The major sources about Bodhidharma's life conflict with regard to his origins, the chronology of his journey to China, his death, and other details.One proposed set of birth and death dates is c. 440–528 CE; another is c. 470–543 CE. Bodhidharma - Biographical details from the Record of the Buddhist Monasteries of Luoyang 547 by Yang Xuanzhi. The earliest historical record of Bodhidharma was compiled in 547 by Yang Xuanzhi, the Record of the Buddhist Monasteries of Luoyang, in which Yang identifies Bodhidharma as a Persian Central Asian (Wade-Giles: po-szu kuo hu- ...

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Bodhidharma, Bodhidharma - Biography, Bodhidharma - Biographical details from the Record of the Buddhist Monasteries of Luoyang 547 by Yang Xuanzhi, Bodhidharma - Biographical details from the Biography of Bodhidharma by Tanlin, Bodhidharma - Biographical details from the Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks 645 by Daoxuan, Bodhidharma - Biographical details from the Anthology of the Patriarchal Hall 952, Bodhidharma - Spiritual approach, Bodhidharma - Portrayals of Bodhidharma, Bodhidharma - Legends, Bodhidharma - Encounter with Emperor Liang, Bodhidharma - Nine years of gazing at a wall, Bodhidharma - Bringing tea to China, Bodhidharma - Daruma dolls, Bodhidharma - Bodhidharma and Huike, Bodhidharma - The lineage of Bodhidharma and his disciples, Bodhidharma - Works attributed to Bodhidharma

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Meditative Postures

Yoni Mudra

·  Close your ears with thumbs.

·  Cover your eyes with your index finger.

·  Close your nostrils with your middle fingers.

·  Press your lips together with your remaining fingers.

·  Release the middle fingers gently to inhale and exhale while you meditate.

Frontal & Nasal Gazing

·  Gaze at a point between your eyebrows, seat of the 'Third Eye' or at the tip or your nose.

·  This would improve your level of concentration. At the same time, strengthening your eye muscles. Nasal gazing has a positive effect on the central nervous system.

·  Remember not to strain your eyes. Start with one minute of gazing and then slowly build it up to ten minutes.

Candle Gazing

• Place a candle at eye-level in a darkened, draught-free room.
• Close your eyes and hold an after-image of the bright flame.

The practice steadies the wandering mind, leading you to focus with pin-point accuracy.

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Scrying - Any form of divination which involves gazing at or into something, such as a crystal ball or black mirror, to observe psychically-perceived images.

(See also: Scrying, Pagan, Wicca Pagan Dictionary)

Sarabhanga:

Sarabhanga: Sage, who cast off his body while gazing at Rama on a pyre of fire (RRV2-1)

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Attempts to ward off the curse of the evil eye resulted in a number of talismans being resorted to. Painted balls (or disks) painted with a blue circle with a concentric black circle inside representing an evil eye are common talismans in the Middle East. A blue eye can also be found on some forms of the Hand of Fatima (or Hamsa), an amulet against the evil eye in the Middle East. The large eyes often seen painted at the prows of Mediterranean boats are there, traditionally, to ward off the evil eye; the staring eyes return the malici ...

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Evil eye, Evil eye - Distribution of the belief, Evil eye - Talismans offering protection, Evil eye - Modern usage

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Muslims, male and female, are expected to dress modestly as expressed in the Qur'an: "Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: And Allah is well acquainted with all that they do." [24:30] "And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms ... " ...

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Islam and clothing, Islam and clothing - Everyday modest dress hijab, Islam and clothing - Proper dress for prayer, Islam and clothing - Proper dress for hajj, Islam and clothing - Special clothing for officials sayyids and sufis

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Belief in the evil eye is strongest in the Middle East, Asia and Europe, especially the Mediterranean region; it has also spread to other areas like the Americas. In some more areas where light-colored eyes are relatively rare, people with blue eyes are feared to possess the power to bestow the curse, intentionally or unintentionally. Belief in the evil eye features in Islamic mythology; it is not a part of Islamic doctrine, however, and is more a feature of Islamic folk religion. The evil eye is also significant in Jewish folklore; i ...

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Evil eye, Evil eye - Distribution of the belief, Evil eye - Talismans offering protection, Evil eye - Modern usage

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SCRYING: A method of divination. To gaze at or into an object (a quartz crystal sphere, a pool of water, reflections, a candle flame) to still the conscious mind in order to contact the psychic mind. Scrying allows the scryer to become aware of events prior to their actual occurrence, as well as to perceive past or present events through other than the five senses.

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At therapeutic doses, phenytoin produces horizontal gaze nystagmus, which is harmless but occasionally tested for by law enforcement as a marker for drunkenness (which can also produce nystagmus). At toxic doses, patients experience sedation, cerebellar ataxia, and ophthalmoparesis, as well as paradoxical seizures. Idiosyncratic side effects of phenytoin, as with other anticonvulsants, i ...

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Phenytoin, Phenytoin - History, Phenytoin - Side-effects, Phenytoin - Legal issues

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SCRY, SCRYING:

1) the act of gazing into an object to still Conscious Mind, allowing contact with Psychic Mind.

2) to practice divination by crystal ball, mirror or other transparent, reflective surface. See DIVINATION.

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Bodhidharma - Encounter with Emperor Liang. According to tradition, around 520, during the period of the Southern Dynasties, Bodhidharma was invited to an audience with Emperor Wudi of the Liang Dynasty. When the Emperor asked him how much merit he had accumulated through building temples and endowing monasteries, Bodhidharma replied, "None at all." Perplexed, the Emperor then asked, "Well, what is the fundamental teaching of Buddhism?" "Vast emptiness, nothing sacred," was the bewildering reply. "Listen," said the Emperor, now losing all patience, "just who do you think you are?"

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Bodhidharma, Bodhidharma - Biography, Bodhidharma - Biographical details from the Record of the Buddhist Monasteries of Luoyang 547 by Yang Xuanzhi, Bodhidharma - Biographical details from the Biography of Bodhidharma by Tanlin, Bodhidharma - Biographical details from the Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks 645 by Daoxuan, Bodhidharma - Biographical details from the Anthology of the Patriarchal Hall 952, Bodhidharma - Spiritual approach, Bodhidharma - Portrayals of Bodhidharma, Bodhidharma - Legends, Bodhidharma - Encounter with Emperor Liang, Bodhidharma - Nine years of gazing at a wall, Bodhidharma - Bringing tea to China, Bodhidharma - Daruma dolls, Bodhidharma - Bodhidharma and Huike, Bodhidharma - The lineage of Bodhidharma and his disciples, Bodhidharma - Works attributed to Bodhidharma

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Grigori

(Italian) They serve as guardians to the portals between the worlds - the physical world and what lies beyond. They are the protectors.

The Grigori are called upon to preside over the rites of Strega Pagans. They are a stellar race, gazing down from the skies, watching us and assisting us. They occupy the position of the four royal stars - Aldebaran, Regulus, Antares and Fomalhaut. The Grigori are the original essence behind the four Archangels.

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Men and women will always be in a world of other people, who can capture him within their gaze, reducing him to his external materiality. They will take his measure, call him hero, coward, nonentity, fool, etc. And then, at last, they will tote up the balance sheet of his life after his death. Thus, for Sartre's Garcin, in No Exit, hell is other people. ...

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Being and Nothingness, Being and Nothingness - Analysis, Being and Nothingness - Connection to No Exit, Being and Nothingness - Satre's Solution

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Grigori

(Italian) They serve as guardians to the portals between the worlds - the physical world and what lies beyond. They are the protectors.

The Grigori are called upon to preside over the rites of Strega Pagans. They are a stellar race, gazing down from the skies, watching us and assisting us. They occupy the position of the four royal stars - Aldebaran, Regulus, Antares and Fomalhaut. The Grigori are the original essence behind the four Archangels.

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Strabismus may be concomitant or incomitant. Concomitant strabismus means that the strabismus is equal regardless of which direction the gaze is targeted. This indicates that the individual extraocular muscles function individually, but that they may simply not be aimed at the same target. Concomitant strabismus in a child under the age of 6 rarely indicates serious neurologic disorder. Blindness in one eye usually causes concomitant strabismus, with the eye of a child turning inward, a ...

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Strabismus, Strabismus - Types, Strabismus - Diagnosis, Strabismus - Treatment and management

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The oldest and most striking reference to the views of Elisha is found in the following baraita (Hagigah 14b; Jerusalem Talmud 2:1): "Four [sages] entered "pardes" —Ben 'Azzai, Ben Zoma, Aher, and Akiva. Ben 'Azzai gazed and died; Ben Zoma gazed and went insane; Aher entered and cut the root (became an apostate); Akiva entered, and exited in peace." This baraita works through a pun. "Pardes," composed of the four consonants PRDS, is an acronym for the four rules for Biblical exegesis: "Peshat" = "simple;" ...

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Elisha ben Abuyah, Elisha ben Abuyah - Youth and Activity, Elisha ben Abuyah - The Four Who Entered Paradise, Elisha ben Abuyah - The Talmudic Explanation, Elisha ben Abuyah - Elisha an Epicurean, Elisha ben Abuyah - Jacob Gordin play, Elisha ben Abuyah - Milton Steinberg's As A Driven Leaf

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The exact origin of the religious practices relating to Avalokitesvara is unclear. Some Western scholars have suggested that the concept of Avalokitesvra, along with many other supernatural beings in Buddhism, was based on a Hindu deity absorbed by Mahayana teaching as an aspect of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni. The word avalokita means "seeing or gazing down" and īśvara means "lord" in Sanskrit. Īśvara is also an alternate name for the Hindu deities Shiva and Vishnu who seem to also have acted as insp ...

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Avalokitesvara, Avalokitesvara - Avalokitesvara and the thousand arms, Avalokitesvara - Origin of the concept, Avalokitesvara - Tibetan Buddhism, Avalokitesvara - Mantras, Avalokitesvara - Manifestations

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Bard on the Beach was started in 1990 by current artistic director, Christopher Gaze. The self-stated goal of the festival was to provide inexpensive but professional theatre to residents of Vancouver. It began as an Equity Co-op funded by The Canada Council Explorations grant and is currently supported by numerous corporate sponsors, the most prominent of which is Alcan. The most recent change to the festival was the addition ...

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Bard on the Beach, Bard on the Beach - History, Bard on the Beach - The site, Bard on the Beach - Mainstage, Bard on the Beach - Douglas Campbell Studio Stage, Bard on the Beach - Young Shakepeareans Workshops, Bard on the Beach - Chronology of Plays

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He is considered to be one of the foremost Persian painters of all time. He received his training in the atelier of his father, Ali Asghar, and was received into the workshop of Shah Abbas I at a young age. Many of his surviving works depict handsome youths, often in the role of saqi, or "wine pourer." Frequently the youth are the focus of the admiring gaze of an older man - a manifestation of the Persian tradition of appreciating youthful male beauty - an esthetic sensibility that was raised to the level of spiritual ecstas ...

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Reza Abbasi, Reza Abbasi - Life, Reza Abbasi - Art

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Ghatanothoa is a Great Old One and is so hideous that anyone who gazes upon it (or even a perfect replica) is petrified into a living mummy. The victim is permanently immobilized, the body taking on the consistency of leather and the internal organs and brain preserved indefinitely, yet fully aware. Only the destruction of the subject's brain can free it from its hellish prison, though the unfortunate is likely ...

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Ghatanothoa, Ghatanothoa - Ghatanothoa in the mythos, Ghatanothoa - Other connections to the mythos, Ghatanothoa - External link

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The Beautiful South - Albums. Welcome to the Beautiful South (1989) U.K. No.2 Choke (1990) U.K. No.2 0898 (1992) U.K. No.4 Miaow (1994) U.K. No.6 Carry on up the Charts (1994) U.K. No.1 Blue Is the Colour (1996) U.K. No.1 Quench (1998) U.K. No.1 Painting It Red (2000) U.K. No.2 Solid Bronze (2001) U.K. No.10 Gaze (2003) U.K. No.14 Golddiggas, Headno ...

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The Beautiful South, The Beautiful South - Discography, The Beautiful South - Albums, The Beautiful South - Singles

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In the beginning of time, Creation, the world, was created out of the Wyld, the mutable murk of dream-stuff. The natives of the Wyld, taking affront to this island of order in their infinite sea of beautiful chaos, immediately attacked this blasphemous stability in a war called the Balorian Crusade. The leaders were Prince Balor of the Terrible Gaze, Princess Melusine of the Glittering Train, the Duke of Mirrors, the sisters Incarnadine and Veridian, and lastly the Thief of Words ...

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Fair Folk Exalted, Fair Folk Exalted - Overview, Fair Folk Exalted - Gameplay, Fair Folk Exalted - Criticism

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