If we deliberately seek the absolute bottom, we become ascetics.

如果我们刻意追求绝对的底端，我们就变成了苦行僧。

You can recognize its members by their yellow robes and their austere way of life.

你可以从黄色的僧袍和他们苦行的生活方式上认出他们。

It loves the austere and the ascetical as much as it loves the sensuous.

它爱护苦行禁欲的就像它也爱护肉体感官。

It has nothing to do with any ascetic personal style or with being self-effacing.

它既不是苦行僧一样的禁欲，也不是自我谦卑。

But the furniture was his, so I'll have to begin in a state of Trappist simplicity.

家具是他的，所以我可能要过一阵苦行僧的日子了。

But in an example to ascetics everywhere, that meal need not be dreary just because it is spare.

对于各地的苦行僧来说，那顿饭不会仅仅因为它是简朴的就令沮丧。

The mix of asceticism and mysticism suggests an author who thinks the real action is happening in another realm.

苦行主义和神秘主义的混合表明，作者认为真正的行动发生在另一个领域。

Diogenes disciplined himself through rigorous ascetic training and learned to live life without any luxuries — physical or psychological.

第欧根尼通过严格的苦行训练来约束自己，并会了在没有任何奢华物品的情况下生活——无论是身体上还是心理上。

A crowd had gathered in the middle of the street around a man who was dervishing around, whirling swords.

一群聚集在街道中央，围绕着一个正挥舞着剑的苦行僧。

Mevlana's dervishes whirl themselves into a meditative trance.

梅乌拉那 (Mevlana) 的苦行僧们旋转着自己进入冥想的恍惚状态。

But we’re not talking about fun populist religion, we’re talking about old-school ascetic Buddhism.

我们不是在谈论有趣的民粹主义宗教，而是在谈论老派的苦行佛教。

This is not about becoming a digital monk and abstinence.

这并不是要成为数字苦行僧并禁欲。

The austerity of that life may appease your God.

那种生活的苦行可能会安抚你的上帝。

I'm en route to Persia to visit a famous holy man, a fakir.

我会去波斯拜访一个着名的圣 一个苦行僧。

My fakir Andrawathi is an amazing man.

我的苦行僧Andrawathi是一个了不起的。

The fat Boggis was hopping about like a dervish and shouting, 'Faster!

胖博吉斯像苦行僧一样跳来跳去，大喊：“快点！”

They emphasize abstract principles, asceticism, and transcendence of material concerns.

他们强调抽象原则、苦行主义以及超越物质关切。

He undertook a long penance to the god Brahma, but the creator god rejected his request.

他进行了长时间的苦行，向创造之神梵天祈求，梵天拒绝了其请求。

Eventually Gautama became an ascetic, fasting and meditating for days at a time, hoping to find enlightenment.

最终，乔达摩成为了苦行者，一次禁食和冥想几天，希望找到启蒙。

Their room was a Mediterranean room, almost ascetic, almost clean, darkened to the glare of the sea.

他们的房间是一间地中海风格的房间， 几乎是苦行僧式的， 几乎是干净的， 在大海的映照下显得昏暗。