Tapas (Indian religions)
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Tapas is a variety of austere spiritual meditation practices in Indian religions. In Jainism, it means asceticism; in Buddhism, it denotes spiritual practices including meditation and self-discipline;
Tapasya - Jain meditation in progress.
Agni, the fire deity, is common at Hindu rituals such as weddings. Agni is considered a great tapasvin, and symbolizes the heat and patience necessary to recreate and incubate life.
Śramaṇa
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In Indian religions and philosophies, a śramaṇa or samaṇa, sometimes anglicised as shramana, is a person "who labours, toils, or exerts themselves for some higher or religious purpose" or a "seeker, o
Tapas (Indian religions)
…meditator, while tapasvinī to a female. Before he reached his enlightenment, the Buddha tried asceticism (self-mortification) of the type found in other Śramaṇa religions (Jainism), and this is referred to as Tapas (Tibetan: dka' thub, Chinese: kuxing, Japanese: kugyo, Korean: kohaeng). Post-enlightenment, the…
A Digambar Jain Monk
A Śvetāmbara Murtipujaka Jain ascetic
A Sthānakavāsī Jain monk
On the left: Mahākāśyapa meets an Ājīvika ascetic and learns of the Buddha's parinirvana (seen on right).