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In the middle of the known world is the sacred Center, "a place that is sacred above all"; [123] this Center anchors the established order. [92] Around the sacred Center lies the known world, the realm of established order; and beyond the known world is a chaotic and dangerous realm, "peopled by ghosts, demons, [and] 'foreigners' (who are ...
John P. Milton is a meditation and qigong instructor, author, and environmentalist.He is the founder of Sacred Passage and the Way of Nature.. He pioneered vision questing in contemporary Western culture in the 1940s.
Karnavedha is considered a vedic rite of passage with symbolic spiritual significance. Some believe that it is intended to open the inner ears for receiving sacred sounds. Hearing of sacred sounds with concentration is considered meritorious in that it cleanses the mind and nurtures the spirit.
[110] [111] The rite of passage is performed in harmony with the sacred premise that the microcosm of all living beings is a reflection of a macrocosm of the universe. [112] The soul (Atman, Brahman) is the essence and immortal that is released at the Antyeshti ritual, but both the body and the universe are vehicles and transitory in various ...
For nearly four decades, Easwaran taught a method of meditation, known as passage meditation, which involves focusing the mind on inspiring sacred texts, such as the 23rd Psalm or the Buddha's Discourse on Good Will. Throughout this time, he received inquiries about whether various texts were suitable passages for meditation.
An important sacred object for the Lakota is the cʽąnųpa wakʽą (chanupa wakan) or sacred pipe. [194] It usually consists of a hollow wooden stem attached to a catlinite bowl. [ 195 ] Catlinite is quarried from near Pipestone, Minnesota ; the Lakota term this iyanša (red stone), for in their mythology it formed from the blood of a people ...
An example of a medieval building with many subterranean passages is Prague Castle. In the Middle Ages underground passages were dug out mainly for purposes of defence. Later drainage conduits transported waste water to the foot of the castle wall and then let it fall freely over the slope of the bare cliff face into the bed of the Brusnice stream.
There exists the imagination of the unreal, there is no duality, but there is emptiness, even in this there is that. [73] In his commentary, the Indian Yogācāra philosopher Vasubandhu explains that imagination of the unreal (abhūta-parikalpa) is the "discrimination between the duality of grasped and grasper." Emptiness is said to be "the ...