RELIGST 3L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Asceticism
6 Apr 2017
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The act of giving up or forsaking something naturally attractive . Training of body and training of mind are not exclusive. Different religions have different practices that progress you further to spiritual enlightenment and others that hold you back/reverse progress away form enlightenment. Fasting to lose weight, what does that have to do with religion, fasting is more involved in the religious context. *a timeline is often placed on these such practices, these are generally all practiced within a larger religious context. > when taken out of their religious context may seem odd or unnatural to different people. Atonement, penance (for a misdeed, like repenting: in south asian religion you accrue karma as you age, asceticism helps to get rid of the karma. Buddha, in early indian traditions, can teleport, shoot water out of hands. *withdrawing from the world, but also maintains a relationship with the world.
