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Jarāmaraṇa is Sanskrit and Pāli for "old age" ( jarā) [1] and "death" ( maraṇa ). [2] In Buddhism, jaramarana is associated with the inevitable decay and death-related suffering of all beings prior to their rebirth within saṃsāra (cyclic existence). Jarā and maraṇa are identified as the twelfth link within the Twelve Links of ...
t. e. Maranatha ( Aramaic: מרנאתא) is an Aramaic phrase which occurs once in the New Testament ( 1 Corinthians 16:22 ). It also appears in Didache 10:14. [1] It is transliterated into Greek letters rather than translated and, given the nature of early manuscripts, the lexical difficulty rests in determining just which two Aramaic words ...
Etymology. "Siddha Yoga" ("perfect" or "perfected" yoga) is a Sanskrit term adopted by Muktananda to describe the path of self-realization that he embarked on under the guidance of his spiritual teacher, the Indian saint Bhagawan Nityananda. Muktananda regarded the path he learned from his teacher as a perfect path because it embraced all of ...
Though the character is widely believed to represent the Wandering Jew, the name is associated with a historical mistake: it is an anglicized version of Paolo Marana (Giovanni Paolo Marana allegedly authored Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy whose second volume features the Wandering Jew), rather than a known alias of the legendary figure.
Pure Land Buddhism A large branch of Mahayana, dominantly in East Asia. The goal of Pure Land Buddhism is to be reborn in the Western sukhavati of Amitabha, either as a real place or within the mind, through the other-power of repeating the Buddha's name, nianfo or nembutsu. 净土宗 (Ch), 浄土教 (Jp) Cn: Jìngtǔ-zōng.
Sallekhana (IAST: sallekhanā), also known as samlehna, santhara, samadhi-marana or sanyasana-marana, is a supplementary vow to the ethical code of conduct of Jainism.It is the religious practice of voluntarily fasting to death by gradually reducing the intake of food and liquids.
In 1960, Bergagård helped found the first Swedish Maranata congregation in Örebro. [6] Several spectacular revival meetings around Sweden gathered large numbers of people. For example, the well-known singer-preacher Målle Lindberg [ sv] landed in Örnsköldsvik hanging from a helicopter. [7] The movement was met with controversy.
Marana (/ m ə ˈ r æ. n ə /) is a town that mostly lies in Pima County with a small portion in Pinal County, in the U.S. state of Arizona. [2] [3] It is located northwest of Tucson , Arizona. As of the 2020 census , the population of the town was 51,908.