(“renunciation”) Practice of renunciation highlighted most by ascetics, yet even within this group, some stress it more than others.
Some ascetics take this to absurd extremes.
One prominent ascetic, Swami Karpatri, was famed for receiving
the food he was given as alms into his cupped palms, representing the renunciation
of an eating-vessel.
Ascetics who have given up all clothing as a symbol of
renunciation of conventional standards, including shame, are the most extreme
examples.
The ultimate goal of such renunciation differs from person
to person, but one common theme is to serve as a model of how little one really
needs to live a happy and fulfilling life, and thus to illustrate the
fundamental values that people often overlook in the hustle and bustle of daily
life.
Many ordinary people also share this value in striving to
simplify their lives via giving up ties and entanglements.
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