Category:Ascetics

• ► Buddhist ascetics‎ (5 C, 1 P)
• ► Christian ascetics‎ (4 C)
• ► Hindu ascetics‎ (1 C, 2 P)
• ► Muslim ascetics‎ (1 C)

C

• ► Cynic philosophers‎ (2 C, 20 P)

H

• ► Hermits‎ (6 C, 30 P)

I

• ► Inedia practitioners‎ (8 P)

M

• ► Mendicant orders‎ (7 C, 14 P)
• ► Monks‎ (6 C, 4 P)

N

• ► Nuns‎ (8 C, 4 P)

Y

• ► Yogis‎ (5 C, 8 P)

A

• Mohammad Yousuf Abu al-Farah Tartusi
• Eden ahbez
• Alara Kalama
• Arsenios the Cappadocian

B

• Mahavatar Babaji
• Bahubali
• Banus
• Basil the Younger
• Bhikshatana

C

• Caloyers
• John Cassian
• Catharism
• Sri Chand
• Crates of Thebes

D

• Saint David
• Diogenes

E

• Josemaría Escrivá
• Essenes

F

• Francis of Assisi

G

• Gabriel Urgebadze
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Gaudapada
• Gorakhnath
• Gwladys
• Gwynllyw

I

• Irenarch of Rostov

J

• John the Hairy

K

• Kalamukha
• Kalangi Nathar
• Swami Kalyandev

L

• Lahiri Mahasaya
• Leatherman (vagabond)
• Leo of Cappadocia
• Leoluca
• Luke the Stylite

M

• Al-Maʿarri
• Macarius of Egypt
• Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
• Mahavira
• Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
• Saint Marcella
• Karni Mata
• Matsyendra
• Mendicant orders
• John Moschus

N

• Yogi Naraharinath
• Nath
• Nayakanahatti Thipperudra Swamy
• Nazir (Talmud)

O

• Origen

P

• Paisios of Mount Athos
• Panth Maharaj
• Peace Pilgrim
• Pelagius
• William Pester
• Saint Pharmutius
• Baskaran Pillai
• A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
• Pythagoras

R

• Martha Reeves (anchorite)

S

• Seraphim of Sarov
• Sergius of Radonezh
• Sai Baba of Shirdi
• Shiva
• Sisoes the Great
• Sophronius of Jerusalem
• Elder Tadej Štrbulović
• Venerable Stylianus
• Sundari

T

• Matt Talbot
• Theoctistus of Palestine
• Theodosius the Cenobiarch
• Turlupins

V

• Swami Vivekananda

Y

• Paramahansa Yogananda

Z

• Zachariah the Recluse