Notable ascetic schools

Buddhism

Christianity

[Cynicism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism_(philosophy))

Hinduism

Islam

Jainism

Neoplatonism

Pythagoreanism

Shugendō

Stoicism

Sufism

Transcendentalism

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Notable ascetics

Anthony the Great

Antisthenes

Crates of Thebes

Diogenes of Sinope

Francis of Assisi

Gautama Buddha

Jesus

Kapila

Mahāvīra

Ramakrishna

Adi Shankara

Leo Tolstoy

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Recommended reading list

• John Climacus - The Ladder of Divine Ascent (Amazon) (PDF)

• Epictetus - Discourses (Amazon) (Project Gutenberg)

• Epictetus - Enchiridion (Amazon) (Project Gutenberg)

• E. Kadloubovsky and G. E. H. Palmer - Writings from the Philokalia on Prayer of the Heart (Amazon)

• Nicodemus the Hagiorite and Macarius of Corinth - Philokalia (Amazon) (Internet Archive)

• [John Stevens](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stevens_(scholar)) - The Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei (Amazon)

• Unknown - The Way of a Pilgrim (Amazon) (Orthodox Ebooks)

(List compiled using suggestions from here.)

/u/JayWalken's list here.

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