Stories
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Living with less for spiritual gain
Today, a minimalist lifestyle is trumpeted as a route to happiness. Find out what religious ascetics from history and modern proponents of the spartan-looking home can teach us.
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The yogi as hermit, warrior, criminal and showman
How the modern world changed the life and reputation of the yogi.
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Parasites and pests from the medieval to the modern
Humans have been reluctant hosts to a plethora of unpleasant parasites for centuries. And medieval evidence shows our modern distaste for these little irritations is just as ancient.
Catalogue
- Books
Asceticism and healing in ancient India : medicine in the Buddhist monastery / Kenneth G. Zysk.
Zysk, Kenneth G.Date: 1998- Books
Asceticism and healing in ancient India : medicine in the Buddhist monastery / Kenneth G. Zysk.
Zysk, Kenneth G.Date: 1991- Books
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Asceticism and society in crisis : John of Ephesus and the Lives of the Eastern saints / Susan Ashbrook Harvey.
Harvey, Susan AshbrookDate: [1990], ©1990- Books
The sacred body : asceticism in religion, literature, art, and culture / David Jasper.
Jasper, David.Date: [2009], ©2009- Books
The two sources of Indian asceticism / Johannes Bronkhorst.
Bronkhorst, Johannes, 1946-Date: 1998