austerity as a way of life and moderate devoid of any kind of excesses more than one thousand years.Ascetics have always existed, at all times, with the most ancient times.Ascetic - a hermit who voluntarily choose for themselves a secluded and quite austere lifestyle.In order to achieve specific spiritual goals he spends his life in the austerity and abstinence, keeping him information vows.
In the example ascetics showed all people how we can improve the body and mind, managing and controlling their passions unbridled desire.The word "ascetic" is derived from the Greek "austerity", translated means some training exercises.Austerity in the most general sense, is a certain system of spiritual and psycho-physical exercises, which reflect the essence of the religion on the basis of which it is formed.This practice is very common in many types of crops.
Hinduism
inhabitants of ancient India with the help of austerity hoped to gain supernatural powers and the power to achieve an equal to the gods.Forms of self-torture resorted to Indian ascetics, amazing, for months they could keep their hands above his head or stand on one leg.
Buddhism
According to Buddhist doctrine, austerity - is one way to reach enlightenment.But we should not just give up and everything.First, you need to drink the whole cup of life down to the bottom and then, knowing her to be disappointed in her.By and large, was not an ascetic ideal of Buddhism, since indulged austerity for the sake of personal, as opposed to the bodhisattva, who are concerned about the common good.
Islam
meaning of Islamic asceticism, referred to as "zuhd," it is that you should not be sad about the things of the world that is lost, but it is not necessary to enjoy all that worldly that you purchased.Zuhdi, who follows the Islamic ascetic - is primarily a rejection of everything that distracts from Allah.
Christian
fundamental principle of Christian asceticism is the coordination of the divine will and the human will.For the salvation of souls must be a compound of grace and free will, and it can only be released by the ascetic feats.Christians (if it is not an ascetic-barbarian), the concept is usually associated with a hermit monk, living a strict moral life.Under the austerity meant special exercises entailing mortification.Orthodox hermit exercised their will and thoughts through prayer vigils, fasting and solitude.
essence of asceticism
vow of ascetic for spiritual enlightenment often included real self-torture, accompanied by fear and pain.Some philosophers have seen is a clear inflection point and believed that all sorts of fun can teach us much more than taking.It is also important to realize that the ascetic - a man who definitely has the opportunity to live in absolute abundance and thus deliberately restricts himself in all material wealth, comfort and pleasure for a particular purpose.That is austerity, cause temporary financial difficulties, in fact, is false.
