ascetic
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He settled on the Upper West Side and began “living a monk’s ascetic life,” Mr. Strausbaugh writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
And at this precise moment, amid a coalition burned out on self-flagellation and ascetic living, a Totenkopf has been deemed forgivable.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026
A jar of homemade pumpkin butter, if you’re feeling ambitious, turns even the most ascetic bowl into a minor celebration.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025
A hardline ascetic, Valentin won’t even alert the medics when he’s sick, in case they give him morphine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
Siddhartha now also realized why he had struggled in vain with this Self when he was a Brahmin and an ascetic.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
Police struggled to manage the surging crowds at the festival on Tuesday as thousands managed to come into an arena meant for the ascetics.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2025
They tend to conjure images of monks meditating in the mountains or ascetics living in desert caves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024
Many ascetics played a leading role in their communities, sometimes extending beyond the realm of civil behavior.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Or consider 12th century Taoist ascetics who thought sleep deprivation could bring them closer to the truth.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2023
Siddhartha said: 'You know, my friend, that even as a young man, when we lived with the ascetics in the forest, I came to distrust doctrines and teachers and to turn my back on them.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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