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    Dhutanga (Pali dhutaṅga, Sinhala: ධුතාඞ්ග) or dhūtaguṇa (Sanskrit) is a group of austerities or ascetic practices taught in Buddhism. The Theravada tradition...
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    faithfully, and also observed many of what are known as the 13 classic dhutanga (ascetic) practices, such as living off alms food, wearing robes made of...
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    to make the rules obligatory. They are among the 13 ascetic practices (dhutanga). His followers (including bhikkhus and bhikkhunis) were new monks from...
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    meal during the morning. This special practice is one of the thirteen dhutanga, optional ascetic practices permitted by the Buddha that are used on an...
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    the blind and even aged destitutes. Buddhist mendicancy Bhikkhu Samanera Dhutanga Kanjin Christian mendicancy Mendicant orders Fools for Christ Islamic mendicancy...
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  • can also be trained through several optional ascetic practices called dhutaṅga. In different Buddhist traditions, other related practices which focus...
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    Buddhist monasticism, there are various optional ascetic practices named dhutaṅga (literally "means of shaking off" or "shaking up", as in to "invigorate")...
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    Hermit of Treig follows Ken Smith, who has been a hermit for 40 years Dhutanga Enclosed religious orders Garden hermit The Hermit (Tarot card) Sri Lankan...
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    scriptural study of the earliest extant Buddhist texts, revival of the dhutanga ascetic practices, and close adherence to the Buddhist Monastic Code (Pali:...
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    sedentary monastery life and take up many (if not all) of the thirteen dhutanga austerities or ascetic practices allowed by the Buddha in the Pali Canon...
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    Buddhist Vinaya texts, but listed in some Sila texts, where they are called Dhutanga (Tibetan: sbyang pa'i yan lag, Japanese: zudagyo, Chinese: toutouxing)...
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  • minority among Theravāda sanghas and also tend to focus on asceticism (dhutanga) and meditative praxis. They view themselves as living closer to the ideal...
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    Order, where he wandered the forests as a thudong, a monk who observes the dhutanga. He travelled as far as Burma, Cambodia, and India. After the rains in...
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    History of the Thai Forest Tradition Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah Buddhism in Thailand Buddhism in the West Kammaṭṭhāna Dhutanga History of Isan v t e...
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    2010) Meditation: An Outline Rude Awakenings Great Patient One Walking Dhutanga In Britain (BPS, Bodhi Leaves No. 104) Thai Forest Tradition Chithurst...
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    Sao Kantasīlo (1861–1941), forest tradition monks focused on asceticism (dhutanga) and meditation, seeking to achieve awakening. They criticized the text-based...
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    up from cemeteries, in line with one of the thirteen ascetic practices (Dhutanga) outlined in Buddhism. The only example of representational carving to...
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    to initiates of an esoteric Vajrayana Buddhist order Ascetic practices (dhutanga) — a group of thirteen austerities, or ascetic practices, most commonly...
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    generating merit (Pali: puñña) by their generosity towards the Sangha. Dhutanga (meaning "austere practice" Thai) is a word generally used in the commentaries...
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    seven) chicks. One day a monk arrived at the couple's home during his Dhutanga journey. Worried that they had no suitable food to offer him, the elderly...
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    Province, (Amphoe) Warin Chamrap, devoted to the practice of contemplation, Dhutanga practice and asceticism which was established by the late Ajahn Chah as...
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    each week. The traditional wayfaring practice (tudong [Thai from Pāli "dhutanga" – "austere") of walking cross-country for several weeks, living on alms...
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    strict and serious in teaching the monks and novices, both in the austere dhutanga practices and in meditation. He continued his teaching until these same...
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    History of the Thai Forest Tradition Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah Buddhism in Thailand Buddhism in the West Kammaṭṭhāna Dhutanga History of Isan v t e...
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    should take upon himself ascetic practices (Sanskrit: dhūtaguṇa, Pali: dhutaṅga). Accordingly, Mahākāśyapa took upon him the thirteen ascetic practices...
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    coming. Ajahn Chah met Ajahn Kinnari while wandering dhutanga. Ajahn Jayasaro talks about how when dhutanga monks encounter each other, they will sometimes...
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