contemplative
ఆలోచనాత్మక
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.
example
The mood of his album is dreamy and 'contemplative' , with occasional bursts of childish exuberance.
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.
In more 'contemplative' moments, Dick must pine for the relatively simple life he enjoyed at his previous posting.
And I suppose the biggest and strongest desire I have is this one of being a 'contemplative' with a capital C.
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 natural beauty of the Park is ideal for 'contemplative' life, as monks and nuns of earlier centuries found before us.
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.
It is such a fixture in our collective consciousness, it seems either much older or much younger, but certainly not the ordinary, pedestrian, 'contemplative' age of 50.
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.
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.
People walk the labyrinth slowly, as an aid to 'contemplative' prayer and reflection, as a spiritual exercise, or as a form of pilgrimage.
Despite the noisy celebration with loud conches and raucous bells, the essence of practice of Hinduism is a quiet introspection and 'contemplative' meditation.
His air is 'contemplative' and dreamy in both self-portraits.
Haiku is 'contemplative' poetry and is characterised by spontaneity and lightness.
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' .
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.
What Evans has provided, however, is a well-written and masterful introduction to this great monastic 'contemplative' and doctor of the church.
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 long, dreamy, 'contemplative' takes of classic Hollywood studio movies or postwar European art films are long gone.
As a member of a 'contemplative' religious order spending time in silence is nothing strange to me, and is something I look forward to.
We are now fully in the domain of 'contemplative' prayer.
In lieu of more thoughtful and 'contemplative' reflections, I'll just present my top 5 panels.
Thomas was a biblical commentator, an educator of his fellow friars, a theologian, a preacher, and a great 'contemplative' .
The early poetry reveals an interest in religious 'contemplative' themes.
And he was for 14 years a member of a 'contemplative' religious order so his values are all in the right place.
Plus, you will need to set aside 40 minutes each day for 'contemplative' prayer.
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.
Then some of them are very 'contemplative' and introspective.
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.
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