penances

All penances and vows are worthless without it.

没有了它，所有的誓言都是没有意义的。

Brahman! O my child! Cease from practising further penances.

婆罗门！我的孩子！请停止练习进一步的苦行。

In the performing of penances it is essential to be indifferent to their results.

在苦修之时，人们不应当过于在意苦修的结果。

Then holy works will be of greater value than many fair words; strictness of life and hard penances will be more pleasing than all earthly delights.

高谈雄辩，比不上圣善事功。世俗的快乐，比不上克己苦身更能叫人喜欢。

It discontinued many practices of medieval religious life, such as obligatory penances and fasts and a common uniform, and instead focused on military-style mobility and adaptability.

该会不再奉行中世纪宗教生活的许多规矩，如必须苦修和斋戒、穿统一制服等，而主张军队式的机动灵活，并知所变通。

and, without bhakti, all penances, austerities, and rites are futile.

没有了巴克提，所有的修持，苦行，仪式都是无用。

Penances

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Among the twelve penances, internal and external which are experienced by one wise person, there si no penance, that equals or will be equal to the study of scriptures. (479

在十二种修行中，智慧的人会进行内心和外在的修行；没有任何修行能够代替对典籍的研习。