RT Article T1 ASHRAMS AND ASCETICS JF Journal of Dharma VO 3 IS 2 SP 111 OP 113 A1 Kadankavil, K. T. LA English PB Dharmaram College YR 1978 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1837747563 AB The search for the light and still more light has found varied expressions in the lives of eligiously-awakened souls in all world religions. They instil into the hearts of their followers an ultimateconcern, which unsettles their natural human complacency in their self-sufliciency.The dawn of this disquietude is often accompanied by a strong resolve to detach oneself from the world and to purify oneself through ascetical practices. So many and diverse are the self-purificatory rites practised by men from time immemorial for the expiation of their sins and the proper ordering of their lifecourse on earth. K1 Ascetics K1 Ashrams K1 MONASTIC life