Another concept that opens the way for asceticism is the widely accepted belief that a human is composed of a body and a soul. Ascetics believe that the material body is the soul’s prison and that flesh is its enemy.
सन्यासी विश्‍वास करते हैं कि भौतिक देह आत्मा का क़ैदखाना है और शरीर इसका शत्रु है ।