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'''Sanyasi''' (also spelled Sannyasi) or Sannyasin: renunciate; ascetic who has forsaken the world for the contemplative life. According to ''The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion,'' “The ''Sannyasin’s'' lack of possessions consists not only in total material poverty but also in what Christian mysticism calls the ‘poverty of spirit,’ that is, freedom from such dualistic notions as good and bad, desire and repulsion, fear and greed.” | '''Sanyasi''' (also spelled ''Sannyasi'') or ''Sannyasin'': renunciate; ascetic who has forsaken the world for the contemplative life. According to ''The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion,'' “The ''Sannyasin’s'' lack of possessions consists not only in total material poverty but also in what Christian mysticism calls the ‘poverty of spirit,’ that is, freedom from such dualistic notions as good and bad, desire and repulsion, fear and greed.” | ||
Today the term is also used generally, especially in the West, to refer to a devotee or one who follows a [[guru]]. | Today the term is also used generally, especially in the West, to refer to a devotee or one who follows a [[guru]]. | ||
== See also == | |||
[[Stages of life]] | |||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
{{POWref|37|11|, March 13, 1994}} | {{POWref|37|11|, March 13, 1994}} | ||
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Sanyasi (also spelled Sannyasi) or Sannyasin: renunciate; ascetic who has forsaken the world for the contemplative life. According to The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion, “The Sannyasin’s lack of possessions consists not only in total material poverty but also in what Christian mysticism calls the ‘poverty of spirit,’ that is, freedom from such dualistic notions as good and bad, desire and repulsion, fear and greed.”
Today the term is also used generally, especially in the West, to refer to a devotee or one who follows a guru.
See also
Sources
Pearls of Wisdom, vol. 37, no. 11, March 13, 1994.