for the cords and chains discovered on his body when he died.