There is no holiness without renunciation and spiritual battle. Their mood of renunciation and devotion was exemplary. Hinduism's own use and appropriation of Buddhist and Jain ideals of renunciation and ahimsa, etc. Buddhism has been from its inception primarily a tradition of renunciation and monasticism. Each country sets its own policies for formal renunciation of citizenship. The first historically unquestionable papal renunciation is that of Benedict IX in 1045. Chinese nationality can be relinquished by making a declaration of renunciation. The unilateral renunciation of all military capabilities was questioned by conservative politicians. Advaita Vedanta rejects rituals in favor of renunciation, for example. Even a monk should strive for the "inner renunciation", rather than external pretensions. However, their renunciation of succession rights complicated matters. The practice of giving for example, is one form of cultivating renunciation. It also carries elements of Buddhist renunciation suggested by Wagner's readings of Schopenhauer. This act is the renunciation of the Origin. But it is also a tradition of renunciation.