A rich nation can for a time, without noticeable damage to itself, pursue a course of self-indulgence, making its single goal the material ease and comfort of its own citizens -- thus repudiating its own spiritual and material stake in a peaceful and prosperous society of nations.

Its goal is to effect enough change in the alcoholic's thinking " to bring about recovery from alcoholism " through a spiritual awakening.

*" The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.

Where the goal of Dianetics is to rid the individual of his reactive mind engrams, the stated goal of Scientology is to rehabilitate the individual's spiritual nature so that he may reach his full potential.

Cessation is the goal of one's spiritual practice in the Buddhist tradition.

Later, Valentinius ( Valentinus ), taught that gnosis was the privileged Gnosis kardias " knowledge of the heart " or " insight " about the spiritual nature of the cosmos, that brought about salvation to the pneumatics — the name given to those believed to have reached the final goal of sanctity.

In their quest to attain the spiritual goal of life, some Hindus choose the path of monasticism ( Sannyasa ).

It also plays an important role in modeling the spiritual journey, where the adept begins in Malkuth, which is the every-day material world of phenomena, with the ultimate goal being at Kether, the sphere of Unity with the All.

In his writings, Nichiren refers to his identity in a variety of ways, nevertheless always related to the Lotus Sutra, for example: " I, Nichiren, am the foremost votary of the Lotus Sutra ".. Of the many figures appearing in the Lotus Sutra, Nichiren chose his spiritual identity as that of Bodhisattva Superior Practices, and identified his goal as attaining Buddhahood: " From the beginning … I wanted to master Buddhism and attain Buddhahood ".

Dvaita schools perform worship with the goal of spending eternity in a spiritual world or heaven ( loka ) in the blessed company of the Supreme Being.

# To complete one's unfinished sadhana: When an aspirant making spiritual efforts for liberation from maya dies without attaining his or her goal, the jiva gets as a natural cause-effect another human body to complete its sadhana.

Just as the eye perceives colours and the ear sounds, so thinking perceives ideas .” A consistent thread that runs from his earliest philosophical phase through his later spiritual orientation is the goal of demonstrating that there are no essential limits to human knowledge.

The Mahāyāna goal of spiritual development is to achieve the enlightenment of Buddhahood in order to most efficiently help all other sentient beings attain this state.

The Hindu tradition of Brahmacharya places great emphasis on abstinence as a way of harnessing the energy of body and mind towards the goal of spiritual realization.

The goal of Akhenaton's music is to represent the spiritual Islam which is tolerant and mystical in order to loosen the high tension in France due to the prejudice against Muslim immigrants.

The ultimate goal of the practice is enlightenment or spiritual perfection ( yuanman ), and release from the cycle of reincarnation, known in Buddhist tradition as samsara.

The goal of spiritual practice within the Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions is to become a Bodhisattva ( i. e. attainment of a state in which one will subsequently become a Buddha -- after some further reincarnation ), whereas the goal for Theravada practice is specific to become an arahant ( i. e. attain enlightenment with no intention of returning, not even as a Buddha ).

Fukuoka saw farming not just as a means of producing food but as an aesthetic and spiritual approach to life, the ultimate goal of which was " the cultivation and perfection of human beings ".

Instead, the Übermensch " seems to be the ideal aim of spiritual development more than a biological goal .".

The exploration of novel topics in modern art ceased to be Rothko ’ s goal ; from this point on, his art would bear the ultimate aim of relieving modern man ’ s spiritual emptiness.

Catholic missionaries are reminded that their goal is a spiritual one, which must be carried out in a self-less way.

To give oneself completely to the shooting is the spiritual goal, achieved by perfection of both the spirit and shooting technique leading to munen musō, " no thoughts, no illusions ".

It is intended to lead to the goal of enlightenment, or bodhi, and Nirvana.

Among the gnostics, gnosis was first and foremost a matter of self-knowledge, which was considered the path leading to the goal of enlightenment as the hidden knowledge of the various pre-Judeo-Christian pagan Mystery-Religions.

In the west, there is a misconception that Theravada regards enlightenment to be an impossible goal outside the Sangha.

The goal of enlightenment is to understand this — more precisely, to experience this: to see intuitively that the distinction between the self and the Universe is a false dichotomy.

The bliss of samādhi is not the goal of Buddhism ; but it remains an important tool in reaching the goal of enlightenment.

The ultimate goal of a Buddhist practitioner is to eliminate karma ( both good and bad ), end the cycle of rebirth and suffering, and attain Nirvana, usually translated as awakening or enlightenment.

Although interested in anarchist philosophy, he nonetheless rejected it for its militant aspects, and viewed it as only a means to his personal goal of enlightenment.

On the absolute level, one will also be able to reach enlightenment, the goal of Buddhism, quickly.

When referring to the Enlightenment of the Buddha ( samma-sambodhi ) and thus to the goal of the Buddhist path the word enlightenment is normally translating the Pali and Sanskrit word bodhi.

Like Kūkai, Saichō emphasized the importance of striving for enlightenment as an immediate goal to be attained in this existence ( sokushin-jōbutsu ).

Consequently, the desire for enlightenment is exploited by gurus, spiritual teachers, and other " sellers of shoddy goods ", who pretend to offer various ways to reach that goal.

According to U. G., all these facilitators never deliver, and cannot ever deliver, since the goal itself ( i. e. enlightenment ), is unreachable.

The goal of sādhanā is to attain some level of spiritual realization, which can be either enlightenment, pure love of God ( prema ), liberation ( moksha ) from the cycle of birth and death ( saṃsāra ), or a particular goal such as the blessings of a deity as in the Bhakti traditions.

( 1979: 3 ) In other words, the underlying goal of coming to an understanding would help to foster the enlightenment, consensus, and good will necessary for establishing socially beneficial norms.

Also Dōgen rejects the idea that practice is a means to the goal of enlightenment.

It was the Hasid ’ s goal to enlighten those who needed enlightenment.

In Buddhist tantra, actual ejaculation is very much a taboo, as the main goal of the sexual practice is to use the sexual energy towards achieving full enlightenment, rather than ordinary pleasure.

In the Fool's or Hero's Journey, the Star indicates that we are approaching the goal of enlightenment.

::“ It is truly a whimsical supposition that, if mankind were agreed in considering utility to be the test of morality, they would remain without any agreement as to what is useful, and would take no measures for having their notions on the subject taught to the young, and enforced by law and opinion … to consider the rules of morality as improvable, is one thing ; to pass over the intermediate generalisations entirely, and endeavour to test each individual action directly by the first principle, is another … The proposition that happiness is the end and aim of morality, does not mean that no road ought to be laid down to that goal … Nobody argues that the art of navigation is not founded on astronomy, because sailors cannot wait to calculate the Nautical Almanack.

The proposition that happiness is the end and aim of morality, does not mean that no road ought to be laid down to that goal, or that persons going thither should not be advised to take one direction rather than another.

Few debate that one ought to run quickly if one's goal is to win a race.

They suggest that a statement of the form " In order for agent A to achieve goal B, A reasonably ought to do C " exhibits no category error and may be factually verified or refuted.

A poisoner might realize his victim has not died and say, for example, " I ought to have used more poison ," since his goal is to murder.

Put simply, in what sense ought we to hold the goal of being good?

Even if " oughts " depend on goals, the ought seems to vary with the person's goal.

Thus, without an objective " moral goal ", a moral ought is difficult to establish.

A policy can be an absolute imperative, telling agents how they ought to act in any case, or it can be a contingent directive, telling agents how they ought to act if they want to achieve a particular goal.

Lichtenberg's goal was to show that the Vulcan culture we saw on the show was not perfect, and that contact with other civilizations would help post-Reform culture evolve from its present, static form, to " what it ought to become ".