contemplative
চিন্তাশীল
definition
noun
Asked why, the rabbi responded: ‘How many of your bishops are contemplatives ?’
a person whose life is devoted primarily to prayer, especially in a monastery or convent.
adjective
she regarded me with a contemplative eye
expressing or involving prolonged thought.
translation of 'contemplative'
চিন্তাপ্রবণ,
চিন্তামগ্ন,
ভাবুক
adjective
চিন্তাশীল,
অধ্যয়নশীল,
ধ্যানপরায়ণ
example
And I suppose the biggest and strongest desire I have is this one of being a 'contemplative' with a capital C.
His air is 'contemplative' and dreamy in both self-portraits.
Then, in her middle seventies, she stopped, resolving to use the years she had left to pursue God through the solitary practice of 'contemplative' prayer.
This is one of the material reasons the world needs nuns outside the 'contemplative' orders - teaching sisters, hospital sisters, Missionaries of Charity and the rest.
These painted images are 'contemplative' musings of a reflective thinker looking through veils of timelessness to honour the artistic masters of the past.
The long, dreamy, 'contemplative' takes of classic Hollywood studio movies or postwar European art films are long gone.
The early poetry reveals an interest in religious 'contemplative' themes.
We must take it at face value for there is no torment beyond the exuberant grins, coy smirks or 'contemplative' musings of any of the grandmothers.
The film also implicitly questions the validity of a contemporary academic that fails to incorporate political activism in favour of a purely aesthetic or 'contemplative' mode of being.
And he was for 14 years a member of a 'contemplative' religious order so his values are all in the right place.
It has been argued that the current interest in 'contemplative' prayer is a middle-class luxury for those who wish to experience some kind of spiritual frisson.
One would have liked a better balance throughout the album, as it slows dangerously on the latter half and misplaces its original rock intentions while it pursues a more 'contemplative' attitude.
The quest for personal mastery requires some form of meditation or 'contemplative' prayer because ‘it is helpful in working more productively with the subconscious mind’.
But either way, it's a warm, gently humid, 'contemplative' space, air filled with the gurgle of small waterfalls, flowing over the regular patterns of concrete steps, into pools sprouting with fern and reed.
He made application to Prior Richard at a local monastery, asking to be accepted as a 'contemplative' and spend the rest of his life in the monastery.
It's as old as humanity, and in the Christian tradition there is a very clear and strong affirmation of the 'contemplative' dimension of prayer.
Then follows his more recent photographic work that expresses his 'contemplative' enjoyment of the quiet landscapes unrolling between the Great Lakes and the East Coast.
It can stimulate religions to excavate the 'contemplative' and meditative paths in their own heritages, such as the Jewish meditation movement and Christian centering prayer.
Vergil is a kind of 'contemplative' who finds himself writing epic, at the average pace of about three lines a day.
On the other hand, the dynamic panoramic views reflect his 'contemplative' sense of analysis and recognition of space, timing and content.
Nonetheless, the act of reading can be sacred if we realize how close it is in spirit to the search for the 'contemplative' .
I would sit there with my books and studies, or sometimes engage in my own form of 'contemplative' prayer.
Despite the noisy celebration with loud conches and raucous bells, the essence of practice of Hinduism is a quiet introspection and 'contemplative' meditation.
Then some of them are very 'contemplative' and introspective.
We are now fully in the domain of 'contemplative' prayer.
I can't really put my finger on it, but I have realised that it is seriously underplayed in my life, and definitely merits more frequent airings, especially when I want to be 'contemplative' .
I can tell you he's read thousands of pages, and met with a lot of different people who have very strong views, and he's been very 'contemplative' how he's considered this issue.
Lewis's last three chapters are an extended allegory of 'contemplative' prayer.
Nobody really needs one more 'contemplative' musical sigh about how it's kinda sad when your woman leaves you or you realize you just don't fit into society or you're getting old.
Thomas was a biblical commentator, an educator of his fellow friars, a theologian, a preacher, and a great 'contemplative' .
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