Asceticism, the practice of denying one's own personal desires in search of spiritual growth, has existed for thousands of years across a wide variety of traditions. We discuss some of those traditions.
I discuss the idea of how everything is connected through the Daoist lense of Yin and Yang and the Buddhist concept of interdependence.
We discuss the stories of Avalokiteshvara as well as how Jesus responded to the loss of a friend.