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>...the emphasis was generally on self-imposed mortifications as a substitute
for martyrdom, not as a penance for sin.
but surely the original raison for "mortifications" was neither, but rather as
a part of spiritual "discipline" ? the hindoo sadhu is interested in neither
martyrdom nor penance for "sin".
christopher
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