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21pointed — I. adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. having a point b. being an arch with a pointed crown; also marked by the use of a pointed arch < pointed architecture > 2. a. being to the point ; pertinent b …
22Meditation — This article is about the mental discipline. For the form of alternative dispute resolution, see Mediation. For other uses, see Meditation (disambiguation). A statue of the Buddha meditating, Borim Temple, Korea Meditation refers to any form of a …
23Virtue — (Latin virtus ; Greek Polytonic|ἀρετή) is moral excellence. Personal virtues are characteristics valued as promoting individual and collective well being, and thus good by definition. The opposite of virtue is vice.Etymologically the word virtue… …
24Denotational semantics — In computer science, denotational semantics (initially known as mathematical semantics or Scott–Strachey semantics) is an approach to formalizing the meanings of programming languages by constructing mathematical objects (called denotations)… …
25Lingam — The Lingam (also, Linga , Shiva linga Sanskrit लिङ्गं , so IAST|liṅgais means by marks or by signs .An example of use of the word linga as a technical term in philosophy is given in this passage from the IAST|Sāṃkhya Kārikā which describes the… …
26Samādhi — Hinduism smallSamadhi (Sanskrit: sa. समाधि) is a Hindu and Buddhist technical term that usually denotes higher levels of concentrated meditation, or dhyana, in Yogic schools, and is considered a precursor for enlightenment, or Nirvana, in… …
27Zazen — (坐禅; Chinese: zuò chán pinyin or tso chan Wade Giles) is at the heart of Zen Buddhist practice. The aim of zazen is just sitting, opening the hand of thought . [ [http://books.google.com/books?hl=en id=fOU 1vlGN9UC dq=Opening+the+Hand+of+Thought… …
28Anna Laetitia Barbauld — [ right|thumb|Wedgwood cameo of Barbauld from 1775] Anna Laetitia Barbauld (pronEng|bɑrˈbɔld, by herself possibly IPA| [bɑrˈbo] , as in French) ( née Aikin) (20 June 1743 – 9 March 1825) was a prominent eighteenth century English poet, essayist,… …
29Kagyu — The Kagyu or Kagyupa bo|T= བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་པ|w=bka brgyud pa school, also known as the Oral Lineage or Whispered Transmission school, is one of four main schools of Himalayan or Tibetan Buddhism today, the other three being the Nyingma (རྙིང་མ Rnying… …
30Mata Amritanandamayi — Mātā Amṛtānandamayī Devī Amma. Born September 27, 1953(1953 09 27) (age 57) Parayakadavu, Alappad Panchayat, Kollam District, Kerala, India …
