Search results for "Abstinence" - New World Encyclopedia
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- and without desire…. When there is this abstinence from action, good order is universal." DDJ (3), translated by James Legge and accessed ...24 KB (3,958 words) - 14:34, 20 May 2023
- liturgy-centered life with days of fasting and abstinence. Their devotion to the Mar Thoma Cross was absolute, and their churches were modeled after ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 22:35, 11 January 2024
- as experts weighed the claims of complete abstinence from food. Believers referenced the duality of mind and body, while skeptics insisted on the ...25 KB (3,785 words) - 05:13, 31 July 2023
- morality (such as thrift and abstinence from alcohol) rather than social activism. In the last quarter of the twentieth century, social work become ...28 KB (4,129 words) - 15:02, 27 April 2023
- * “Inability is a disaster; patience is bravery; abstinence is a treasure, self-restraint is a shield; and the best companion is submission ...25 KB (4,139 words) - 18:19, 21 July 2023
- of goddess's mythos (from her sexual abstinence and her association with virginal handmaidens, to her status as a nature deity (or huntress ...26 KB (4,093 words) - 10:51, 16 August 2023
- King was left reputedly furious at his enforced abstinence. Kenneth Rose, King George V. (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1983, ISBN 0297782452). ...28 KB (4,475 words) - 16:52, 22 November 2023
- Fridays, and the Christian calendars prescribe abstinence from some foods at various times of the year; but these customs vary from place to place, and ...30 KB (4,716 words) - 23:04, 8 April 2021
- with AA attendance was increased abstinence, followed by reductions in alcohol-related consequences. "The magnitude of these benefits did ...34 KB (5,182 words) - 05:06, 17 June 2023
- * Abstinence from drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes, and taking drugs. * Detachment from the material world. * Meditation, preferably at 3:00 ...33 KB (4,966 words) - 15:00, 23 October 2023
- followed by acute withdrawal/abstinence. The proposed mechanism of neural kindling leads to neurotoxicity of structures involved in learning ...37 KB (5,241 words) - 17:51, 31 October 2023
- However, abstinence from action is regarded as being just as detrimental as extreme indulgence. According to the Bhagavadgita, the goal of life ...33 KB (5,198 words) - 10:54, 9 March 2023
- from the seven holy virtues (chastity, abstinence, generosity, diligence, patience, kindness, and humility), which the poet Prudentius (348-c ...43 KB (6,406 words) - 20:37, 3 May 2023
- at grand ceremonies by practicing abstinence. Inside a great gong, certain individual buildings were also called “gongs.” The Qing emperors ...41 KB (6,198 words) - 17:00, 10 December 2023
- enter into strict fasting and abstinence on this day, along with prayer and meditation. Devotees consider their austerities to be among the most ...42 KB (6,471 words) - 14:11, 3 May 2023
- treatment is increasing. However, abstinence rates following behavioral therapies have been modest, and there are no effective pharmacotherapies ...52 KB (7,118 words) - 05:48, 15 June 2023
- asserts that Adventists live longer due to their abstinence from smoking and drinking, as well as their healthy, low-fat vegetarian diet rich in nuts ...48 KB (7,327 words) - 10:10, 26 January 2023
- During the period of Fr. Matthew's total abstinence crusades many temperance rallies were held, the most notable being a huge rally held on St ...44 KB (6,781 words) - 18:16, 24 January 2024
- Grant was as he is today, a strictly total abstinence man, and I have been informed by those who knew him well, that such has been his habit for the ...47 KB (7,335 words) - 03:32, 17 November 2023
- would disrupt the Christian life and that abstinence was the best way to achieve the clarity of the soul. Tertullian's views would later influence ...57 KB (8,333 words) - 20:17, 31 January 2024
- adapted to convey social messages, such as abstinence and anti-caste criticism, as well as information about legal rights, and has spread to other parts ...56 KB (8,191 words) - 16:28, 13 January 2024
- groups that tend to emphasize sexual abstinence over condom use. Associated Press, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/01/29/quarter-of-bushs ...61 KB (9,229 words) - 08:20, 23 January 2023
- in 1995, encourages young people to choose sexual abstinence before marriage, and fidelity within marriage. PLA holds marches and rallies to raise public ...69 KB (10,533 words) - 13:50, 28 April 2023
- is NOT Doing It!: Emotional Roller Coaster,” Abstinence Education Video Series, M.L. Productions, 2002. This is an application of the classic ...70 KB (11,122 words) - 04:14, 4 November 2022
- clothing, sleep, and sex, asceticism teaches abstinence from worldly pleasures and denying the body's desires in order to prepare a foundation for ...102 KB (16,134 words) - 19:54, 31 December 2023
- standing in NAM was damaged by Cuba's abstinence from the U.N.'s General Assembly condemnation of the Soviet war in Afghanistan. Cuba's ...103 KB (15,063 words) - 17:34, 26 March 2024
