Sentences with phrase «merton as a monk»

Iliodor was a protégé of Archbishop Germogen, who, before being tonsured as a monk, had castrated himself to achieve moral perfection.

Fred is a devout Hindu in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition who lived as a monk and priest for five years.

There were three types of Man described: ones who chose celibacy to dedicate themselves to God's service, such as monks, priests, or nuns; those castrated by others, these are traditional eunuchs; and those who were «born that way.»

Fred is ordained in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism and served a as monk for five years.

The words from Psalm 118 «Suscipe me, Domine» (receive me, Lord) are sung by those making profession as a monk or nun, and the teaching offered here on the nature of vows speaks to anyone who sees their human journey in terms of vocation.

Some Christians gave up all their possessions and lived as hermits, and later as monks.

One more point, according to the epistle of James, the prayer of the righteous are effective, therefore as the monks heal their souls, their prayers for the world will also become more effective (less about them, more about the salvation of the world).

Though I can't imagine the close relationship these monks share with God, I would also want to complete the last two parts of my Christian worldview which I feel can not be accomplished as a monk.

It can be argued... and it is an argument I listen to... that people such as monks and hermits who remove themselves from the crowd in order to explore new spiritual territory or to pray for the world are actually benefiting the human race vicariously.

However irreproachably I lived as a monk, I felt myself in the presence of God to be a sinner with a most unquiet conscience... I did not love, indeed I hated this just God... I raged with a fierce and most agitated conscience and yet I continued to knock away at Paul in this place, thirsting ardently to know what he really meant... At last I began to understand the justice of God as that by which the just man lives by the gift of God, that is to say by faith... At this I felt myself to have been born again and to have entered through open gates into paradise itself.6

«Though I lived as a monk without reproach, I felt that I was a sinner before God with an extremely disturbed conscience,» he later wrote.

As a monk, Luther had said, «I did not love, yes, I hated the righteous God.»

A new generation of monks is involving itself widely in educational and social projects, as well as spiritual counseling for the many visiting pilgrims, just as monks did in medieval Russia.

I do not mean to say that this sort of interaction is limited to Buddhism, it can be found in every major religion in the world, but it must be said that few are quite as open to adapting radically different ideologies as these monks appear to be.

Life as a railway signaller turns out to be more monkish than life as a monk, especially on night shifts.

In Thailand I understand that all males were encouraged to spend some time as monks.

In the late seventeenth and eighteenth century similar aspirations were felt from time to time, but the only conspicuous Anglican ascetic is the controversial theologian, spiritual guide, and mystical writer William Law, who would certainly have found his place as a monk, or perhaps a hermit, in other ages of the Church.

My main source of inspiration continues to be my teachers with whom I trained as a monk.

When I had completed my commitment as a monk and returned to the UK, it was very much with the intention of making meditation more accessible.

It was only one day, thankfully, because DR - Dad doesn't exactly have a career as a monk ahead of him.

In fact, research has shown that using low - or no - calorie sweeteners such as monk fruit sweeteners in place of regular sweeteners can help you lower your total daily calorie intake, keeping you within your calorie budget.

Using no - calorie sweeteners such as monk fruit in place of regular sweeteners can help you reduce your total daily calorie intake, keeping you within your calorie budget.

The largest natural sweetener on the market is stevia, but Canadean says it finds potential in other herbal sweeteners such as monk fruit.

This is very deceptive and unfortunately far too many companies are tricking consumers by advertising a combination product as monk fruit alone.

Ned, as the monks appear to be on a sabbatical, it was Peter Thompson who was the bin dippers flying winger in 1964.

During his time in jail, his approach to life changed — leading him to live as a monk for three years and then share his experiences with the world (chronicled in his popular book, Serve to Be Great: Leadership Lessons From a Prison, a Monastery, and a Boardroom).

This is also why chasteberry is known as monk's pepper.

Just as the monk self - flagellated for sexual desire, the food purist self - punishes for wanting coffee, meat or sugar.

I sympathize: There's a letter from St. Jerome, one of the fathers of the desert, who gave up a prosperous live in Rome to live strictly as a monk in Bethlehem.

Stress hormones calm down during slow breathing (like # 2 sleep below) and activities that promote the release of acetycholine, which is the opposing hormone to cortisol and has been found in high amounts in calm professions such as monks and clergy.

You can browse local art at Bereznitskiy Gallery and wander through caverns that serve as monk mausoleums at Kievo - Pecherska Lavra.

It helps to remember that the man with whom you are intimately involved in your other life is not living as a monk with his wife.

It stars Eddie Redmayne as a monk who leads Ulric (Sean Bean) and his band of warriors to a remote village rumored to have renounced God and house a necromancer, someone with the ability to raise the dead.

MacGruber (Forte) is working as a monk in a South American village when Col. James Faith (Powers Boothe, clearly enjoying himself) pays a visit.

The story finds MacGruber living as a monk in Ecuador when he is pulled out of retirement by the U.S. military.

Richard Armitage co-stars as a knight enforcing the Norman occupation of Ireland who accompanies the group for awhile, and John Lynch and Hugh O'Conor appear as monks who aren't quite ready for the viciousness of the world beyond the monastery.

(The striking production design gives Lars a garage apartment that's cold and bare as a monk's cell, and overdresses him in too many layers of clothes — they're among those perfect details that hint of what it's like to be Lars.)

Among the lesser roles, Hong Kong action star Yen has some good moments as a monk trying desperately but unsuccessfully to connect with the Force, and Tudyk is customarily droll as K - 2SO, the saucy droid whose rebel reprogramming has resulted in his saying «whatever comes into his circuits.»

Even though Wolfgang Schreiber, who pulls the strings at Bentley and Bugatti is as tight - lipped as a monk, the lower ranks confirm that the flying B has actually started clapping its wings again to catch up with the competition.

Of course, both as a Tibetan and as a monk, I have been brought up according to, and educated in, the principles, the precepts, and the practice of Buddhism.

That understanding is helping government and private conservation groups develop monitoring and management plans to help protect not only endangered species, such as the monk seal, but all at - risk marine mammals.»

Buddhism plays a large role in the everyday life of its people and it is not uncommon for young men to spend a short period of time in a temple as monks.

The main thing about Southeast Asia is to keep in mind is to dress appropriately in temples, not to photograph in or around airports or military bases, and to ask permission to photograph certain people such as monks.

These are people who are wearing same colour clothes as a monk, asking for donations or reading horoscopes.

After a siege led by the King in an effort to recover his children, Foltest is taken by surprise and murdered by a man dressed as a monk.

When I play as a monk, I feel empowered to find my focus and heal the world.

For instance, if a player has a hard time playing a witch doctor because a lot of his abilities seem to require timing, the player could play as a monk instead: charge in, let everybody surround the monk, and then blast them with area of effect attacks.

In Shiraga's case, after a period of dissatisfaction with painting and his ordainment as a monk, he began to incorporate a circular shape corresponding to the Wheel of Life in Buddhist iconography.

Between 2003 - 06, he worked at a Buddhist temple as a monk in Tokyo, Japan.

Dutiful as a monk, Hyon Gyon is found each day in Harlem: attacking, ripping and working with massive canvases like an animal.