A related Buddhist virtue and practice is renunciation, or the intent for desirelessness ("nekkhamma"). Generally, renunciation is the giving up of actions and desires that are seen as unwholesome on the path, such as lust for sensuality and worldly things. Renunciation can be cultivated in different ways. The practice of giving for example, is one form of cultivating renunciation. Another one is the giving up of lay life and becoming a monastic ("bhiksu" o "bhiksuni"). Practicing celibacy (whether for life as a monk, or temporarily) is also a form of renunciation.</ref> Many Jataka stories such as the focus on how the Buddha practiced renunciation in past lives.