| As he approaches 80, he seems to be relaxing some of the long-held austerities of his art. |
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| The austerities of the Second World War and its aftermath put an end to whimsical parties. |
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| Suddenly, the austerities of the past two months, as well as the glorious thoughts, dreams and visions all merged within my consciousness. |
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| The four-and-a-half hours of sleep a night is only part of the austerities practiced here. |
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| That is not to say that we must deliberately seek out physical austerities, because this may have the wrong effect. |
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| He describes the austerities he endured on the long road to ordination and the claims he arrogated to himself as a priest. |
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| They are not formally bound to the evangelical counsels of perfection nor do they practice visible austerities. |
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| By reciting certain mantras and performing austerities one's consciousness is expanded and one develops supernatural abilities. |
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| Such austerities were employed in an attempt to gain insight into the fundamental nature of existence. |
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| During his extensive wanderings, he practiced great austerities, but apparently became disillusioned with these methods. |
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| Moreover, colourful and spectacular films provided a welcome means of escape from the austerities of the post-war era. |
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| Alive, they lit fewer votive candles, and showed less interest in religious confraternities or the austerities of the monastic life. |
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| The clipped lines and metallic austerities of modern design couldn't resist the assaults of this charm offensive inspired by tchotchkes from Mexico, India, and the Southwest. |
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| Self-mortification and individual austerities can be detected, but these are incidental to the eremitical style. |
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| The public's goodwill may survive these austerities, especially if hate figures from former regimes are brought to book. |
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| After much reflection, he resolved to imitate the holy austerities of the saints in order to do penance for his sins. |
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| Furthermore, she took upon herself the austerities practiced by the other sisters fasting, hairshirts, the discipline, and night vigils. |
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| One of the best ways to introduce Shugendo is to focus on mountains austerities, which are the most important rituals in Shugendo! |
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| Indra became fearful of the great sages austerities and he send Cupid to seduce them with the help of the apsaras, the heavenly dancers. |
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| We can divide mountain austerities into 3 elements: the first is the mountain as a sacred place. |
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| Nara and Narayan are two great sages meditating and performing austerities in the Himalayas for ages. |
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| Svayambhuva Manu, along with his wife, Satarupa, went into the forest to practice austerities on the bank of the River Sunanda. |
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| Present in India since the dawn of time, they have developed and tried all the disciplines imaginable and possible to reach this ultimate goal, from yoga to the most extreme austerities. |
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| Our chakras could only be cleansed through many austerities over many years and Kundalini was awakened only after the cleansing process was complete. |
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| He finds the West guilty of humbug in acting decisively against the oppressive puritanism of the Taliban, while indulging the all-too-similar austerities of Saudi Wahhabism. |
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| Maybe the government will always pay up, but other kinds of investment will not necessarily pay off. Indeed, some of Indonesia's fiscal austerities may have come at the expense of the economy as a whole. |
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| The practice of self-mortification, which intensifies or stabilizes the austerities required of the monastic, is found in all monastic traditions. |
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| Simeon's reputation inspired ascetics, both men and women, to emulate and surpass his austerities, some stylites appearing as late as the 19th century in Russia. |
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| I have neither knowledge, nor devotion, nor the merit of austerities. |
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