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Morita, Diana B.

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Embracing reverence for life: A critique of ascetic practice.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Embracing reverence for life: A critique of ascetic practice./
Author:	Morita, Diana B.
Description:	141 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 54-03.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International54-03(E).
Subject:	Philosophy of Religion. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=1582871
ISBN:	9781321526189

Embracing reverence for life: A critique of ascetic practice.
Morita, Diana B.

Embracing reverence for life: A critique of ascetic practice. - 141 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 54-03.

Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, Long Beach, 2014.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Because ecstasy and visions often result from ascetic practice, they have been used to gain access to the divine. An alternative view, backed by scientific evidence, is that these are natural phenomena. The body reacts to pain by producing endorphins, which relieve pain, and to sensory deprivation by creating its own sensory stimuli. From this perspective, ascetic practice can be viewed as a form of masochistic form of auto-eroticism. It is no accident that mystics often describe their experiences in sexual terms. The body is made to experience pleasure. Pain is a signal that something is wrong. Rather than punish the body for its ability to feel pleasure through the senses, positive ways of experiencing pleasure should be encouraged; for it is in engaging with the physical world that we develop our moral sense. This is backed by scientific evidence as well.

ISBN: 9781321526189Subjects--Topical Terms:

896987
Philosophy of Religion.

Embracing reverence for life: A critique of ascetic practice.
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