contemplative
ચિંતનાત્મક
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'
વિચારશક્તિભર્યું,
ચિંતનાત્મક,
મનનશીલ
example
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.
He says he's trying to ‘create a 'contemplative' space’ in a city that has been overtaken by advertising and commerce, in a culture that is becoming less free and more mediated.
The mood of his album is dreamy and 'contemplative' , with occasional bursts of childish exuberance.
Despite the noisy celebration with loud conches and raucous bells, the essence of practice of Hinduism is a quiet introspection and 'contemplative' meditation.
And I suppose the biggest and strongest desire I have is this one of being a 'contemplative' with a capital C.
Lewis's last three chapters are an extended allegory of 'contemplative' prayer.
Described as part rock, part country, they straddle the very popular contemporary line between all out party animals and more considered 'contemplative' songwriters and performers.
At other points, the poetry of ideas is brought together with a more natural landscape to create 'contemplative' opportunities of the type usually associated with ancient temples and monuments.
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.
On the other hand, the dynamic panoramic views reflect his 'contemplative' sense of analysis and recognition of space, timing and content.
People walk the labyrinth slowly, as an aid to 'contemplative' prayer and reflection, as a spiritual exercise, or as a form of pilgrimage.
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.
Haiku is 'contemplative' poetry and is characterised by spontaneity and lightness.
And he was for 14 years a member of a 'contemplative' religious order so his values are all in the right place.
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.
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.
In more 'contemplative' moments, Dick must pine for the relatively simple life he enjoyed at his previous posting.
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.
These painted images are 'contemplative' musings of a reflective thinker looking through veils of timelessness to honour the artistic masters of the past.
Then some of them are very 'contemplative' and introspective.
I would sit there with my books and studies, or sometimes engage in my own form 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.
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.
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.
We are now fully in the domain of 'contemplative' prayer.
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.
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.
In lieu of more thoughtful and 'contemplative' reflections, I'll just present my top 5 panels.
Nonetheless, the act of reading can be sacred if we realize how close it is in spirit to the search for the 'contemplative' .
To my mind, the essential difference between philosophy and religion is in the religious type of 'contemplative' act, the observer is within it, not outside it.
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