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
- spiritual self-concentration and inner contemplation, known in mystical nomenclature ... the “prayer of quiet” or acquired contemplation, is drawn from the well ...22 KB (3,548 words) - 03:48, 30 April 2023
- Stephen intended to retire to a life of holy contemplation and hand ... Stephen intended to retire to a life of holy contemplation and hand ...19 KB (3,077 words) - 20:02, 9 February 2023
- that which is joined with Him in our contemplation, but all providence, ... and finally a darkness of the mind in contemplation of the God who cannot ...19 KB (2,913 words) - 18:10, 31 January 2023
- the head between the knees, absorbed in contemplation and murmuring prayers ... of which marked both the end of his contemplation and his lapse into unconsciousness ...26 KB (4,149 words) - 06:08, 13 June 2023
- to the foreign-policy adventuring and contemplation of pre-emptive war, which culminated in German readiness for conflict in 1914. ...9 KB (1,394 words) - 19:48, 26 March 2020
- eternal and eventually a realization in contemplation that the true self merges ... in right mindfulness and right contemplation. Ninian Smart, The Religious ...25 KB (3,722 words) - 21:26, 7 September 2023
- require some measure of faith in a divinity and contemplation of perhaps multiple methods of communication. For example, in the modern era; the ...10 KB (1,553 words) - 19:17, 22 August 2023
- through philosophy and intellectual contemplation; * The belief that ... be liberated, or enlightened, through contemplation, leading to insight. ...32 KB (4,977 words) - 22:15, 30 November 2022
- of Amida. In addition to the Larger Sutra, the Contemplation Sutra and the Amitabha Sutra (The Smaller Sutra of Immeasurable Life) are important to the ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 13:45, 1 August 2022
- Eudaimonism is an ethical theory which maintains that happiness (eudaimonia) is reached through virtue (aretê). Eudaimonia and aretê are two ...33 KB (5,174 words) - 04:41, 22 March 2024
- everyday world in order to practice true contemplation. Iamblichus devoted much of his work to the defense of mystic theurgic divine possession against ...10 KB (1,415 words) - 05:40, 30 November 2022
- to persevere. Even though he sees contemplation of God as the highest ... Nature through physics can be seen as contemplation of God. Arne Næss, the ...28 KB (4,336 words) - 11:00, 20 September 2023
- poems were his earnest attempts to instigate contemplation in those who viewed life and death as subtleties, and the musical and rhythmic nature of ...10 KB (1,518 words) - 18:02, 3 May 2023
- Prayer/Contemplation/Reflection: For example, love of the Gospel of ... that there must be a spirit of prayer, contemplation, and reflection that ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 17:16, 30 January 2024
- Hashanah Readings: Inspiration, Information, and Contemplation. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Pub, 2006. ISBN 978-1580232395. * Hoenig, Sidney ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 19:18, 16 December 2022
- said about him, “Never in a human head was contemplation more separated from desire.” Wright died suddenly of a stroke on September 12, 1875 ...12 KB (1,761 words) - 00:45, 5 December 2023
- of essential breath energy. In contemplation, the practitioner watches thoughts as they arise and recede. [[Image:The_Immortal_Soul_of_the_Taoist_Adept ...12 KB (1,770 words) - 17:27, 30 April 2023
- a fire that broke out, remaining in blissful contemplation while confusion and chaos reigned around him. When an epidemic struck Lima, 60 residents ...10 KB (1,693 words) - 15:53, 7 November 2022
- certain practices that encourage the contemplation of the divine mysteries ... spent long periods in meditation and contemplation. Indeed, the tradition ...38 KB (5,451 words) - 00:07, 13 July 2021
- by human consciousness. Intuition is the direct contemplation of objects, and furthermore the assembling of the entire set of cognition from sensory perception ...12 KB (1,405 words) - 04:12, 15 November 2022
- of its encouragement of solitary and silent contemplation. Before this, however, he traveled to Medina del Campo, where he met the charismatic Saint ...11 KB (1,755 words) - 08:11, 3 August 2022
- was Upon Appleton House, a poem written as a contemplation of the merits of a life of public service as opposed to a life of inner insight. This marked ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 17:58, 27 July 2023
- philosophical tradition had elevated contemplation and ideas over actual ... visible and not just a quality of inner contemplation. Freedom was first experienced ...24 KB (3,560 words) - 18:02, 23 January 2024
- second is the devata, which corresponds to the Contemplation insofar as the devata is the method we use for developing the state discovered in the initial ...12 KB (1,771 words) - 17:37, 24 January 2024
- where he passed his remaining years in religious contemplation, although he was still very much sought out as a diplomat by Pope Urban V. He died in Arquà ...11 KB (1,750 words) - 01:38, 24 November 2022
- * [http://www.crystalrivers.com/poetry/brahma.html Contemplation of Brahmā - The creative power of the Infinite] * [http://www.dollsofindia.com/brahma ...12 KB (1,970 words) - 22:34, 20 November 2023
- myself," said Fresnel, "by a pure contemplation of the facts, that it was not possible to discover the true explanation of double refraction ...11 KB (1,814 words) - 21:58, 30 November 2021
- of her personal time was spent in religious contemplation. In 1938, President Franklin Roosevelt named Joseph Kennedy Ambassador to the Court ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 19:16, 16 December 2022
- power is limited and soon exhausted in the contemplation of the things the truth of which it would find; therefore, of necessity, there must be something ...13 KB (2,036 words) - 07:18, 10 August 2022
- counselor with time for reflection, contemplation and discourse with God as to their meaning. She has realized that her visions were not just ...13 KB (2,141 words) - 20:48, 17 April 2023
