10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAKE VOWS»
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Gurus for hire, Enlightenment for sale
If sitting in a refuge ceremony means you take vows, without having any
conscious understanding of it, then that means small kids, infants who sit there
took the vows. It's not possible. And if or when you take refuge with a Guru, and
you have ...
Tsem Tulku Rinpoche, 2007
2
Joyful Path of Good Fortune: The Complete Buddhist Path to ...
THE VOWS TAKEN If we take vows all our actions become more powerful. If we
take novice vows our actions are more powerful than if we take only lay vows; if
we take vows of full ordination our actions are more powerful than if we take only
...
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, 1990
3
Jesus of Nazareth: Son of God/Son of Man
God does not tell us not to take vows. Paul took at least one. Rather, God takes
our vows to him seriously. We are well advised to take our vows to him just as
seriously as God does. Another example is seen in the issues around church- ...
W. Mccrocklin, W. Michael McCrocklin, 2006
4
New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law
This distinction between a public and private vow is not exact because members
of some secular institutes and some associations of the faithful take vows which
are accepted by a legitimate superior, yet these are considered private vows or, ...
John P. Beal, James A. Coriden, Thomas Joseph Green, 2000
5
The Halakhah: An Encyclopaedia of the Law of Judaism
They are explicit on that matter: people who take vows show their weakness, not
their strength. Vows represent the power of the weak and put-upon, the easy way
to defend oneself against the importunities of the overbearing host, the grasping
...
6
Theological and Philosophical Premises of Judaism
That is also because sages to begin with take a negative view of vowing. While of
oaths taken in court with full deliberation, invoking the name of God, they approve
, vows they despise. They are explicit on that matter: people who take vows ...
We'll just stand up together and take vows one at a time.'' ''But your bridesmaid's
dress is green velvet for my ceremony. Don't you want to wear traditional white for
yours?'' Nothing about this was traditional, Mattie thought as profound ...
8
Confraternities and Catholic Reform in Italy, France, and Spain
The Daughters had petitioned de Paul repeatedly for the right to take vows. He
hesitated, fearing that vows would lead to enclosure; there- fore, when the
Daughters of Charity took vows they did so privately, during Mass, and never
publicly ...
John Patrick Donnelly, Michael W. Maher, 1999
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Dealing with Deities: The Ritual Vow in South Asia
to be most readily available to those willing to take vows to those powers. This
theme appears time and time again in the essays included here. Some authors
suggest more, in fact. Lamb, for example, asserts that among the Hindu ascetics
of ...
Selva J. Raj, William P. Harman, 2012
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James The Just and Christian Origins
That is also because sages to begin with take a negative view of vowing. While of
oaths taken in court with full deliberation, invoking the name of God, they approve
, vows they despise. They are explicit on that matter: people who take vows ...
Bruce David Chilton, Craig Alan Evans, 1999
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAKE VOWS»
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take vows is used in the context of the following news items.
Kenyah twins take vows to become Carmelite nuns
Kenyah twins, Mary Sheila and Shirley Therese, just 25, took their Solemn Profession to be Carmelite nuns after five years of training as Novices in the Carmelite ... «The Borneo Post, Mar 15»
550 couples take vows in Valentine's Day mass wedding in Nicaragua
A public square in Nicaragua has become an improvised wedding chapel for 550 couples who took their marriage vows on Valentine's Day in a mass wedding. «Fox News, Feb 13»
