Sentences with phrase «years by the monks»

The generally accepted history of the TT breed says that they were raised for hundreds of years by the monks that lived high in the mountains of Tibet.

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In the book, the pope claims the Christian calendar is based on a mistake by a sixth century monk, who was several years off in his calculation of Jesus's birth date.

In later life Martin Luther said that if ever a monk could go to heaven by his monkery, he would have been there twenty five years ago.

Established a few years earlier by Bruno Hussar, a Dominican monk of Jewish origin, Isaiah House was intended to be a center for Christian — Jewish dialogue, a much - needed sanctuary for Israeli converts to Catholicism, and a retreat for Christian contemplation of the «mystery of Israel.»

In «Jesus of Nazareth - The Infancy Narratives,» the pope says the Christian calendar is actually based on a blunder by a 6th century monk, who Benedict says was several years off in his calculation of Jesus» birth date.

Thirty years ago, who would have dreamed that a 490 - page book by a Russian Orthodox monk would sweep Russia and sell millions of copies around the world?

Not proven beyond a doubt but by referencing various written works by many of his «disciples» and others (monks etc) over 600 years AD who all had the exact same story though threatened with death etc it seems HE did live.

Wilson, who lives outside Des Moines, Iowa, was emulating a Lenten tradition carried out by German monks hundreds of years ago.

In «Jesus of Nazareth — The Infancy Narratives,» the pope says the Christian calendar is actually based on a blunder by a 6th century monk, who Benedict says was several years off in his calculation of Jesus» birth date.

The Provence legend is imaginary crap created by bored monks almost a thousand years later.

I am a lifelong Christian who was taught evolution by Benedictine monks over fifty years ago.

A «historically unique» 800 year old stone coffin believed to have belonged to a senior monk has been damaged by visitors who put a child inside it to take a photo in a museum.

I started journalling over 20 years ago, having been strongly influenced by the famous Benedictine monk, Thomas Merton.

You do know the bible was written by multiple people, then translated (from 3 different languages) and copied by hand by monks for hundreds of years, right?

The company says it uses the same mortadella recipe developed more than 500 years ago by the monks of Bologna and Modena.

So stop destroying your body and start enjoying the Zen like Tranquility that has been drank by Monks for Thousands of Years.

Earlier this year protests by Buddhist monks in Lhasa, Tibet, escalated into anti-China protests, with demonstrators demanding an end to Chinese rule.

The protests, which were led by Buddhist monks, were sparked by a 500 per cent increase in the price of natural gas, announced by the government in August last year.

Researchers report in Conservation Letters this week that the monk seal population in Hawaii's Papahnaumokukea Marine National Monument is shrinking by about 4 percent a year, while a sub-population of monk seals in the main Hawaiian Islands next door — where fishing, development and boat activity are permitted — is increasing by 7 percent a year.

It is now clear that Omar Khan Massoudi, director of Kabul» sNational Museum, and a few other Afghans risked their lives to protect the artifacts from the Taliban, who were intent on destroying images — and who, in 2001, succeeded in blowing up the famed Bamiyan Buddhas, towering stone sculptures carved into the mountainside by monks about 1,500 years ago.

Discovered in 2005 by monks, the 1,800 - year - old tomb sits 4.3 kilometers above sea level in the Ngari district of Tibet.

Millions of women forego their favourite foods for new year weight loss goals, but an eating technique used by Tibetan monks means you needn't be one of them, writes Dr Evelyn Lewin

Practiced for centuries by Thai monks, and forming a central component of Thai medicine, Thai massage is believed to have originated over 2,500 years ago in India.

Created more thousand years ago as a meat substitute for Chinese Buddhist monks, seitan is made by mixing the protein in wheat (gluten) with herbs and spices.

Khenchen Rinpoche became a monk at an early age, underwent the traditional 3 year, 3 month, 3 day retreat three times by the age of thirty, and became a Druponla (retreat master) during his second full retreat.

She was raised by monks for a year, and then lived in a hospital in Bangkok.

Fast forward 60 years later, where in the United States, the monk finds himself still on the run from Strucker and his henchmen, led by Strucker's daughter, Nina.

«However,» Chiang continued, «The Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan,» founded by Buddhist monk Wu Hung, who had worked six years to win passage of the 1998 law, «is very against writing neuter / return into in the law.

the title of the exibition follows a work by jonathan monk, who has been cycling to the post office for me every month for a whole year with a 8 mm camera attached to his bike; kodak then sent me the film directly after processing it.

Sitting somewhere between fungal organic form and human internal organs, this lividly - coloured porcelain sculpture is one of a number of Ruyi made by Ai Weiwei that take the traditional Chinese sceptre of the same name, used by nobles, monks and scholars for around 2,000 years.

We're very excited to exhibit «Tonic» by Alyssa Monks, one of the most prolific painters to come out of the New York Academy of Art in the last ten years.

A 450 - year - old Ming Dynasty temple shares the stage with an inflatable puppet, debaucherous monks, and sumo wrestlers in George Frideric Handel's sublime opera, directed by Chinese visual artist Zhang Huan.

Like Tvauri explains, these heat storage hypocausts rather common in 14th - 15th century Livonia — where the climate was much colder compared to the Central and Western Europe — were born combining the ancient method of heat storage (stones) used by the indigenous inhabitants of present day Finland, Estonia, and Latvia in their saunas for hundreds of years with the hypocaust technology originating from Rome used by monks and religious orders.

Late last year Crime Wave Press acquired the rights to the Father Ananda Mysteries by Nick Wilgus, a series of whodunits following the exploits of a Buddhist monk turned sleuth in Thailand.