Bhakthi Yoga:

Bhakthi Yoga: Linking with the Supreme Lord (Krishna) by devotional service. "Union through devotion." Bhakti yoga is the practice of devotional disciplines, worship, prayer, chanting and singing with the aim of awakening love in the heart and opening oneself to God's grace. Bhakti may be directed toward God, Gods or one's spiritual preceptor. Bhakti yoga seeks communion and ever closer rapport with the Divine, developing qualities that make communion possible, such as love, selflessness and purity.

(See also: Bhakthi Yoga, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Bhagavan:

God manifesting Himself as a person; the object of worship of the bhaktas. By worshipping God as a person, devotees are able to assume human-like relationships with God, for example: God as parent, devotee as child; God as Lord, devotee as servant. It is also much easier for many people to develop love toward God when He is regarded as a person. Such love is capable of triggering a spiritual awakening once it is a pure, selfless love.

(See also: Bhagavan, Psychic, Psychic Dictionary, Parapsychology, Parapsychology Dictionary)

Controversy surrounding the childfree phenomenon can be broadly said to come in two waves that overlap: the personal and the political. Childfree individuals are sometimes derided by others as being "selfish" for never wanting children, for not contributing to their nation's future, etc. Childfree persons counter that those who desire children are at least as selfish in their reasons for wanting children, that some reasons cited for being childfree are selfless, and that there will always be enough childr ...

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It appears that Larry Niven created the Pak Protectors partly to show that high intelligence is simply an evolutionary tool. There have been some movements in SF that equate high intelligence with selflessness, civilization and altruism. Pak protectors are slaves to their instincts, which hard-wire their goals and priorities. Their intelligence serves evolutionary goals in order to preserve their species in a hostile environment. Niven has stated in other writings that he invented the Protectors as a thought experiment to explain the ...

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"Like all momentous events, September 11 is a remarkable teaching opportunity. But only if we use it to open rather than to close debate. Critical intellectual analysis is our responsibility -- to ourselves and to our students." "Rethinking American History in a Post-9/11 World" History News Network "[S]uccessful teaching rests both on a genuine and selfless concern for students and on the ability to convey to them a love of history." Eric Foner, Who Owns History (2002: Farrar ...

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Quakers in Britain are similarly accepting; one of the first statements in Quakerism regarding homosexuality was the controversial 1963 book Towards a Quaker View of Sex, published by British Quakers, which affirmed that gender or sexual orientation were unimportant in a judgment of an intimate relationship and that the true criterion was the presence of "selfless love." A statement similar to this was later adopted by the Britain Yearly Meeting. While a small number of British meetings have celebrated same-sex marriages and committment ceremonies, the British ...

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Quaker views of homosexuality, Quaker views of homosexuality - Australia and New Zealand, Quaker views of homosexuality - United Kingdom and Ireland, Quaker views of homosexuality - North America, Quaker views of homosexuality - Attitudes in Other Countries

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Theopathy [from Greek theos god + pathos experience, feeling]

The seventh stage of initiation in the Mysteries, where the candidate becomes a selfless channel for communion with his inner god; the third and last stage of spiritual development -- the first being theophany, the second theopneusty. The sense of theopathy, originally used in the Greek Mysteries, was that the adept "suffered" the full influence of the god within him, becoming a selfless, consenting channel for the divine power pouring through him, in utter disregard of the personal self. Because of the immense personal renunciation involved, such an adept was said to suffer -- meaning to bear or carry the divinity within.

The second of these three initiatory grades, theopneusty, was the same as the third, but in less full degree, and signified that the initiate received the inspiration from above-within and, as it were, was breathed into from above, but did not carry the full load of the spiritual fire or inspirational flow. The first stage, theophany, was by comparison a temporary occurrence and signified the appearance of one's divinity to the initiant's self-conscious perception; the neophyte met his own inner god face to face, and the appearance or theophany lasted for a greater or less time depending upon various circumstances.

Such terms were held secret in the ancient Mysteries, although the words themselves, as time passed, slowly filtered outwards and often became misunderstood, as by Christian theologians.

(See also: Theopathy, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body mind and Soul)

Today not just in Pakistan, but in the Muslim world, Abdul Sattar Edhi has earned a reputation as being one of the most selfless and honorable human beings today. Despite his fame and reputation he continues to lead a simple life, he wears traditional Pakistani Shalwar Kameez, of which he only owns one or two, and he owns one pair of slippers, of which he has supposedly worn for the last twenty years. This is despite the fact the Edhi Foundation has a $10 million budget, out of which he takes nothing for himself. His son Faisal once stated t ...

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Abdul Sattar Edhi, Abdul Sattar Edhi - Starting Up, Abdul Sattar Edhi - Growth of Edhi Foundation, Abdul Sattar Edhi - Modern Legacy

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Cornwell maintains that, although Pacelli was an individual of selfless habit, he was also a believer in the principle of absolute leadership, and promoted the concept of absolute papal rule. Nevertheless, Pacelli reflected the prevailing mood in the Vatican that was suspicious of democracy and parliamentary government, and felt that business could often best be done with totalitarian regimes. Pacelli's own brother, Francesco, helped to draft the 1929 Lateran Accord between the Vati ...

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Karma

Karma of a person means the sum of that individual person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences. Informal: destiny or fate, following as effect from cause. The origin is from Sanskrit equivalent word meaning 'deeds, sum-of-actions'. Additionally, Karma means "the duty or work" that a person is supposed to perform which is fixed by the Allmighty.

Karma yoga: The discipline of selfless action as a way to perfection instead of following mystic, ascetic, or other spiritual paths. Such a person is called as "Karma yogi".

Karma phala: The fruit (consequence) that a persons gets (either enjoys or bears) depending on his past-Karma.€€€

(See also: Karma, Hinduism, Yoga, Body Mind and Soul)

Hindu ethics are related to Hindu beliefs, such as reincarnation, which is a way of expressing the need for reciprocity, as one may end up in someone else's shoes "in a future life". Charges of fatalism are primarily misunderstandings of the role of karma in Hinduism. Intention is seen as very important, and thus selfless action for the benefit of others without thought for oneself is a cardinal rule in Hinduism, known as the doctrine of karma yoga. This aspect of service is combined with an understanding that someone else's unfortunate situ ...

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Bhakti is the Hindu term that signifies a blissful, selfless and overwhelming love of God as the beloved Father, Mother, Child, or whatever relationship or aspect of God that finds appeal in the devotee's heart. The philosophy of Bhakti seeks to tap into the universal divinity through personal form, which explains the proliferation of so many gods and Goddesses in India, often reflecting the personal inclinations of small regions or groups of people. This also explains Hinduism's pluralism and ability to absorb other faith-based religions. However, the bhakti movements are monotheistic movements that has be ...

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Bhakti yoga, Bhakti yoga - The Philosophy and Development of Bhakti, Bhakti yoga - The Bhagavad Gita

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God

1.    (Judeo-Christianity) Creator and sustainer of the universe.

2.    (Theosophy) Transcendent and immanent being who guides and controls the course of planetary evolution.

3.    Sum total of all that is.

4.    (Islam) Lord of the universe who cannot be represented by any form.

5.    (Hinduism) The One who plays the game of life by becoming the Many, losing itself in the creation and finding its way back to unity; supreme being, personal friend, teacher, and lover who knows the heart of all beings.

6.    (mysticism) Indwelling spirit within all beings; one's highest self realized through contemplation or service; eternal, infinite, all-wise, all-knowing, all-loving, ever-free radiant presence.

7.    (humanism) Impersonal spirit of selfless love

(See also: God, Body Mind and Soul)

Sama, Saman (Sanskrit) [from the verbal root sam to be quiet, calm, resigned]

Tranquility, calmness, equanimity, absence of passion, emancipation from all the illusions of existence; the fifth of the eight bhava-pushpas (flowers of being) of Buddhism: self-restraint, charity, impersonal affection, veracity, meditation, patience, resignation, and selfless devotion. Through the practice of the eight flowers, sama secures the conquest and final delivery from all kinds of mental and psychological agitation.

Saman [from the verbal root Sam] has an almost identical meaning; also a particular kind of sacred text or verse intended to be chanted -- one of the four kinds of Vedic composition.

See also SAMA-VEDA

(See also: Sama, Saman, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)

Unlike her husband and children, Linda's on screen character is normally presented as neutral, rational and selfless. When she makes an appearance, she will often use her "power" to thwart the plans of her family, or to punish a heel. Though the McMahon's often squabble on screen, they get along normally in reality. Linda feuded with Vince throughout early 1999. At one point she and Stephanie supposedly gave their WWE Stock to Stone Cold Steve Austin, granting him a great deal of power. Austin lost th ...

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Cicero's links with the Equestrian class, combined with his status as a novos homo meant that he was isolated from the optimates. Thus, it is not surprising that Cicero envisioned a “selfless nobility of successful individuals” instead of the current system dominated by the Patricians. The fact remains that those who sat in the Senate had appropriated huge profits by exploiting the provinces. Repeatedly, the oligarchy had proved to be shortsighted, reactionary and “operating with restricted and outmoded institutions could no longer cop ...

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Over the long history of yoga, different schools have emerged, and there are numerous examples of subdivisions and synthesis. It is common to speak of each form of yoga as a "path" to enlightenment. Thus, yoga may include love and devotion (as in Bhakti Yoga), selfless work (as in Karma Yoga), knowledge and discernment (as in Jnana Yoga), or an eight-limbed system of disciplines emphasizing meditation (as in Raja Yoga). These practices occupy a continuum from the religious to the scientific. They need not be mutually exclusive. (A person who ...

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It is important to remember that Cicero’s vision for the Republic did not simply translate to the maintenance of the status quo. Furthermore, it was not a straightforward desire to revitalise what many, such as Sallust, term the ‘moral degradation’ of the Republican system. Cicero envisaged “Rome as a selfless nobility of successful individuals determining the fate of the nation via consensus in the Senate.” Cicero’s Middle class heritage resulted in a broader outlook, which was not marred by self-interested motives. Cicer ...

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Midkemia - Greater Gods. The first gods. Rythar - the Goddess of order Mythar - the God of chaos After the falling of the first gods Ishap - the Matrix; God of Balance (order); He who is Above All (now Dead) Arch-Indar - the Selfless; Goddess of good; She who is perfection (now Dead) Nalar (the Nameless one) - the Selfish; God of Evil; The Mad God (now sealed away) Abrem-Sev - Forger of Action; th ...

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Midkemia, Midkemia - Geography, Midkemia - Triagia, Midkemia - Novindus, Midkemia - Wiñet, Midkemia - Politics, Midkemia - Technology and Magic, Midkemia - Rifts, Midkemia - Races, Midkemia - Man, Midkemia - Elves, Midkemia - Dwarves, Midkemia - Valheru, Midkemia - Other creatures, Midkemia - Gods, Midkemia - Greater Gods, Midkemia - Lesser Gods, Midkemia - Lost Gods, Midkemia - 'Dead' Gods, Midkemia - Inspiration

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Bob Knight's teams feature an offense with players in constant motion, with an emphasis on having his post players set screens and his perimeter players passing the ball until a teammate becomes open for an uncontested jump shot or layup. On defense, Knight's players are required to both tenaciously guard opponents man-to-man and to help teammates when needed. This requires tough, selfless, and intelligent play by players and the sacrifice of individual glory for the sake of the team's success. Inarguably, this has become difficult in an era ...

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Bodhi (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root budh to acquire understanding, awaken)

Perfect wisdom or enlightenment; true divine wisdom. A state of consciousness in which one has so emptied the mind that it is filled only with the selfless selfhood of the eternal. In this state one realizes the ineffable visions of reality and of pure truth. Bodhi is a name for the enlightened intellect of buddha. " 'Bodhi' is likewise the name of a particular state of trance condition, called Samadhi, during which the subject reaches the culmination of spiritual knowledge" (SD 1:xix). The bodhi state is called a buddha, and the organ in and by which it is manifested is termed buddhi.

Bodhi is also a name for the mystical tree under which legend says Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment, known as the sacred fig tree of India.

See also Asvattha

(See also: Bodhi, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

Eucharist - The Agape feast. The Agape feast was the Eucharistic celebration of the early Christians. While centered on the ritual of the bread and wine, it also included various other ritual elements, including elements of the Passover seder and of Mediterranean funerary banquets, also termed Agape Feasts. Agape is one of the Greek words for love, particularly applied to selfless love. Such meals were widespread, tho ...

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