Sentence examples for physical austerity from inspiring English sources
Her uniform is crisp and pressed and her hair pulled tightly back in a braid, but her personality dispels the physical austerity.
God is worshipped not by fasting and physical austerities but by love of him and of the universe.
The Philokalia is concerned with "inner asceticism," not merely outward obedience to one's superior or the practice of physical austerities.
In the Vedas, tapas refers to the "inner heat" created by the practice of physical austerities and figured in the creation myths, as a means by which Prajāpati (the main creator god) brought the world into existence.
The statistics appear to show that austerity affects both physical and mental health, often exacerbating the other.
The Shattari order among the Indian Sufis practiced Yogic austerities and even physical postures.
Janie Hampton, author of "The Austerity Olympics", argues that although the games had no physical legacy, besides the road built by German POWs from Wembley station to its converted greyhound-racing stadium, there was a valuable "emotional legacy".
Fiscal austerity's figurative belt-tightening is causing concern about the actual physical health of Europeans.
"Many approach advice services as they grapple with job loss, job insecurity, poverty, mental or physical ill health, debt and many more issues that are proliferating due to the recession and austerity measures".
There are many stories of ascetics denying their physical needs in an attempt to purify their bodies and minds, and the Buddha himself also practiced such austerity, until he realized that spiritual awakening was not separate from his physical self.
