contemplative
kontemplatif
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'
adjective
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example
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
On the other hand, the dynamic panoramic views reflect his 'contemplative' sense of analysis and recognition of space, timing and content.
But people were also 'contemplative' and prayerful.
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.
Plus, you will need to set aside 40 minutes each day for 'contemplative' prayer.
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’.
The early poetry reveals an interest in religious 'contemplative' themes.
The daily prayer services move through themes loosely associated with the seven days of creation; each service repeatedly invites silent 'contemplative' prayer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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' .
These painted images are 'contemplative' musings of a reflective thinker looking through veils of timelessness to honour the artistic masters of the past.
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.
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.
And I suppose the biggest and strongest desire I have is this one of being a 'contemplative' with a capital C.
Thomas was a biblical commentator, an educator of his fellow friars, a theologian, a preacher, and a great 'contemplative' .
And he was for 14 years a member of a 'contemplative' religious order so his values are all in the right place.
Despite the noisy celebration with loud conches and raucous bells, the essence of practice of Hinduism is a quiet introspection and 'contemplative' meditation.
As a member of a 'contemplative' religious order spending time in silence is nothing strange to me, and is something I look forward to.
Haiku is 'contemplative' poetry and is characterised by spontaneity and lightness.
I would sit there with my books and studies, or sometimes engage in my own form of 'contemplative' prayer.
Then some of them are very 'contemplative' and introspective.
Nonetheless, the act of reading can be sacred if we realize how close it is in spirit to the search for the 'contemplative' .
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