spiritual discipline

collocation in English

meaningsofspiritualanddiscipline

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spiritual
adjective
uk
/ˈspɪr.ɪ.tʃu.əl/
us
/ˈspɪr.ə.tʃu.əl/
relating to deep feelings and beliefs, especially ...
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discipline
noun
uk
/ˈdɪs.ə.plɪn/
us
/ˈdɪs.ə.plɪn/
training that makes people more willing to obey or more able to control themselves, often in the form of rules, and punishments if these are broken, or the behaviour produced by ...
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(Definition ofspiritualanddisciplinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Eastern religions have made impassibility a goal attainable after long and arduousspiritualdiscipline.
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It asks that in the exercise ofspiritualdisciplinethe responsibility should be left ultimately to the spiritual authorities.
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Despite the limited vocabulary of his poems, some create narratives, while others seem more like examples for use in meditative practice or evenspiritualdiscipline.
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This also allowed for the punishment of clergymen who tried to invokespiritualdisciplineupon those under them who exhibited immoral or spiritually demoralizing behaviour.
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This way consists of applying oneself tospiritualdiscipline, study, and community.
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Some of the cultures around the world consider dream interpretation through their religious views as a means ofspiritualdiscipline.
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This is the starting point of theirspiritualdiscipline.
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Initiates to these groups pursued a progression of seven stages ofspiritualdiscipline, called "makamat" (stations) or "ahwal" (spiritual states).
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The spirit also provide direction for the individuals in regard tospiritualdisciplinepractices and outward garments.
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As "siddhas", their main emphasis in spirituality andspiritualdisciplinewas a direct experience of the sacred and spiritual pragmatism.
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His life became filled with intensespiritualdisciplineand severe austerity.
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Diksa is given in a one-to-one ceremony, and typically includes the taking on of a seriousspiritualdiscipline.
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Alfassasays that at age five she felt she did not belong in this world, and her sadhana (spiritualdiscipline) began then.
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Mormons abstain from certain foods and drinks by combiningspiritualdisciplinewith health concerns.
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Crowley's magick thus becomes a form of mental, mystical, orspiritualdiscipline, designed to train the mind to achieve greater concentration.
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Ambrose had a very lively humor and sociable character which conflicted with his more stoicspiritualdiscipline.
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Shuttlesworth resigned the same year that he was appointed, complaining that deceit, mistrust, and a lack ofspiritualdisciplineand truth have eaten at the core of this once-hallowed organization.
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He also explains different forms of spiritual disciplines.
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Commentators mention the dangers, or psychological difficulties, associated with intense or excessive practice of spiritual disciplines.
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All spiritual practices and spiritual disciplines are geared to obtain inner purity, calmness of the mind, and ultimately, liberation.
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