Spiritual Discipline
What Spiritual Discipline means in Religious Studies GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Worship maintains spiritual discipline and constantly reminds Muslims of God's greatness and their duty to submit to His will.
Practices like Salah provide daily spiritual discipline and a personal connection to Allah.
Strict physical and mental meditation, which is the path of Astanga yoga.
Topics that use Spiritual Discipline
- Hinduism - 3.1.4.2 Practices (AQA GCSE)
- Islam (AQA GCSE)
- Islam - 3.1.5.2 Practices (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Equality and unity
- Sunni and Shi'a traditions
- The Ummah (community)
- Accessibility of salvation
- Ahimsa
- Anatta
- Anicca
- Ashura
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