Exploring Self-Mortification and Sensual Indulgence
self-mortification 19, 27, 35-7, 103, causes lamentation 32; causes one
105, 194-5: dominates contemporainary spiritual thought 194-5; examples of practice 35; fruitless 19; {metaphors, grasshopper le
… sensual restraint in achieving Nirvana. Through various examples and metaphors, it provides a rich analysis of the detrimental effects of attachment to sensual pleasures, alongside the struggle against mater…