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The history, topography, and antiquities of the Parish of St. Mary Islington, in the County of Middlesex ... Printed for the author by John Nichols and Son. pp. 58–59. Order of Malta (14 June 2011). "Sovereign Military Order of Malta in the United Kingdom - British Association - Grand Priory of England - Knights of Malta". Orderofmalta.org.uk
The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (French: l'Ordre très vénérable de l'Hôpital de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem), [n 1] commonly known as the Order of St John, [3] and also known as St John International, [4] is an order of chivalry constituted in 1888 by royal charter from Queen Victoria and dedicated to St John the Baptist.
Dorje is the Tibetan equivalent of the Sanskrit vajra and therefore the term appears frequently in Tibetan terminology relating to Vajrayana Buddhism. [2] A Dorje Lopön is usually well educated and trained in tantric practice, and is therefore a well respected figure. [3] They might be the heads of monasteries or spiritual communities.
The vajra and bell are used in many rites by a lama or any Vajrayana practitioner of sadhana. The vajra is a male polysemic symbol that represents many things for the tantrika. The vajra is representative of upaya (skilful means) whereas its companion tool, the bell which is a female symbol, denotes prajna (wisdom). [19]
England, Europe and Australasia – A Royal Arch Chapter is required to be sponsored by a Craft Lodge and bears the same number, and in almost all cases the same name; however, the HRA is a separate Order from Craft Freemasonry. Supreme Grand Chapter is governed from the headquarters of the United Grand Lodge of England, but the administration ...
Vajrayana is a system of tantric lineages, and thus only those who receive an empowerment or initiation may practice the more advanced esoteric methods. In tantric deity yoga, mantras, or bijas are used during the ritual evocation of deities that are said to arise out of the uttered and visualized mantric syllables.
When Philip IV, King of France suppressed the order in 1307, King Edward II of England at first refused to believe the accusations. But after the intercession of Pope Clement V, King Edward ordered the seizure of members of the order in England on 8 January 1308. Only handfuls of Templars were duly arrested, however.
The Gilbertine Order of Canons Regular was founded around 1130 by Saint Gilbert in Sempringham, Lincolnshire, where Gilbert was the parish priest. It was the only completely English religious order and came to an end in the 16th century at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries . [ 1 ]