Some religious movements have embraced overt syncretism, such as the case of melding Shintō beliefs into Buddhism or the amalgamation of Germanic and Celtic pagan views into Christianity during its spread into Gaul, the British Isles, Germany, and Scandinavia.

Elements of pre-Han dynasty mythology such as those in Shan Hai Jing were adapted into these belief systems as they developed ( in the case of Taoism ), or were assimilated into Chinese culture ( in the case of Buddhism ).

SGI is also criticized for its doctrinal teachings based on Nichiren Buddhism, perceived by some observers to be lacking tolerance towards other forms of Buddhism .. On the other hand, Nichiren Buddhism clarifies the way of peaceful and free expression in debates about various schools differences: “ Even in the case of the Nembutsu priests, the Zen priests, and the True Word teachers, and the ruler of the nation and other men of authority, all of whom bear me such hatred — I admonish them because I want to help them, and their hatred for me makes me pity them all the more ”.

The same Songtsen Gampo was also the first Tibetan king to marry a Buddhist ( or, in his case, two ): in 632, Nepalese princess Bhrikuti, and in 641, Princess Wencheng, daughter of Emperor Tang Taizong of the Tang Dynasty of China where Buddhism was approaching its zenith.

* 65: Liu Ying's sponsorship of Buddhism is the first documented case of Buddhist practices in China.

NRMs may be novel in origin or they may be part of a wider religion, such as Christianity, Hinduism or Buddhism, in which case they will be distinct from pre-existing denominations.

Through both Han Chinese and Tibetan cultural influences, Tibetan Buddhism has gained widespread respect ( especially in the case of the Mosuo ).

These two concepts are deeply related to the pursuit of happiness in Buddhism and are not merely philosophical games, as in the case of the Greek philosophers.

Both the founder of Shingon Buddhism, Kūkai, and the founder of Tendai Buddhism, Saichō exchanged letters of debate with Hossō scholar Tokuitsu, which became particular heated in the case of Saichō.

The case is made that the philosophic and psychological teachings within Buddhism share commonalities with modern scientific and philosophic thought.

Buddhism has been described by some as rational and non-dogmatic, and there is evidence that this has been the case from the earliest period of its history, though some have suggested this aspect is given greater emphasis in modern times and is in part a reinterpretation.

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This is the case for much of Chinese Buddhism, as the lineage of the founder or Abbot does not necessarily dictate the thought or practices of members of the monastery.

Practitioners of the varied schools of Zen Buddhism apply concepts similar to flow to aid their mastery of art forms, including, in the case of Japanese Zen Buddhism, Aikido, Cheng Hsin, Judo, Honkyoku, Kendo and Ikebana.

Warder, it is " clearly " the case that the Mahāyāna teachings originally came from the branch of Buddhism.

In particular, his sponsorship of Buddhism in 65 CE is the first documented case of Buddhist practices in China.

In that case the coin scene would represent a victory of Buddhism.

In the north, people of Tibetan origin continued to be the much-unchanged practises of Tibetan Buddhism, especially in the case of the Nyimba of Northwest Nepal.

Some mythical figures in folk culture have been integrated into Chinese Buddhism, as in the case of Miao Shan.

Sets of reaction tubes containing 0.2 of an atmosphere of added oxygen in one case and added moisture in another, both gave reaction rates in the range of 0.1 to 0.4 of the chlorine exchanged per hour.

When the husband drops the case and returns to his wife, both seem sorry they brought the matter up in the first place.

But one wishes, when the appetite is whetted, as it was in the case of the all-too-brief excerpt from the Blomdahl opera, that further opportunity would be provided both for hearing the works in their entirety and for a closer analytical look at the sense and nature of the compositions.

In the United States, both state and federal appellate courts are usually restricted to examining whether the lower court made the correct legal determinations, rather than hearing direct evidence and determining what the facts of the case were.

Instead of starting from theory and applying theory to a particular case, casuists start with the particular case itself and then ask what morally significant features ( including both theory and practical considerations ) ought to be considered for that particular case.

Chan's method for estimating the mean is numerically unstable when and both are large, because the numerical error in is not scaled down in the way that it is in the case.

W. H. Roscher thinks that both nectar and ambrosia were kinds of honey, in which case their power of conferring immortality would be due to the supposed healing and cleansing powers of honey, and because fermented honey ( mead ) preceded wine as an entheogen in the Aegean world ; on some Minoan seals, goddesses were represented with bee faces ( compare Merope and Melissa ).

What constitutes " reasonable " varies in both statutory law and case law.

The contemporary ecclesiastics recorded with wonder many instances of the Visigoths ' clemency: Christian churches saved from ravage ; protection granted to vast multitudes both of pagans and Christians who took refuge therein ; vessels of gold and silver which were found in a private dwelling, spared because they " belonged to St. Peter "; at least one case in which a beautiful Roman matron appealed, not in vain, to the better feelings of the Gothic soldier who attempted her dishonor.

In this case, the absolute magnitude is defined as the apparent magnitude that the object would have if it were one astronomical unit ( AU ) from both the Sun and the observer.

The other two are more interesting, both essentially being my father is MLK, with MLK being the reference found elsewhere in the Bible in prohibitions such as do not pass your children through the fire to MLK, in which case the following possibilities arise:

It is an outer locative case, used just as the adessive and allative cases to denote both being on top of something and " being around the place " ( as opposed to the inner locative case, the elative, which means " from out of " or " from the inside of ").

In this case the surfaces of both adherents after debonding will be covered by fractured adhesive.

This is not the case, and both modern adversarial and inquisitorial systems have the powers of the state separated between a prosecutor and the judge and allow the defendant the right to counsel.

Aegean vases have been exhibited both at Sèvres and Neuchatel since about 1840, the provenance ( i. e. source or origin ) being in the one case Phylakope in Melos, in the other Cephalonia.

Either the soul knew that the body was corrupt, or it did not ( in which case it would be “ laboring under ignorance ”); both of these considerations are cause for divine punishment.

In this case the RF zero level is near the DC rail and will swing both above and below the rail during operation.

These test cases must each be accompanied by test case input data or a formal description of the operational activities ( or both ) to be performed — intended to thoroughly exercise the specific case — and a formal description of the expected results.

In every known case, the numbers of a pair are either both even or both odd.

In the case of a program that creates document files, a new version of that program (" v2 ") is said to be backward compatible with the old version of the program (" v1 ") when it can both read and write documents that work with v1.

) The exception to this alms rule is when monks and nuns have seen, heard or known that animal ( s ) have been specifically killed to feed the alms-seeker, in which case consumption of such meat would be karmically negative.

The council also decreed that every altar should contain a relic, which remains the case in modern Catholic and Orthodox regulations ( Canon VII ), and made a number of decrees on clerical discipline, especially for monks when mixing with women.

Japanese monks also visited China ; such was the case with Ennin ( 794 – 864 ), who wrote of his travel experiences including travels along China's Grand Canal.

Monasteries may vary greatly in size, comprising a small dwelling accommodating only a hermit, or in the case of communities anything from a single building housing only one senior and two or three junior monks or nuns, to vast complexes and estates housing tens or hundreds.

For example, in the case of the two monks mentioned above, the foot is actually compensated for in the second figure by a subtly larger body.

As was the case in many Mediterranean lands in mediaeval times, monks were the main practitioners of winemaking in La Rioja and great advocates of its virtues.

Thus, when a non-monk was selected to replace St-Calais, the monks began a long struggle to secure what they felt had been promised to them, including the forging of charters ascribed to St-Calais that supported their case.

James A. Wylie ( 1808 – 1890 ) makes a strong case that the Culdees ( Keledei ) of Scotland are related to the Celtic Christian spirituality of the monks of Iona.

Salvian is very clear on the duty of absolute self-denial in the case of sacred virgins, priests and monks ( ii.

Meanwhile, Innocent had changed his mind, and reinstalled Savaric as abbot, ordering some English clergy to judge the specifics of the case, and allot the revenues of the abbey between Savaric and the monks.

While monks have undertaken labours of the most varied character, in every case this work is extrinsic to the essence of the monastic state.

A number of Buddhist monks ( including the most famous case of Thích Quảng Đức ) immolated themselves in protest of the discriminatory treatment endured by Buddhists under the Roman Catholic administration of President Ngô Đình Diệm in South Vietnam — even though violence against oneself is prohibited by most interpretations of Buddhist doctrine.

In the case of the latter, each dwelling would house about twenty monks and within the house there were separate rooms or " cells " that would be inhabited by two or three monks.

Subcategories are canons regular ( canons and canonesses regular who recite the divine office and serve a church and perhaps a parish ); monastics ( monks or nuns living and working in a monastery and reciting the divine office ); mendicants ( friars or religious sisters who live from alms, recite the divine office, and, in the case of the men, participate in apostolic activities ); and clerks regular ( priests who take religious vows and have a very active apostolic life ).

Under Pepin the monks were permitted, in case their abbey should fall into secular hands, to go over to another community.

The figures of the monks celebrating mass are taken in this subject as a substantive part of the architectural effect, and this is the case with all Granet's works, even with those in which the figure subject would seem to assert its importance, and its historical or romantic interest.

It is unclear if Uduwe Dhammaloka and other ordained members of parliament will resign their positions, or if legislation will be introduced to restrict monks from standing for public office ( as is currently the case in Thailand ).

Records are not fully clear on whether this army consisted of hired mercenaries, or, as would be the case later, trained monks.

A Kalimavkion (), or kalymmavchi ( καλυμαύχι ), or kamilavka (), is an item of clerical clothing worn by Orthodox Christian and Eastern Catholic monks ( in which case it is black ) or awarded to clergy ( in which case it may be red or purple ).

Shenoute's knowledge was not confined to the Holy Bible, as it was the case for the majority of the monks in Egypt.

As he still repeatedly contravened the doctrines, the Thai Sangha ( Community of Thai monks ) requested the Supreme Sangha Council ( SSC ) to look into the case.