What Are The 5 Ascetics?
What Are The 5 Ascetics? (Pāli). Name for the group of five ascetics to whom the Buddha preached his first sermon in the Deer Park at Vārāṇasī. Their names were Aññāta-Koṇḍañña, Bhaddiya, Vappa, Mahānāma, and Assaji. What are the two types of ascetics? Asceticism is classified into two types, “Natural asceticism” consisting of a lifestyle