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1.3 Siddhartha's Journey: The Ascetic Life and Its Rejection
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ascetic
living a simple and strict lifestyle with few pleasures or possessions; someone who follows ascetic practices
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meditation
a practice of calming and focusing the mind, and reflecting deeply on
specific
teachings to penetrate their true meaning
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Siddhartha's
ascetic
practices
practices that involved rejecting pleasure,
extreme
self-discipline, and fasting for long periods
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Alara Kalama
one of the ascetics with whom Siddhartha practiced meditation
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Uddaka Ramaputta
another ascetic who practiced meditation with Siddhartha
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extreme self-discipline
a rigorous approach to controlling one's
desires
and physical needs
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fasting
the act of abstaining from food for extended periods
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middle way
a balanced approach between indulgence and extreme
asceticism
that Siddhartha developed
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River Nairanjana
the location where Siddhartha accepted food after realizing he was too weak to meditate
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Buddha's
realization
the understanding that neither
luxury
nor asceticism provided answers to suffering
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Bodhisattva
one aspiring to
Awakening
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austerities
severe self-discipline practices aimed at
spiritual
advancement
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alms
food or money given to the needy, which Siddhartha began to gather after abandoning
asceticism
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solid food
the nourishment
Siddhartha
reverted to after stopping his ascetic practices
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Jataka
a collection of stories about the
previous
lives of the Buddha
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suffering
the state of
undergoing
pain, distress, or hardship, which Siddhartha sought to understand and overcome
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discipline
the practice of training oneself to follow rules or a
code
of behavior
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willpower
the ability to control oneself and determine one's actions
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simplicity in religious life
the practice of living with minimal possessions and pleasures to focus on
spiritual growth
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danger of ignoring bodily needs
the potential harm that can come from neglecting
physical
health in pursuit of spiritual goals
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living skeleton
a description of
Siddhartha's
physical state due to extreme fasting and self-denial
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thorns
the uncomfortable bed Siddhartha used as part of his
ascetic
practices
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extreme fasting
the practice of consuming little to no food for
prolonged periods
, which Siddhartha engaged in
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