Ha. As a Buddhist I’m all too familiar with asceticism, which is discussed as an unhealthy extreme that siddhartha tried after rejecting his life of a prince. After some years of living with ascetic hermits and putting his body through a variety of unpleasant things, he hit upon the idea of the “middle way” between extremes whenever possible.
Ha. As a Buddhist I’m all too familiar with asceticism, which is discussed as an unhealthy extreme that siddhartha tried after rejecting his life of a prince. After some years of living with ascetic hermits and putting his body through a variety of unpleasant things, he hit upon the idea of the “middle way” between extremes whenever possible.
Yes, I was thinking of Buddhism when I wrote this but didn't know enough about it to comment further.