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
…tion and spiritual harm. Various metaphors illustrate the pitfalls of trust and attachment to sense pleasures. The document also addresses desire and craving as significant factors in human suffering and the p…