ascetic

At the Rick Owens show, Rick-heads made minimal weather-restrictive tweaks to their usual uniforms — platforms, leather, ground-grazing garments — making you appreciate the beauty in that level of ascetic dedication.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

He settled on the Upper West Side and began “living a monk’s ascetic life,” Mr. Strausbaugh writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

And at this precise moment, amid a coalition burned out on self-flagellation and ascetic living, a Totenkopf has been deemed forgivable.

From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026

Disillusioned by the impermanence of life, Siddhartha engaged in six years of ascetic practice and attained enlightenment at the age of 35 in Bodh Gaya in northeast India.

From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2024

He was no Brahmin, sharing the life of the Brahmins, no ascetic belonging to the Samanas.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

It's also the day of the Shahi snan - or the royal bath - that sees thousands of ash-smeared ascetics taking a plunge in the river.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025

Or consider 12th century Taoist ascetics who thought sleep deprivation could bring them closer to the truth.

From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2023

It’s not long before one starts to wonder just what “Father” these ascetics are working in the name of.

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022

But they’re equally famous because of how uncomfortable many find them, almost like an endurance test, the way ascetics lie on beds of nails.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2022

Siddhartha said: 'You know, my friend, that even as a young man, when we lived with the ascetics in the forest, I came to distrust doctrines and teachers and to turn my back on them.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse