The ideal and practical way to plant water lilies is in strong, plastic containers approximately 30 cm diameter x 12 cm deep. It is a simple task then to lift these containers for dividing every two years.
The adjective ascetic derives from the ancient Greek term askÄsis, which means training or exercise. The original usage did not refer to self-denial, but to the physical training required for athletic events. Its usage later extended to rigorous practices that are used in all major religious traditions, in varying degrees to attain redemption and higher spirituality.
The idea of asceticism being hand in hand with an ethical life or one with piety, ignored by Plato and Aristotle and somewhat dealt with by the Cynics, formed the core of another philosophy in 281 BC â Stoicism when Zeno of Citium would discover Socrates' works and then learn from Crates, a Cynic philosopher.