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- to describe a type of Buddhist meditation practice called "insight meditation ... includes body awareness as part of the practice, it is not a "body ...12 KB (1,796 words) - 20:31, 3 May 2023
- Chant is the rhythmic speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two pitches (reciting tones). Chants may range from a ...5 KB (821 words) - 01:44, 4 December 2023
- Jodo shu sought to provide people with a simple Buddhist practice ... had been excluded from serious Buddhist practice up to this point. This included ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 13:45, 1 August 2022
- Falun Gong (Chinese: 法轮功: meaning "Practice of the Wheel ... 1993 Asian Health Expo in Beijing. The practice originally surfaced in the ...14 KB (2,259 words) - 00:36, 25 March 2024
- until the early twentieth century. The practice originated among entertainers ... young girls. Another theory traces the practice to Prince Li Yu, who ruled ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 06:18, 1 April 2024
- quot; (skillfull means) in religious practice. When made to be worn as ... Vajrayana Buddhism derives from several sources including the practice ...7 KB (1,107 words) - 14:11, 3 May 2023
- == Doctrine and Practice == The central doctrine lies in the tenets ... :*Timeless Zen, Placeless Zen - Practice meditation continuously, ...8 KB (1,141 words) - 14:59, 17 April 2023
- and Sikhism. Within Christianity, the practice derives from the scriptures ... Tertullian (145-220 C.E.) mentions the practice in his De Corona, but gives ...15 KB (2,385 words) - 15:11, 5 September 2022
- proper defense argumentation may in practice constitute presumption of ... burden of proof on the victim, since in practice harassment or discrimination ...10 KB (1,581 words) - 01:39, 15 December 2022
- branches of Christianity, the ancient practice of Hesychasm remains a very ... time, Mount Athos became a centre for the practice of Hesychasm and by the ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 11:44, 22 January 2024
- the Americas. Smudge sticks are used in a practice known as smudging, in which ... and rituals involving smudging, a practice that involves the burning ...12 KB (1,808 words) - 21:20, 30 January 2023
- through") is an advanced spiritual practice and discipline arising from ... forms of Chöd, the success of the practice allows the practitioner ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 22:01, 10 December 2023
- focused on arduous meditation and koan practice, and was accessible to laypersons ... he repented and dedicated himself to the practice of Zen. ...14 KB (2,265 words) - 16:55, 21 January 2024
- Alms or almsgiving is the general practice of charitable giving to ... Related to almsgiving is the practice of giving a tithe. In English ...12 KB (1,965 words) - 08:19, 23 July 2023
- the first woman in the United States to practice medicine with a college ... school. Desiring to apply herself to the practice of medicine, she took up ...7 KB (1,033 words) - 16:15, 13 February 2024
- "convinced that, through this practice, they would easily attain ... quot;The grace of God is preserved by the practice of the commandments," ...8 KB (1,279 words) - 20:50, 17 April 2023
- *Booth, Pat F. Indexing: The Manual of Good Practice. München: K ... *Lancaster, F. Wilfrid. Indexing and Abstracting in Theory and Practice ...12 KB (1,732 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- mark progress in the course of meditation practice, and the phenomenon that ... reason; in time, with reflection and practice, imagery and reason converge ...12 KB (1,770 words) - 17:27, 30 April 2023
- enact mudra, make votive offerings and practice various tantric rituals ... Samual (1998, 126) holds that "...serious Tantric practice is ...14 KB (2,144 words) - 04:22, 18 April 2024
- In sociology and biology, infanticide is the practice of intentionally ... In sociology and biology, infanticide is the practice of intentionally ...20 KB (2,994 words) - 22:37, 5 February 2023
- composers of madrigals to utilize the practice of musical "imitation ... emotions, Baroque composers developed the practice of consciously expressing ...10 KB (1,490 words) - 21:24, 30 April 2023
- "Death yoga" (or "death practice") is an important aspect ... commentary for this kind of traditional practice. This Death yoga should ...13 KB (1,966 words) - 23:24, 30 April 2023
- masters, although their adoption of the practice of Dzogchen has been a source ... #039; that is discovered in the Dzogchen practice. Norbu (1999), 99, 101 ...18 KB (2,673 words) - 01:18, 16 January 2023
- items from one's forebearers, namely the practice of passing on property, titles, debts, and obligations after death. Also of interest to sociologists ...3 KB (403 words) - 15:38, 2 August 2022
- In Christian religious practice, infant baptism is the baptism of ... Reformation, numerous denominations practice adult or believer's ...16 KB (2,399 words) - 22:37, 5 February 2023
- or she can act with a range of options that best fit the situation, even if ... The mental and emotional state needed to practice the art of improvisation ...10 KB (1,481 words) - 15:30, 4 February 2023
- Daoxin’s teachings emphasized the practice of meditation. He and ... the Buddha’s name as part of his practice; Daoxin’s practice was ...14 KB (2,072 words) - 19:44, 22 May 2020
- in writing than it has been realized in practice. While group marriages have ... It is difficult to estimate the number of people who actually practice ...14 KB (2,144 words) - 12:30, 24 January 2023
- achieving a certain state of mind in the practice of the art. Thus, Kyudo ... and spiritual development. Many archers practice kyudo simply as a sport ...13 KB (2,130 words) - 04:14, 6 October 2022
- Indian meditation, yoga, and devotional practice. There are numerous types ... In Indian religious practice, the role of mudras as a concentration ...13 KB (2,114 words) - 17:54, 10 November 2022
- monks following Jogye practice. The order currently comprises nearly ... Buddhism. Adherants of the Jogye order practice Seon Buddhism, seeking a ...16 KB (2,359 words) - 06:43, 5 April 2024
- especially kings or presidents since the best have lived selflessly for ... (Hall of Eternal Comfort). This practice of expansion continued, ...6 KB (863 words) - 19:53, 4 May 2024
- came close to death. He continued this practice for one year, but discontinued ... he taught his wife Sarada-devi how to practice sadhana ("means to ...11 KB (1,615 words) - 15:51, 18 June 2022
- became the first woman ever allowed to practice at the bar of the United ... Still, she was not allowed to practice in the U.S. Court of Claims ...11 KB (1,718 words) - 08:56, 27 September 2023
- church music, and is considered among the best of its earliest composers ... from this period. As was the prevailing practice, these pieces were intended ...6 KB (933 words) - 22:55, 30 April 2023
- It has been an ancient and widespread practice. Often, the dowry is reciprocated ... Today, the practice has decreased in developed countries and urban ...20 KB (3,330 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- The practice of confession in the Judeo-Christian tradition goes back ... In the Christian churches, confession became a more formalized practice ...20 KB (3,112 words) - 18:56, 15 May 2020
- and case work became part of social work practice. During the twentieth century ... goes back to ancient times, and the practice of providing for the poor ...28 KB (4,129 words) - 15:02, 27 April 2023
- (kwakwaka'wakw) continue the practice of potlatch. Illustrated ... by anthropologists, the understanding and practice of such customs has not ...10 KB (1,450 words) - 05:54, 30 November 2022
- life as a punishment and philosophy as practice for death. ... life as a punishment, and philosophy as practice for death. Crantor recounted ...6 KB (970 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- in contemporary art and curatorial practice (for example, at the Kingston ... * MSL 2000H Curatorial Practice (With the approval of the Graduate ...10 KB (1,517 words) - 06:45, 12 January 2024
- quot;) is a tantric deity that might best be described as a female embodiment ... yab-yum consort, to become a stand-alone practice of anuttarayoga tantra in ...12 KB (1,771 words) - 17:37, 24 January 2024
- province has its regulations for civil engineering practice. Engineering exam and the Principles and Practice exam (commonly called the ...12 KB (1,647 words) - 22:27, 10 December 2023
- anthropology, polygyny is a marital practice in which a man has more ... |right|250px|Polygyny, the marriagemarital practice in which a man ...15 KB (2,204 words) - 08:44, 24 November 2022
- The Shuar have achieved notoriety through their customary practice ... of Western fascination with their former practice of shrinking human heads ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 17:14, 27 October 2020
- Repentance is an effective spiritual practice for humbling the self and ... Ash Wednesday, and some suggest that the practice is of pagan origin and is ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 04:01, 18 August 2023
- 2697-2598 B.C.E.). Xiuzhen means “to practice and learn the way of the ... Xiu (修) means “to practice” or “to better;” Zhen (真), ...15 KB (2,159 words) - 17:32, 11 October 2020
- The origins of basso continuo practice are somewhat unclear. Improvised ... had there not been an already existing practice of choral accompaniment ...16 KB (2,493 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2024
- The practice of emotional "imitation" can be found in the ... emotions, Baroque composers developed the practice of consciously expressing ...9 KB (1,342 words) - 04:56, 5 November 2022
- of bride price has often been lost as the practice became a requirement for ... The same culture may simultaneously practice both dowry and bride price. ...14 KB (2,300 words) - 02:03, 12 January 2023
- them with leashes). Out of this literal practice arose the metaphorical idea ... knowledge, or theory, and Yoga represents practice. The goal of Yoga ...21 KB (3,177 words) - 00:10, 8 December 2022
- " in New York City, in 1952. The practice was based on the seminal ... he attempted to begin a psychotherapy practice. Ultimately, being a peripatetic ...13 KB (1,898 words) - 07:06, 15 April 2024
- that everyone should have absolute liberty to practice his belief according to the dictates of his conscience…. Speaking about the vision of ...11 KB (1,665 words) - 06:54, 16 June 2023
- Jr. was in support of polygamy, if not in practice, then at least in principle. ... marriage, and when Strang began to openly practice the doctrine in 1849, several ...14 KB (2,236 words) - 05:01, 7 May 2024
- through their many lifetimes of spiritual practice. Their alleged magical powers ... agency of karma, as a result of extended practice (sadhana), through rigorous ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 20:06, 21 April 2023
- in some matters of traditional practice that are not matters of ... Succession and unchanged theology and practice. Orthodox distinctives ...12 KB (1,717 words) - 17:40, 12 February 2024
- one day. If someone wants to carry the practice to the next day, he or she ... The six perfections (paramita) are another aspect of the practice ...19 KB (2,911 words) - 07:48, 18 November 2022
- Eye") is considered by many to be the best philosophical work written ... and time. This work is considered the best philosophical work written ...13 KB (2,020 words) - 16:34, 29 January 2024
- Snake charming refers to the practice of hypnotizing a snake by playing ... to one form of snake charming, though the practice as it exists today likely ...17 KB (2,596 words) - 21:41, 30 January 2023
- Early Christianity abandoned this practice in favor of a belief that ... for their sins. Traditionally, the practice of sin-offerings and the ...20 KB (3,117 words) - 06:36, 14 June 2023
- a body of esoteric knowledge and tantric practice. Some scholars see Vajrayana ... Vajrayana practice declined in China and Mongolia with the fall of ...27 KB (4,057 words) - 22:19, 21 January 2024
- City Lawyer: The Autobiography of a Law Practice (1942), provides a colorful ... "made his living off a corporate practice in New York, but seemed ...9 KB (1,434 words) - 05:44, 9 January 2023
- important depiction of Jewish history and practice shortly before the birth ... Edward Hanna notes, "the Apostolic practice of praying for the dead ...14 KB (2,345 words) - 14:29, 2 July 2022
- fame as a writer; he was one of the best regarded American poets of ... which had been a mainstay of medical practice since antiquity. ...15 KB (2,269 words) - 10:32, 11 March 2023
- Hongren emphasized meditation practice, teaching that the Pure Mind ... skills as well as engaging in meditation practice. McRae disputes this ...14 KB (1,945 words) - 17:46, 15 May 2020
- agree that, in this particular case, the best approach is to withhold extraordinary ... a descriptive discipline. As a corporate practice and a career specialization ...12 KB (1,559 words) - 15:55, 11 August 2023
- while fortune-telling is a more everyday practice for personal purposes. Divination ... and are specially trained in the practice and interpretation of their ...16 KB (2,402 words) - 15:31, 29 January 2024
- Victor is best known for his role in the Easter controversy, in which ... "Quartodecimans" to join in the practice of the Roman Church. He ...14 KB (2,181 words) - 04:06, 26 November 2022
- Buddha manifested through a chanting practice called the nembutsu (mindful ... school, which taught that only nembutsu practice was necessary for liberation ...23 KB (3,447 words) - 20:10, 24 April 2023
- Frederick the Great, who allowed him to practice medicine and made him a ... While carrying on a successful medical practice in Leiden, he published ...12 KB (1,863 words) - 21:12, 4 October 2022
- could not deduce new rulings. In practice, a fresh interpretation ... In early Islam ijtihad was a commonly used legal practice, and was ...12 KB (1,870 words) - 00:00, 19 December 2020
- intellectual understanding of it, and he is best known for his terse style ... episode elucidates a central theme of Zen practice: the almost exclusive value ...16 KB (2,456 words) - 05:18, 17 November 2023
- a twelfth century Chinese Chan (Zen) master best known as a keen advocate of ... Although he believed that koans were the best way to achieve enlightenment ...16 KB (2,594 words) - 16:55, 13 May 2020
- However, it is also possible to practice an exclusivist faith while ... certain rights, including the right to practice their religions openly and ...15 KB (2,291 words) - 10:03, 29 July 2022
- outside their region, they return to practice traditional ways especially ... gradually declined in recent years. That practice reportedly started because ...11 KB (1,672 words) - 05:57, 11 August 2023
- Paul, Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice, (Thames and Hudson, 2000 ... Paul. Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice. Thames & Hudson, 2000 ...9 KB (1,300 words) - 10:23, 26 September 2023
- lineage) claim that this path of practice is the key to escaping the ... in his or her daily life. Describing this practice, the Magga-vibhanga Sutta states: ...22 KB (3,259 words) - 02:48, 17 January 2023
- several other late New Testament writings in the practice of shunning those whose teachings it found threatening and offensive. This led in later years ...8 KB (1,363 words) - 17:41, 25 January 2023
- reference state that is unattainable in practice, like the absolute zero ... to the imperfect vacuum realizable in practice. The term "partial ...15 KB (2,209 words) - 19:32, 8 October 2022
- nearly 300 flute concertos), he is best known today as the author of Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversiere zu spielen (1752), a treatise ...4 KB (526 words) - 14:49, 1 August 2022
- faith. And third, the profound spiritual practice of Yoga that embraces the ... dynasty. Sampradaya is a body of practice, views and attitudes, transmitted ...15 KB (2,058 words) - 02:15, 23 December 2022
- is the most advanced form of Vajrayana practice; it certainly is one of ... cycles of human breathing, it teaches the practice of working with the most ...25 KB (3,831 words) - 06:50, 28 February 2023
- 250px|right|Baptists were named for their practice of adult baptism.]] ... who sort refuge and the freedom to practice their religion without interference ...8 KB (1,224 words) - 00:38, 10 February 2023
- achievements in Samyama, the three-tiered practice of meditation including ... to be the eighth or highest limb of yogic practice, where one attains complete ...11 KB (1,661 words) - 02:04, 23 December 2022
- hair on the soles of the feet, and the practice of coprophagy (reingestion ... in their digestive tract, and the practice of coprophagy (feces-eating ...10 KB (1,559 words) - 05:35, 4 March 2023
- Great" was attached. He is perhaps best known for having met Attila ... to be errors, Leo wrote to rebuke this practice. He required a solemn abjuration ...15 KB (2,335 words) - 20:05, 25 October 2022
- on an individual basis to achieve the best possible health outcome. In ... usually require formal qualifications to practice their profession. In addition ...24 KB (3,245 words) - 17:08, 17 June 2020
- in the late fifteenth century, the practice of pitch modification—called ... Moving to the subdominant is a standard practice in the trio section of a ...13 KB (2,131 words) - 19:27, 9 November 2022
- rush of rapid motion, as in Clementi's best works. ... The practice of the Classical music era would become decisive for ...27 KB (4,193 words) - 16:32, 14 October 2022
- cups, but the use of a common cup and the practice of communion by dipping ... them. Closed communion was the universal practice of the early Church. The ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 04:40, 22 March 2024
- professor of medical theory and clinical practice at the University of Pennsylvania ... Colonies in 1769, Rush opened a medical practice in Philadelphia and became ...13 KB (1,960 words) - 09:56, 28 September 2023
- by his New Zealand experiences. He is best known for his utopian satire ... In the chapter, "Musical Banks," Butler compares the practice ...14 KB (2,261 words) - 02:22, 23 December 2022
- The practice persevered in Scotland because the Acts of Union 1707 ... overseas colonies at that time, so the practice of common-law marriage continued ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 00:09, 8 January 2024
- is a school of medical philosophy and practice that seeks to improve health ... science and naturopathic principles and practice. ===Naturopathy in India=== ...20 KB (2,831 words) - 04:22, 11 March 2023
- widespread in the ancient world and the practice has existed from prehistoric ... For the ancient Greeks, necromancy was also a popular practice. In ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 16:08, 11 November 2022
- filled with water and used for swimming practice as well. Mock sea battles ... Athletes competed in the nude, a practice said to encourage aesthetic ...13 KB (1,987 words) - 06:47, 28 July 2023
- being). In Hindu devotional and ritual practice, the linga has four interrelated ... In ritual practice, the linga is commonly found in proximity to a ...15 KB (2,359 words) - 23:15, 18 April 2020
- popular imagination and actual pilgrimage practice. 250,000 pilgrims made the ... for year round religious devotion and practice. After the 1962 war between ...11 KB (1,617 words) - 01:45, 4 December 2023
- He was deeply influenced by the ideas and practice of the filmmaker Dziga Vertov ... Party guidelines governing artistic practice, he concentrated on sports ...8 KB (1,080 words) - 14:39, 18 July 2023
- == Christian practice == These groups see it as a revival of a practice from the early church in ...22 KB (3,243 words) - 16:54, 17 December 2022
