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ascesis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | asceticism |
| Type of | self-control, self-denial, self-discipline |
Examples of ascesis
ascesis
For greater ascesis, some may choose to go without food entirely for a short period of time.
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In this passage, St John of Sinai says that the primary task of the Hesychast is to engage in mental ascesis.
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At 26 he made his first penetration of the far north-outwardly to search for ore in the Hudson Bay country, inwardly to search for an arctic ascesis.
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- Asceticism: rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint
- (ascetical) ascetic: pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices"
- (ascetical) ascetic: practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"
- Asceticism (/u0259u02C8su025Btu026Asu026Azu0259m/; from the Greek: u1F04u03C3u03BAu03B7u03C3u03B9u03C2 u00E1skesis, "exercise" or "training") is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals...
- Self-discipline
- It is so called man's effort as well as the method he uses to pass through the three stages of the spiritual life: purification of heart, illumination of the nous and theosis. Since this is achieved through the commandments of Christ, ascesis is man's struggle to keep the commandments of Christ. ...
- The practice of penance, mortification, and self-denial to promote greater self-mastery and to foster the way of perfection by embracing the way of the cross.
