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Tapas (Sanskrit: तपस्, romanized: tapas) is a variety of austere spiritual meditation practices in Indian religions. In Jainism, it means asceticism (austerities, body mortification); [ 1 ][ 2 ] in Buddhism, it denotes spiritual practices including meditation and self-discipline; [ 3 ] and in the different traditions within Hinduism it ...
Beliefs and practices. The Aghorī tradition and its precursors within Shaivism. Aghoris are Hindu devotees of Shiva manifested as Bhairava, [4][5][6][11] and ascetics who seek liberation (mokṣa) from the endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth (saṃsāra). This freedom is attained through the knowledge that the Self (ātman) is identical ...
Ācārya Bhadrabāhu (c. 367 – c. 298 BC) was, according to both the Śvetāmbara and Digambara sects of Jainism, the last Shruta Kevalin (all knowing by hearsay, that is indirectly) in Jainism. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] According to the Digambara tradition, he was the spiritual teacher of Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Maurya Empire. [ 4 ]
List of Digambara Jain ascetics. Idol of Kundakunda, the most revered Digambara acharya. Vidyasagar (Jain monk) A mural depicting Ganeshprasad Varni. This is a list of the ascetics belonging to the Digambara sect of Jainism. These ascetics are known for their contributions to Jain philosophy and Jainism in general.
Asceticism [a] is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. [3] Ascetics may withdraw from the world for their practices or continue to be part of their society, but typically adopt a frugal lifestyle, characterised by the renunciation of material possessions and physical pleasures, and also spend time fasting while ...
Goraksha Shataka. The Gorakṣaśataka is an early text on Haṭha yoga text from the 11th-12th century, attributed to the sage Gorakṣa. It was the first to teach a technique for raising Kundalini called "the stimulation of Sarasvati", along with elaborate pranayama, breath control. It was written for an audience of ascetics.
Ascetics reduces self-denial to exterior and interior mortification: exterior mortification is the mortification of sensuality and the senses; interior mortification consists in the purification of the faculties of the soul (memory, imagination, intellect, will) and the mastering of the passions. However, the term "mortification" must not be ...
The truth of the cessation of Dukkha; 4. The truth of the path, the way to liberation from Dukkha". [web 5] Geshe Tashi Tsering: "The four noble truths are: 1. The noble truth of suffering; 2. The noble truth of the origin of suffering; 3. The noble truth of the cessation of suffering and the origin of suffering; 4.