Regulations imposing such a system of ritual purity and taboos are absent from the Buddhist monastic code, and not generally regarded as being part of Buddhist teachings On the contrary, the early Buddhist scriptures defined purity as determined by one's state of mind, and refer to anyone who behaves unethically, of whatever caste, as " rotting within ", or " a rubbish heap of impurity ".

The imposing stupa enshrining the relic of Shakyamuni Buddha's finger bone, at Famen Temple, a Buddhist complex in Baoji, Shaanxi.

This Buddhist temple includes several imposing buildings and is situated not far from the placid waters of Beira Lake on a plot of land that was originally a small hermitage on a piece of marshy land.

Rama I restored most of the social and political system of the Ayutthaya kingdom, promulgating new law codes, reinstating court ceremonies and imposing discipline on the Buddhist monkhood.

It is said that the Swat valley was filled with fourteen hundred imposing and beautiful stupas and monasteries, which housed as many as 6, 000 gold images of the Buddhist pantheon for worship and education.

As UCLA law professor Stephen Yeazell has pointed out, the most likely reason is that the abysmally poor transportation, communications, and administrative apparatus of medieval times made it impossible for the English sovereign to directly manage the entire country in terms of individuals ; it was easier to structure society by imposing obligations upon groups which were enforced by the sporadic use of force.

From the columns being only partially fluted, as well as from other signs, it is clear that it never was completed ; but all the more important parts of the structure were finished, and it must have certainly been one of the most imposing fabrics in antiquity.

* A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place ; " there was a three-storey building on the corner "; " it was an imposing edifice "

The imposing white washed structure, as seen now, has undergone several renovations over the centuries following fires and earthquakes.

It was extensively re-modelled and virtually rebuilt in 1741, the present plan of the imposing structure attributed to Andrea Belli.

An imposing structure and high.

This imposing structure is Cookstown's finest piece of architectural heritage.

This Court House was an imposing structure for the time.

The school was kept in two buildings, one the large two-story stone structure erected in 1868, and having an imposing appearance with its twin towers.

Called The Metallak after Native American chief Metallak, the imposing Victorian structure was designed by architect John Calvin Stevens, and intended to attract tourists arriving by railroad to escape the summer heat and pollution in big cities.

Built as the Stickler Memorial Library, the imposing structure designed by McKim, Mead, and White opened in 1901.

The town's oldest surviving monument is the Assumption Cathedral ( 1689 ), an imposing structure surmounted by five globular domes.

The Babri Masjid was a large imposing structure with three domes, one central and two secondary.

The original structure was made of pink granite and was marked by an imposing, sober colonnade of Roman unfluted version of classical Greek Doric columns.

The tower of the church is a most imposing structure and it may well be that here was a place of refuge for parishioners in time of attack from marauders across the North Sea.

Argentina improved on the Chilean model by imposing strict limits on market concentration and by improving the structure of payments to units held in reserve to assure system reliability.

The purpose of the ornamentation was to make the structure appear imposing, grand and expensive.

From this period survived under a yard of a Mycenaean palace, an imposing circular structure 28 meters in diameter, which should be a fortress or a residence of a king.

This 42 m ( 140 ft ) high imposing octagonal structure holds 14, 201 people ( arena seats: 2, 762, 1st floor seats: 3, 199, 2nd floor seats: 7, 760, standee: 480 ) and is modeled after Yumedono ( Hall of Dreams ) in Hōryū-ji in Nara.

The Wightman axioms restrict the causal structure of the theory by imposing either commutativity or anticommutativity between spacelike separated fields.

Unlike local quantum field theory, the Wightman axioms restrict the causal structure of the theory explicitly by imposing either commutativity or anticommutativity between spacelike separated fields, instead of deriving the causal structure as a theorem.

This wooden structure was replaced by a far more defensible stone castle during the reign of Henry II, and was imposing and of a complex architectural design, which eventually comprised an upper bailey at the highest point of the castle rock, a middle bailey to the north which contained the main royal apartments, and a large outer bailey to the east.

A parade of shops was incorporated into the design each side of the imposing station entrance and the structure was designed from the beginning with the intention of enabling upward development, however this did not come until the 1960s when an office building was added.

The Crystal Palace was destroyed by fire in 1906 and replaced by the Horticultural Building, an additional imposing structure of brick and stone.

When art critic Franz Roh applied the term magic realism to visual art in 1925, he was designating a style of visual art that brings extreme realism to the depiction of mundane subject matter, revealing an " interior " mystery, rather than imposing external, overtly magical features onto this everyday reality.

The imposing architectural idiom of ' commercial classicism ' generates a strong sense of civic importance and grandeur, especially the first set of buildings on the street with their neo-classical features, and grand cupolas and copper domes piercing the skyline.

It features an imposing church and an unevenly cobbled high street.

His imposing height, his noble features, his brilliant eloquence, as well as his renown for zeal and charity, made him a prominent feature in French life for many years.

Major features such as the imposing Water Gate were not complete until about 1682.

The marble hall is considered one of the most imposing 18th-century architectural features in England, as are the magnificent plaster work ceilings.

Twin marble staircases lead from the rotunda to an imposing Caucus Room, which features Corinthian pilasters, a full entablature, and a richly detailed ceiling ; the Russell Caucus Room ( known since 2009 as the " Kennedy Caucus Room " in honor of Senators John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Edward M. Kennedy ) retains its original 1910 benches and settles with carved eagles.

Twin marble staircases lead from the rotunda to an imposing Caucus Room, which features Corinthian pilasters, a full entablature, and a richly detailed ceiling.

In support of their findings, they found that imposing a random perturbation of the locations of individual rock features destroyed the special characteristics.

Characteristic features of the early Tudor style included imposing gatehouses ( a vestige of the castle ), flattened pointed arches in the Perpendicular Gothic manner, square-headed windows, decoratively shaped gables and large ornate chimneys.

Among notable interior features are an ancient brass of 1370, the dogtooth mouldings of the chancel arch and the imposing arcades and foliate capitals of the Nave.

The house itself comprises three storeys and features an imposing main entrance on the southern side.

Completed in 1929, it features an imposing monument dedicated to the national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal, and a big fountain that depicts the legend of the town.

This imposing structure on the church plaza features a figure of the Risen Christ atop a three-sided column at the center of an ornate and multi-layered circular base.

The villa has an imposing 17th-century facade and some other interesting architectural and environmental features, such as the double gallery order on the rear facade, the spiral-shaped flights, the large exedra of the Water Theatre and the magnificent park.

Some other features of CorelDRAW include the creation and execution of VBA macros, viewing of colour separations in print preview mode and integrated professional imposing options.

Certainly the mill is one of the town's most imposing features.

Lucking's imposing figure and rough-hewn features lent themselves well to roles as tough bikers ( Hell's Belles, Wild Rovers, Sons of Anarchy ), craggy cowboys ( The Magnificent Seven Ride !, The Return of a Man Called Horse ), and determined military and police officers ( Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, K-PAX ).

The imposing cathedral features statues of Aerdy warriors and superb stained-glass windows, friezes, and murals featuring scenes of historic battles of Oeridians against orcs, goblins, the Flan, and just about everyone else.