John Kinnamos notes only that Theodotus was "practiced in ascetic discipline."

The attempt has been made to explain the Biblical Nazarites as forerunners of monastic orders addicted to the practice of ascetic discipline.

Gandhi replied, inviting her over but also warning her of the ascetic discipline of the Ashram's inmates.

Through a small window between the two rooms, Abraham taught her the psalter and the ascetic disciplines.

Found in many parts of the Muslim world, Sufism endeavored to produce a personal experience of the divine through mystic and ascetic discipline.

Pole-sitting is related to the ancient ascetic discipline of Stylitism, or column-sitting.

The ascetic discipline can also include a simplified diet and/or manual labor as a means of support.

Her account of her daily writing regimen, and the measures she takes to avoid distraction, make writing fiction sound like the ascetic discipline of a desert hermit.

She was raised under a strict ascetic discipline at an Ursuline Convent which was later burned by a mob in 1834.

Many Sadhus (Hindu monks) are also celibate as part of their ascetic discipline.