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The brahmavihārā (sublime attitudes, lit. "abodes of Brahma") is a series of four Buddhist virtues and the meditation practices made to cultivate them. They are also known as the four immeasurables (Pāli: appamaññā) [1] or four infinite minds (Chinese: 四無量心). [2]
Darkness Visible was met with mixed reviews with commentators praising its central claims but criticising its argumentation, style, and bibliographic documentation. The book is also credited with coining the term " Harvard School " to describe a brand of pessimistic Vergil scholarship produced in the English-speaking world.
The journey is called "dark night" in part because darkness represents the fact that the destination "God" is unknowable, as in the 14th-century mystical classic The Cloud of Unknowing; both pieces are derived from the works of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in the 6th century. [citation needed] Further, the path per se is unknowable.
In Greek mythology, the Asphodel Meadows or Asphodel Fields (Ancient Greek: ἀσφοδελὸς λειμών, romanized: asphodelòs leimṓn) [1] was a section of the ancient Greek underworld where the majority of ordinary souls were sent to live after death. [2]
These texts report that what led to Gautama's renunciation was the thought that his life was subject to old age, disease and death and that there might be something better. [159] The early texts also depict the Buddha's explanation for becoming a sramana as follows: "The household life, this place of impurity, is narrow—the samana life is the ...
The main characters in Paglipas ng Dilim are Ricardo Makairog, Don Torcuato, Donya Carmen (also spelled as "Doña Carmen", meaning "[Honorable] Lady Carmen" in Spanish), Caridad, and Estrella. Ricardo Makairog is a bachelor who had just finished studying medicine. Don Torcuato and Donya Carmen is a boastful and socialite husband and wife who ...
Learning more about his history could help determine a motive and provide a fuller story for the jury, but prosecutors don’t need to do so to make their case, said Hermann Walz, a former ...
Hinilawod is an epic poem orally transmitted from early inhabitants of a place called Sulod in central Panay, Philippines.The term "Hinilawod" generally translates to "Tales From The Mouth of The Halawod River".