AUSTERITY PRACTISE      Dhutanga

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Practise leading to the eradication of defilements.
Scrupulous observance of one or more of thirteen kinds of austere practices, which are denoted by self-denial and austere regimenr, are practiced to dispel evil and remove hindrance to spiritual progress.
The more important ones are: dwelling in a forest, taking only food one receives on the almas-round, wearing robes made out of rags collected from a dust heap, and confining oneself to the use of only three robes.