Sentences with phrase «great ancient wisdom»

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They range from great novels to celebrated nonfiction and even classic sources of ancient wisdom:

Driven by her conviction that «the practices of living religious traditions have great wisdom to impart,» Dorothy Bass examines Christian practices in «both their ancient grounding and the fresh and vibrant forms they take today.»

The books of Judith, Tobit, Wisdom, Sirach, First and Second Maccabees, above all the Psalms in their final revision, and the great prayers of the Synagogue, the primitive Kaddish and the ancient Palestinian recension of the Shemoneh Esreh, echoing in almost every line the thought of the Psalter and the Second Isaiah — it is here that we feel the vital pulse - beat of genuine Judaism.

There are certainly great truths & wisdom found in other ancient texts, but as a Christian, the Bible still remains a sacred & treasured writing.

Here one finds the dull report of the census - taker, the uninspired but minute directions for the performance of the cult, stories of man's beginnings and that of many of the common experiences of his life, such as language, relationship of races, why the rainbow; colorful stories, of the might and prowess of ancient ancestors of the race, riddles, puns, fables, prayers, songs that have become almost the universal songs of the human race, the history of the rise and fall of dynasties, the preaching of reformers and prophets, the questioning of it all by men grown weary of the struggle, proverbial sayings of great wisdom; the dreams of conquest both of earth and heaven.

In fact, the great thing about Light Watkins is that he's been in the meditation world for almost 20 years but maintains a lifestyle that elegantly integrates ancient wisdom from his teachers with the pace of modern life.

It allows the physician the ability to treat the patient, not the disease, a tenet of healing wisdom as ancient as its source, the great physician Hippocrates.

Combining the best of ancient yogic wisdom with cutting edge contemporary dialogue techniques, our practitioners since we began in 1986, have helped thousands of people make positive change in their lives, become more empowered, and achieve greater health and well being.

Many yoga enthusiasts today are successful in combining their love for this great branch of holistic wisdom from ancient India with their career and life goals, by choosing the profession of a yoga teacher.

Yoga may be several thousand years old, but the ancient teachings of yoga contain timeless wisdom of great relevance to us today: How to improve health and well - being and live a happy life.

It's a young yoga practice that draws on ancient wisdom, and this training honours both old and new knowledge so you can practice with greater clarity and purpose.

Since 2008 I have worked with Yoga teachers, Spiritual Gurus, Shaman elders, great wisdom teachers and healers, studied and practiced a variety of holistic modalities and ancient teachings, from those found within the pages of the Bhagavad Gita and in Vedic Culture to working with the powerful healing properties of crystals, and have expanded and experienced healing on deep and profound levels.

The absence of grains in Paleolithic diet should be looked upon as an ancient wisdom for great health and not just a dietary habit.

One of the monks gets away, mostly because he has been recently imbued with great powers and an ancient scroll full of wisdom and an ability to keep the body young, something Strucker is desperate to claim to use in his quest for world domination and purification.