| In the 11 th century in the Middle East the Shiite sect known as the Assassins would eat hashish before murdering civilian foes. |
| Followers of Jain religion and a sect of Buddhists are known to propagate the teachings of non-violence and strictly avoid eating meat. |
| Depending on the sect of Buddhism, the word bodhisattva has essentially two meanings. |
| The Bogomils ' ideas were formed under the influence of a sect widely spread in Byzantium. |
| Sallinen was born at Narmes, the son of a tailor who belonged to the puritanical religious sect of the Hihhulit. |
| Gymnosophy was originally the doctrines of a sect of philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditation. |
