Like many others, he had to work hard, long hours in a struggling family business which, though it was allied to art of a kind -- the design and production of engraved seals -- bore no relation to the painting of pictures.

Like many regular army officers from the South he was opposed to secession, but resigned his commission soon after he heard of the secession of his adopted state Texas.

Like many games of its time, Asteroids contains several bugs that were mostly the result of the original programmers underestimating the game's popularity or the skill of its players.

Like many intellectuals before World War II he promoted eugenics.

Like many other cross-channel linguistic acquisitions, many Britons readily took this up and followed this rule themselves, while the Americans took a simpler rule and applied it rigorously.

Like many of his poems ( e. g. fr. s 38, 326, 338, 347, 350 ), it begins with a verb ( in this case " Let's drink!

Like many ancient historians, Ammianus had a strong political and religious agenda to pursue, however, and he contrasted Constantius II with Julian to the former's constant disadvantage ; like all ancient writers he was skilled in rhetoric, and this shows in his work.

Like craft acrylics, they adhere to many surfaces.

Like many cartoonists, Capp made extensive use of assistants ( notably Andy Amato, Harvey Curtis, Walter Johnson and Frank Frazetta ).

Like many ancient Egyptian deities, Anubis assumes different roles in various contexts.

Like many other buildings, it suffered extensive damage during the Second World War and had to be restored.

Like many artists, Watterson incorporated elements of his life, interests, beliefs and values into his work — for example, his hobby as a cyclist, memories of his own father ’ s speeches about ‘ building character ’, and his views on merchandising and corporations.

Like so many others, Étienne was eventually forced to flee Paris because of his opposition to the fiscal policies of Cardinal Richelieu, leaving his three children in the care of his neighbor Madame Sainctot, a great beauty with an infamous past who kept one of the most glittering and intellectual salons in all France.

Like his father, Bayezid II was a patron of western and eastern culture and unlike many other Sultans, worked hard to ensure a smooth running of domestic politics, which earned him the epithet of " the Just ".

Like many forest ungulates bongos are herbivorous browsers and feed on tree / bush leaves, bushes, vines, bark and pith of rotting trees, grasses / herbs, roots, cereals, shrubs and fruits.

Like the Authorized King James Bible and the works of Shakespeare, many words and phrases from the Book of Common Prayer have entered common parlance.

Like Case, many cyberpunk protagonists are manipulated, placed in situations where they have little or no choice, and although they might see things through, they do not necessarily come out any further ahead than they previously were.

Like most imperative languages in the ALGOL tradition, C has facilities for structured programming and allows lexical variable scope and recursion, while a static type system prevents many unintended operations.

Like many Prussian officers serving in Russia, he joined the Russian-German Legion in 1813.

Like many other chorded keyboards, this keyboard can be used with one hand.

Like many other NFL teams located in temperate climates, the Panthers traditionally wear their white jerseys at home during the first half of the season — forcing opponents to wear their dark ones under the warm autumns in Charlotte.

Like many programming languages, Perl has mechanisms to use external libraries of code, making one file contain common routines used by several programs.

Like many other Chinese historical figures, Chiang used several names throughout his life.

Like many proteases, chymotrypsin will also hydrolyse amide bonds in vitro, a virtue that enabled the use of substrate analogs such as N-acetyl-L-phenylalanine p-nitrophenyl amide for enzyme assays.

Like the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje, Rongzompa and Jigme Lingpa, he carried the title " Kunkhyen " ( Tibetan ; " All-Knowing ").

Like the Tibetan Book of the Dead, it teaches the gradual dissolution of self.

Like all schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the Kagyu consider their practices and teachings inclusive of the full range of Buddha's teachings ( or three yāna ), since they follow the fundamental teachings and vows of individual liberation and monastic discipline ( Pratimoksha ).

Like other Tibetan dialects, Balti had no script of its own until Tibetans created a script for their language, introducing it through Tibetan Lamas and other learned people.

Like Tibetan Buddhists, Chinese Buddhists recite the mantra of the Medicine Buddha to overcome mental, physical and spiritual sickness.

Like that species, Tibetan Sandgrouse has feathered legs and toes, has no hind toe and the three front toes are short and squat.

Like the later Chinese conquerors, Zhao's men looted and destroyed Tibetan monasteries, melted down religious images and tore up sacred texts to use to line the soles of their boots and, as the Communists were also to do later, Zhao Erfeng worked out a comprehensive scheme for the redevelopment of Tibet that covered military training reclamation work, secular education, trade and administration.

Like the Monpa, they are Tibetan Buddhist by religion.

Like other Monpa, they are also adherents of Tibetan Buddhism.

Like most Buddhist tribes, they built houses based on stones and follow a Tibetan Buddhist culture, though they might not be as advanced as the Monpa.

Like the Ladakhi Muslim architectures, older mosques show a mix of Persian and Tibetan architecture, although strong Persian and modern influences can be seen in the newer mosques.

Like the Balti, they speak an archaic Tibetan dialect closely related to Balti and Ladakhi, though not easily intelligible with either.

Like the majority of traditional Tibetan metal instruments, the kīla is often made from brass and iron ( terrestrial and / or meteoric iron.

Like most of Bhutan, the Kheng are devoted followers of Tibetan Buddhism and their cultural practices typically mirror those of the dominant Ngalop culture of the country.

Like mountains, lakes are considered sacred by Tibetan people, the principle being that they are the dwelling places of protective deities and therefore invested with special spiritual powers.

Nick Gier in Buddhist Ethics as Virtue Ethics compares Buddha's ethical teachings to Aristotle's: " Like Greek virtue ethics, Buddhist ethics is also humanistic and thoroughly personalist.

Like Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang, she was drawn to Buddhism and presided over the completion of Buddhist temples.

Like all early Buddhist schools in Nara, Japan it eventually died out and was absorbed by later Japanese Buddhist sects, such as Shingon and Tendai.

Like most temples in Taiwan, the Temple worships a mixture of Buddhist, Taoist, and folk deities such as Matsu.

Like the Balinese, they worship Ida Sang Hyang Widi Wasa ( Roughly " Big Almighty Lord ") for blessings in addition to other Hindu and Buddhist gods that include the Tri Murti, namely Shiva, Brahma, Vishnu and Buddha.

Like the Khampti, the Singpho are mainly Theravada Buddhist by religion.

Like many others of her kind, she abandoned her stage life and took up religion, building a Buddhist retreat.

Like most animistic elements, the Nāga is seen in both Buddhist and Hindu-influenced contexts, but worship of nagas predates Indian influence in the region, and are common in folktales of Laos and Isan.

Like the Buddhist theory of Mere Consciousness, Xiong ’ s philosophy claims consciousness as the ultimate reality.

Like many Buddhist temples in Japan, Gokoku-ji has a cemetery on its premises.

Like many women in Medieval Japan whose lives met with unfortunate circumstances, Nijo became a Buddhist nun.

Like in most other Theravada nations, Buddhism in Thailand is represented primarily by the presence of Buddhist monks, who serve as officiants on ceremonial occasions, as well as being responsible for preserving and conveying the teachings of the Buddha.

Like his father he was a Buddhist and founded the famous Buddhist Vihara at Somapuri in Varendra, the ruins of which have been discovered in the Naogaon District.

Like the other kings of Wuyue, Qian Chu was a devout Buddhist.

Like most teachers in the Forest Tradition, Ajahn Sumedho tends to avoid intellectual abstractions of the Buddhist teachings and focuses almost exclusively on their practical applications, that is, developing wisdom and compassion in daily life.

Like many beat writers, Kaufman became a Buddhist.