According to Kochumuttom, Yogacara is an realistic pluralism.

According to Kochumuttom, this not the way Yogacara uses the term vijñapti:

According to scholar Roger R. Jackson, a "' fundamental unconstructed awareness ' ( mūla-nirvikalpa-jñāna )" is " described [...] frequently in Yogacara literature.

According to scholar Roger R. Jackson, a "' fundamental unconstructed awareness ' ( mūla-nirvikalpa-jñāna )" is " described [...] frequently in Yogacara literature.

According to Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki ( who uses the term " Manas " rather than " Manas Vijnana " for the seventh consciousness ) the Lankavatara Sutra presents the Zen view of the Eight Consciousnesses rather than the Yogacara view.

According to the Bahá ' í teachings the human purpose is to learn to know and love God through such methods as prayer, reflection, and being of service to humankind.

According to the Buddhist tradition, the Buddha first taught the four noble truths in the very first teaching he gave after he attained enlightenment, as recorded in the discourse Setting in Motion the Wheel of the Dharma ( Dharmacakra Pravartana Sūtra ), and he further clarified their meaning in many subsequent teachings.

According to Samuel Angus ( 1920 ) gnosis in these early sects was distinct from the secret teachings revealed to initiates once they had reached a certain level of progression akin to arcanum.

According to Jewish esoteric teachings, the Hebrew letters are the lifeforce of all things created, determining their essence.

According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, " The evidence afforded by Egyptian and Greek texts support the view that Imhotep's reputation was very respected in early times ... His prestige increased with the lapse of centuries and his temples in Greek times were the centers of medical teachings.

" According to the BBC, Verity Linn's " diary mentioned the teachings of self-proclaimed prophet Jasmuheen who believes people can draw nourishment from the ' divine life force in the form of liquid light '.

According to Nichiren's interpretation of the teachings of the Lotus Sutra, persecutions which Nichiren Buddhists encountered should be perceived as a natural outcome of abiding by their beliefs, as predicted in various chapters of that Sutra: " There will be many ignorant people, who will curse and speak ill of us and will attack us with swords and staves, but we will endure all these things ”.

According to Pius, theologians, employed by the Church, are assistants, to teach the official teachings of the Church and not their own private thoughts.

According to Article I of the " Rehat Maryada " ( the Sikh code of conduct and conventions ), a Sikh is defined as " any human being who faithfully believes in One Immortal Being ; ten Gurus, from Guru Nanak Dev to Sri Guru Gobind Singh ; Sri Guru Granth Sahib ; the teachings of the ten Gurus and the baptism bequeathed by the tenth Guru ; and who does not owe allegiance to any other religion ".

According to religious tradition, all of the laws found in the Torah, both written and oral, were given by God to Moses, some of them at Mount Sinai and others at the Tabernacle, and all the teachings were written down by Moses, which resulted in the Torah we have today.

According to A. W. Barber of the University of Calgary, Chan Buddhism was introduced to the Nyingmapa in three principal streams: the teachings of Korean Master Kim, Kim Ho-shang, ( Chin ho shang ) 金和尚 transmitted by Sang Shi in ca.

According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, " This and other similar doctrines found in the Zohar are now known to be much older than Christianity, but the Christian scholars who were led by the similarity of these teachings to certain Christian dogmas deemed it their duty to propagate the Zohar.

According to most interpretations of Matthew 5: 17, 18, 19, and 20, and most Christian views of the Old Covenant, these new interpretations of the Law and Prophets are not opposed to the Old Testament, which was the position of Marcion, but form Jesus ' new teachings which bring about salvation, and hence must be adhered to, as emphasized in Matthew 7: 24-27 towards the end of the sermon.

According to the Theosophical teachings, the Mahatmas are not disembodied beings, but highly evolved people involved in overseeing the spiritual growth of individuals and the development of civilizations.

According to the Islamic teachings, God exists above the heavens and the creation itself.

According to Schechter, the qigong society under which Li and other qigong masters belonged asked Li to hike his tuition, but again Li refused, and emphasised the need for the teachings to be free of charge.

According to Master Hsuan Hua, the most popular example of esoteric teachings still practiced in many Zen monasteries of East Asia, is the and its dhāraṇī (), along with the Great Compassion Dharani (), with its 42 Hands and Eyes Mantras.

According to The Times, about 900 of Britain's nearly 1, 500 masjids are run by Deobandi affiliated scholars, and 19 of the country's 25 Islamic seminaries follow Sunni Deobandi teachings, producing 80 % of all domestically trained Ulema.

According to the teachings of Messianic Judaism, in the earthly life of Jesus, the Holy Spirit was the dove at baptism ( Matt 3: 16 ) and the giver of tongues in Acts 2.

According to the ancient gnostics, this passage was to be interpreted as implying that the teachings of the son of man would automatically bring those who heard and fully understood them ( the elect ) together.

According to Mirza Tahir Ahmad, the fourth Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, all Chinese religions are derived from the teachings of Fu Xi.

According to SGI teachings, the power of the Object of Devotion is not found in an external mandala, but through one's inner faith :" First, the power of any Gohonzon, including the Dai-Gohonzon, can be tapped only through the power of faith.

According to the prophet Jack Wilson ( Wovoka )' s teachings, proper practice of the dance would reunite the living with the spirits of the dead and bring peace, prosperity, and unity to native peoples throughout the region.

According to LDS Church teachings, the true gospel will be taught in all parts of the world prior to the Second Coming.

According to Islamic teachings, it was Ishmael, not Isaac, whom God ordered Abraham to sacrifice to test him.

According to astronomer Letizia Stanghellini, " It ’ s possible that buckyballs from outer space provided seeds for life on Earth .”

According to Grove, " Business success contains the seeds of its own destruction ," explaining that " Success breeds complacency.

According to Cohen, by 1940, Vavilov had accumulated a collection of 200, 000 plant seeds from the Soviet Union and from abroad.

According to Prakash Chandra Gupta, " while containing seeds of his future greatness in many ways, the novel is still youthful and lacks the discipline which full maturity brings ".

According to a an article about the variations in Akha headdress entitled " High Fashion, Hill Style ", the " Ulo Akha headdress consists of a bamboo cone, covered in beads, silver studs and seeds, edged in coins ( silver rupees for the rich, bath for the poor ) topped by several dangling chicken feather tassels and maybe a woolen pom-pom.

According to Massimo Marco from an article published by New Scientist, the seeds are extremely edible, having a nutty taste, and they can be added to salads, toasted, or even made into miniature popcorn.

According to Barton, her early works ' contain the seeds of her lifelong insistence on and pursuit of physical, spiritual and moral integrity as well as the interweaving of poetry and prose which was to typify her writing career '.

According to Krakauer, a well-nourished person might consume the seeds and survive because the body can use its stores of glucose and amino acids to rid itself of the poison.

According to historians, the first seeds came in through Cúcuta, coming from the Venezuelan Andés, and penetrated all across the Santander provinces.

According to Chinese sources, the melons were introduced to China by a Mr. Wallace, Vice president of the United States, who donated melon seeds to the locals while visiting in the 1940s.

According to Zohary and Hopf, archaeological evidence about the earliest cultivation of N. sativa " is still scanty ", but they report supposed N. sativa seeds have been found in several sites from ancient Egypt, including Tutankhamun's tomb.

According to Zohary and Hopf, N. sativa was another traditional condiment of the Old World during classical times ; and its black seeds were extensively used to flavour food.

According to the Anthropological Survey of India, the term Kunbi is derived from kun and bi meaning “ people ” and “ seeds ”, respectively.

According to Chansky, the seeds for Doherty's downfall were planted by decisions made soon after being named as coach.

According to the US Dispensatory ( 1918 ), the leaves, stem, and root are said to possess medicinal properties, but the seeds are most efficacious.