Hit the jackpot in the Shorter Exotic Words and Names category today, as BAKU (1D: Transcaucasian capital), ARHAT (16A: Nirvana attainer), ARRAU (10D: He recorded all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas in the 1960s), and XHOSA (54A: Zulu relative) all came to me quite easily (I'd know none of these were it not for crosswords).
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Oncle's spouse — WEDNESDAY, Sep. 16 2009 — Gold rush locale of 1898-99 / Croquet locale / Athenian marketplace / Land of Esau's descendants ... ; Constructor: Maura B. Jacobson ; Relative difficulty: Easy; THEME: Playground math — if there are TWENTY-THREE KIDS (40A: Playground situation #2) but ... Noli me tangere,
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11 2009 — Nirvana attainer / Pteridologist's specimen / Zulu relative / Rapacious flier. Constructor: Karen M. Tracey Relative difficulty: Medium THEME: none. Word of the Day: XHOSA (54A: Zulu relative) [pronounced 'KO-sa] — also n., ...
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Use attainer in a Sentence ... See web results for attainer ... What is a nirvana a...
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Questions about the American Rock band Nirvana. ... Indexed Nirvana questions ... Yes, JCPenney sells Nirvana shirts, mostly the ones with the Smiley Nirvana logo. They sell both boys and girls shirts.
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The two types of nirvana-attainer, that is, the Sravaka-Arhats and Pratyeka-buddhas, do in fact abide in nirvana; but they've completed merely a fraction of the abandonments and insights concomitant with full enlightenment.
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Arhat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arhat (Sanskrit) or arahant (Pali), in the sramanic traditions of ancient India (most notably those of Jainism and Buddhism), signified a spiritual practitioner who had – to use an expression commo...
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For example, the Buddha says of the one who has achieved the goal of nirvana that "there is no means of knowing him . . . That by which one could define him, that is not for him. ... Although the Buddha is one who has attained nirvana, it is not true that anyone who reaches nirvana is automatically a Buddha.
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Over the years I've received scores of e-mail queries from people seeking answers to basic questions about Buddhism. Here are my answers to some of the most common ones. These answers reflect my own opinions and interpretations and in no ... "The Road to Nirvana is Paved with Skillful Intentions," by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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Now that nirvana has become an English word, ... "And so, Anuradha — when you can't pin down the Tathagata as a truth or reality even in the present life — is it proper for you to declare, 'Friends, the Tathagata — the supreme man, the superlative man, attainer of the superlative attainment — being described,
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