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121Leo Tolstoy — Tolstoy and Tolstoi redirect here. For other uses, see Tolstoy (disambiguation). This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Nikolayevich and the family name is Tolstoy. Leo Tolstoy …
122Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas — Shri Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas Born 1878 Bihar Died 29 August 1994 (age 116) Philosophy Kundalini Maha Yoga Quotation All those who came to me for Shaktipat are worthy, and all of them are my spiritual heirs. For my energy works through them. Shri… …
123Mahayana — Mahayanist /mah heuh yah nist/, n. /mah heuh yah neuh/, n. the later of the two great schools of Buddhism, chiefly in China, Tibet, and Japan, characterized by eclecticism and a general belief in a common search for salvation, sometimes thought… …
124Quietism — • Doctrine which declares that man s highest perfection consists in a sort of psychical self annihilation and a consequent absorption of the soul into the Divine Essence even during the present life Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… …
125Masters of the Ancient Wisdom (Theosophy) — Part of a series on Theosophy Founders of the T. S. Helena Blavatsky · …
126Jōdo Shinshū — Japanese Buddhism …
127refrain — refrain, abstain, forbear are comparable when they mean to keep or withhold oneself voluntarily from something to which one is moved by desire or impulse. Refrain is especially suitable when the checking of a momentary inclination is implied… …
128Baptism — This article is about the Christian religious ceremony. For other uses, see Baptism (disambiguation). Baptism of Neophytes by Masaccio, 15th century, Brancacci Chapel, Florence.[ …
