These thoughts are formed inside and the result will ultimately show on the outside. Watch the outer world and experience the inner world. In this way, you will know the two are complementary to each other. This vehicle is not for any masochistic purpose. The real ascetic is he or she who does not destroy this beautiful vehicle.
Ignorant people torture their body instead of changing their perception.
They punish it as though the body were the cause of their suffering. They do not see that the body can be at their command. It is inside perception which must be changed. Keep your body and mind clean and you will go toward godliness. Someone with a dirty body, unclean mouth, ill-smelling clothes is not headed for salvation.