Search results for "Contemplation" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Rooted in the ancient tradition of Christian asceticism and contemplation ... prayers often involved stillness and contemplation, similar to forms of ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 11:44, 22 January 2024
- knowledge of God through prayer and contemplation, even more than his substantial ... Symeon's attitude was one of mystical contemplation, more typical ...8 KB (1,279 words) - 20:50, 17 April 2023
- the next three years. This period of contemplation culminated in the writing ... the intelligent interpretation and contemplation of which leads one, inevitably ...13 KB (1,943 words) - 13:25, 4 February 2023
- at a cross-faith conference on contemplation when he touched a badly ... from their inmost selves. The way to contemplation is still the way to reality ...21 KB (3,278 words) - 21:22, 30 April 2023
- as the Smaller Pure Land Sutra; and the Contemplation Sutra, or Visualization ... Pure Land Sutra"); and the Contemplation Sutra (Visualization ...16 KB (2,491 words) - 14:15, 27 January 2023
- could be achieved through philosophical contemplation, the highest level and ... of the one. Thus, the function of contemplation to be the process of ...11 KB (1,605 words) - 16:18, 11 November 2022
- for extending the monastic teachings of contemplation and self-denial to the layperson, and taught that the purpose of the Christian life was ...6 KB (862 words) - 09:54, 26 January 2023
- in a state where the mind rests in the contemplation of the infinite goodness ... supreme end of life is such a union, in contemplation or intellect and in intense ...20 KB (3,032 words) - 07:21, 17 November 2023
- was through an intellectual ascent to the contemplation of ever higher beings, culminating in contemplation of the First Cause (God) and the temporary ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 07:15, 23 August 2023
- lives dedicated to isolation and contemplation. Such discipline allows ... from the unreal through intense study and contemplation ...14 KB (2,256 words) - 02:15, 23 December 2022
- God that is beyond human understanding is by the contemplation of these symbols. He then discusses the philosophy of these symbolic terms that appear ...7 KB (1,028 words) - 08:24, 2 December 2022
- part of an ascetic lifestyle, often devoted to contemplation. The voluntary aspect has led it to be included among the counsels of perfection. ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 00:44, 5 December 2023
- Tukaram spent much of his time in contemplation and study of the works of Jnaneswar, Namdev and Eknath, famous saints of his native land. He ...13 KB (2,044 words) - 18:41, 2 May 2023
- purging of the impure; illumination leading to contemplation; and nourishing perfection through contemplation. Of particular interest to twentieth-century ...14 KB (2,170 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- and cathedrals, a favored object of contemplation. This may partially be ... crucifix, sometimes looking at it in contemplation, or merely in front of ...15 KB (2,416 words) - 06:30, 11 January 2024
- of the Guan Xin Lun (Treatise on the Contemplation of the Mind, written ... upāya; Wade Giles: fang-pien) for “contemplation of the mind,” advocating ...14 KB (2,174 words) - 09:57, 23 May 2023
- world was not distinct from Dharma. Contemplation of poetry, art, literature or drama could lead to enlightenment, since, if done in the context ...15 KB (2,260 words) - 05:41, 27 February 2023
- differed from Maimonides in emphasizing contemplation of goodness as a moral ... itself, while Maimonides stressed that contemplation should lead to positive ...21 KB (3,070 words) - 03:04, 23 December 2022
- practice of Dzogchen teaching is Dzogchen 'contemplation,' which is rendered in English as "The View." "The View" when stabilized ...18 KB (2,673 words) - 01:18, 16 January 2023
- but also spent a good deal of time in silent contemplation. During the plague of 1583 at Granada, he ministered heroically to the sick, a sacrifice which ...8 KB (1,278 words) - 13:07, 5 September 2022
