Some Buddhist scholars assert words are inadequate to describe the goal of the Buddhist path, but concerning the usefulness of words in the path itself, schools differ radically.

Some of these Buddhist vegetarian chefs are in the many monasteries which serve wu hun and mock-meat ( also known as ' meat analogues ') dishes to the monks and visitors ( including non-Buddhists who often stay for a few hours or days, to Buddhists who are not monks, but staying overnight for anywhere up to weeks or months ).

Some attributes of such a god were transmitted to the bodhisattva, but the mainstream of those who venerated Avalokiteśvara upheld the Buddhist rejection of the doctrine of any creator god.

The Chinese translation of many Buddhist sutras has in fact replaced the Chinese transliteration of Avalokitesvara with Guanshiyin ( 觀世音 ) Some Daoist scriptures give her the title of Guanyin Dashi, and sometimes informally as Guanyin Fozu.

Some Buddhist schools refer to Guanyin both as male and female interchangeably.

Some of the vegetarians he met were members of the Theosophical Society, which had been founded in 1875 to further universal brotherhood, and which was devoted to the study of Buddhist and Hindu literature.

Some Buddhist Chinese keep a vegetarian diet on the new moon and full moon each month.

Some scholars restrict the use of the term " Prakrit " to the languages used by Hindu and Jain writers only ; others include the Buddhist languages, such as Pali and Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit, and the inscriptional Prakrits.

Some lay practitioners in the West these days use the word " Sangha " as a collective term for all Buddhists, but the Pali Canon uses the word parisā ( Sanskrit, parisad ) for the larger Buddhist community — the monks, nuns, lay men, and lay women who have taken the Three Refuges — reserving ‘ Sangha ’ for a more restricted use .”

Some academic inquiries within Buddhism, dedicated to the rational investigation of a Buddhist understanding of the world, prefer the designation Buddhist philosophy to the term Buddhist theology, since Buddhism lacks the same conception of a theos.

Some Gandharan Buddhist texts were written on vellum, and all Sifrei Torah ( Hebrew: ספר תורה ; plural: ספרי תורה, Sifrei Torah ) are written on kosher klaf or vellum.

Some scholars attribute the disappearance of ancestor worship to the influence of Buddhist doctrines of anicca and anatta, impermanence and rejection of a ' self '.

Some famous Buddhist monasteries include:

Some of the largest monasteries in the world are Buddhist.

Some Hindu and most Buddhist monks and nuns shave their heads upon entering their order, and Korean Buddhist monks and nuns have their heads shaved every 15 days.

Some Buddhist villages converted en masse in order to receive aid or avoid being forcibly resettled by Diệm's regime.

Some authors have pointed to similarities between the Buddhist conception of nothingness and the ideas of Martin Heidegger and existentialists like Sartre, although this connection has not been explicitly made by the philosophers themselves.

Some may be straight edge for religious reasons, such as in the case of Christian, Muslim, Buddhist anarcho-punks ( see Anarchism and religion for more background ).

" Some Ethical Concepts for the Modern World from Hindu and Indian Buddhist Tradition " in: Radhakrishnan, S.

Some were clearly of Christian origin, among them the Great Awakening and other revivals which helped to make Christian liberty, Christian equality, and Christian fraternity the passion of the land.

Some have seen revivalism and the search for Christian perfection as the fountain-head of the American hope.

Some Christian believers have come to downplay the punishment of hell.

Some religious groups, such as the Association of Christian Schools International, opposed the ADA in its original form.

Some believe that this appeal “ thereby shows Christian ’ s of Luke ’ s day both that their predecessors were innocent before the state and that Paul had no political quarrel with Rome ” but rather with the Jews who were accusing him.

Some scholars believe that the apologetic view of Luke ’ s work is overemphasized and that it should not be regarded as a “ major aim of the Lucan writings .” While Munck believes that purpose of Luke ’ s work is not that clear-cut and sympathizes with other claims, he believes that Luke ’ s work can function as an apology only in the sense that it “ presents a defense of Christianity and Paul ” and may serve to “ clarify the position of Christianity within Jewry and within the Roman Empire .” Pervo disagrees that Luke ’ s work is an apology and even that it could possibly be addressed to Rome because he believes that “ Luke and Acts speak to insiders, believers in Jesus .” Freedman believes that Luke is writing an apology but that his goal is “ not to defend the Christian movement as such but to defend God ’ s ways in history .”

Some sources record that the final blow, with the back of an axe, was delivered as an act of kindness by a Christian convert known as " Thrum.

Some of his controversies on Christian theological subjects, as on Adam ( Yalḳ., Gen. 47 ), on Enoch ( Gen. R. 25 ), and on the resurrection ( Shab.

Some dioceses around the Mediterranean Sea which were Christianised early are rather compact, whereas dioceses in areas of rapid modern growth in Christian commitment — as in some parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, South America and the Far East — are much larger and more populous.

Some Christian readers consider this story to contain an allegory, representing the interaction between the church as ' bride ' and God.

Some of the esoteric Christian institutions include the Rosicrucian Fellowship, the Anthroposophical Society and the Martinism.

Some of the best teammates I have ever had are the furthest thing from Christian ," Jennings said.

Some Christian denominations and other groups have rejected the authority of those creeds.

Some Christian denominations, and particularly those descending from the Radical Reformation, do not profess a creed.

Some Christian groups focus on simply refraining from gay sex, such as Courage International and North Star.

Some Christian authorities say that the New Testament regards marriage as instituted and ordained by God for the lifelong relationship between one man as husband and one woman as wife.

Some Christians believe that gender equality is appropriate for Christian marriages and that the spouses share equal responsibility within the family.

Some medieval legends elaborated upon the lives of Christian figures such as Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the saints.

Some commentators have categorized a number of modern fantasy works as " Christian myth " or " Christian mythopoeia ".

Some Christian denominations ( such as Anglican, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox ), include a number of books that are not in the Hebrew Bible ( the biblical apocrypha or deuterocanonical books or Anagignoskomena, see Development of the Old Testament canon ) in their biblical canon that are not in today's Jewish canon, although they were included in the Septuagint.

Some Christian denominations hold that salvation depends upon transformational faith in Jesus, which expresses itself in good works as a testament ( or witness ) to ones faith for others to see ( primarily Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Roman Catholicism ), while others ( including most Protestants ) hold that faith alone is necessary for salvation.

Some observers speculated that this might be his revenge on his home town.

) Some observers argue that, while academicians often perceive themselves as members of an elite, their influence is mostly imaginary: " Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy.

Some observers speculate that Alan Jay Lerner's pride was so badly bruised by Muselli's much-publicized rejection of him ( due to his drug addiction and neglect of their son ) that in revenge he portrayed her as a gold-digging spendthrift.

Some observers have related this explanation to Islam's ban on suicide, which, it is suggested, drove Malay men to create circumstances in which others would kill them.

Some observers ( including George Kennan ) believed that the Japanese treaty led Stalin to approve a plan to invade U. S .- supported South Korea on June 25, 1950.

Some critical observers consider that Uribe's policies, while admittedly reducing crime and guerrilla activity, might be too slanted in favor of a military solution to Colombia's internal war, neglecting grave social and human rights concerns to a certain extent.

Some observers argued that this influenced the CRTC's June 2005 decision to ease Canadian content restrictions on satellite radio ( see above ).

Some observers have pointed out that the anisotropies in the WMAP data did not appear to be consistent with the big bang picture.

Some observers describe the figure as sitting in a traditional cross-legged yoga pose with its hands resting on its knees.

Some observers have pointed that out that if it were not for the urging of his explorers to leave, Almagro would probably have stayed permanently in Chile.

Some observers have labeled evacuation from New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina the New Orleans diaspora, since a significant number of evacuees have not been able to return, yet maintain aspirations to do so.

Some observers and critics of the channel contend that it has a bias favoring the political right and the Republican Party.

Some observers claim that Trujillo supported an abortive coup attempt by young Garde officers in December 1937.

Some observers suggest Islamism's tenets are less strict, and can be defined as a form of identity politics or " support for identity, authenticity, broader regionalism, revivalism, revitalization of the community ".

Some observers still feel that Japan's willingness to deploy troops in support of current US operations in Iraq, as spearheaded by Koizumi and the conservative LDP, reflects a vow not to be excluded from the group of countries the US considers friends.

Some observers consider this mess appropriate in view of the word's meaning.

Some observers argue that these operations were aimed – initially tangentially, but with time more directly – at Beria.

Some outside observers have suggested that Kim Jong-il himself favored such reforms but that some parts of the party and the military resist any changes that might threaten stability.

Some astute observers noted that he would allow only what was in the written confession and refuse to go any further.

Some observers and scholars refer to this form of Judaism as " Haredi Judaism ", or " Ultra-Orthodox Judaism ".

Some observers from outside the post-structuralist camp have questioned the rigor and legitimacy of the field.

Some observers consider the term " slave " to be more misleading than informative in describing the local practice.

Some observers have strongly criticized structuralism or even dismissed it in toto.

Some observers began to wonder if this game would become known as " The Comeback ".