ascetic's
Self-denier's strict lifestyle
Ascetic's is the possessive form of ascetic, a person who practices severe self-discipline and abstains from pleasures, typically for religious or spiritual reasons.
The word can describe the person or their lifestyle: an ascetic's cell, an ascetic's devotion to fasting.
As an adjective, ascetic characterizes austere simplicity: ascetic living conditions.
Deep, loyal commitment
- meditationFocused attention practice
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
purification · transcendence · pilgrimage · prayer · sacrifice · holiness · sanctity · renouncer
Formal surrender of claim
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- simplicityLack of complexity
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
frugality · discipline · hermitage · solitude · fasting · celibacy · poverty · minimalism
devotion
Deep, loyal commitment
- meditationFocused attention practice
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
penance · purification · transcendence · pilgrimage · prayer · sacrifice · holiness · sanctity · renouncer · sadhu
renunciation
Formal surrender of claim
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- simplicityLack of complexity
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
abstinence · frugality · discipline · hermitage · solitude · fasting · celibacy · poverty · minimalism · retreat
cell
Basic unit of life
- matFlat floor covering
- robeLong loose outer garment
- begging bowlVessel for receiving charity
staff · rosary · cave · hut · pallet · gourd · sandals · loincloth · scriptures · shrine
- ascetic lifeExistence of severe self-discipline