The life of the Vairagi is very surprising, very, extraordinary, and it is a great puzzle to those who meet him. One might be quite afraid of a man who was lying down with ashes rubbed all over his face and body. or perhaps sitting almost in a fire. His very appearance is so strange. He may be living in a graveyard outside the city, and going into the city only to obtain food for himself and his friends who are Vairagis like himself At other times he goes off into the wilderness and lives there. He spends most of his time in meditation and in striving after the mastery of the self.