self-mortification

He was also known for his self-mortification and ecstatic prayers.

The story ends with Dorothy back in her old routine, but without the self-mortification.

Other sadhus practise what they call “austerities”, many of which involve self-mortification.

Despite every exigency of her training and self-mortification, she could not stop that red stream.

Did you want some more time for self-mortification?

In our practice we see this desire as either sensual indulgence or self-mortification.

Previously he had been intent on his ascetic practices and self-mortification.

(There is truly nothing like the English variety of self-mortification.)

They tried to find enlightenment through deprivation of worldly goods, including food, practising self-mortification.

Not all forms of self-mortification are approved of by the Catholic Church.

Women fasted, wore rough clothing, engaged in self-mortification, and prayed for hours at a time.

Medda practiced self-mortification as a stimulus to respond to his vocation.

Maru is said to have been at first a religious devotee whose life was given up to tapas or self-mortification.

It also has the meaning of "self-mortification".

Disengagement from the pursuit of self-mortification... is the right way...

Some contemporary Southeast Asian rituals also practice body piercing, as a form of spiritual self-mortification.

Before the Sun Dance was banned some Crows performed a particular type of self-mortification.

I happened to be at that Issa after-show party on Monday night and blinked with self-mortification.

There seems no event, no matter how trivial, that cannot arouse us to a new frenzy of self-mortification."

In ethics, it is a middle path between the extremes of indulgence in pleasures and self-mortification.

Believing that the soul could be freed by the annihilation of the physical sense they devised various means of self-mortification.

He practises self-mortification, and his self-flagellation is witnessed by bystanders, turning him into a sensational spectacle.

A yogi, states Banerjea, should not be confused with someone practicing asceticism and excessive self-mortification.

"It also displays the characteristics of a cult, including worship of the founder, known as the Father, and violent self-mortification by its followers."

Clothing designed to facilitate self-mortification.