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religious processions. These public displays of religious behavior carried out by the soldiers themselves and by the civilians r ...

the mobilization of an expedition to liberate Jerusalem, and they continued to play a fundamental role in the religious experien ...

In 1215, Pope Innocent III summoned the largest religious council held up to that point in the Western world for the purpose of ...

desire of Christian princes to maintain their power vis-à-vis the popes led to a virtual nationalization of the Church in a wide ...

Helgeland, John. “Roman Army Religion.” Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt II Principat16, no. 2: 1470–1505. Jameson, Mi ...

The martial arts probably more often entered monasteries and tem- ples from the population at large rather than vice versa. The ...

The exercise value of martial arts practice as part of daily routine was recognized and described by the monk Dao Xuan (A.D. 596 ...

Shaolin Monastery, established in A.D. 495 by the Indian monk known in Chinese as Ba To, was just one of many monasteries at the ...

For nearly 900 years following the deeds of the thirteen monks, there is not a single reference to martial arts practice in Shao ...

ing on boxing to try to bring it up to the standards of the famed Shaolin Staff. In any case, during the mid-Ming, the monks had ...

He had apparently conditioned his body to the point that attempts by his captors to break his neck failed, so he cursed them and ...

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in modern times, the principle of nonviolence. Even though the so-called classical scheme of social classification known as varn ...

physical and physical and physiological. The brightness of one’s eyes as well as the tone of one’s skin is said to be a manifest ...

tice of brahmacharya(celibacy; the complete control of one’s senses). In this way, shakti is directly linked to sexual activity, ...

In terms of formalized religious practice, celibacy is institutionalized in the life stage of brahmacharya, in the sense of chas ...

Indra, thinking the golden orb was a succulent orange. Indira threw his spear and knocked Hanuman unconscious to the ground. At ...

from these austerities is thought to develop phenomenal powers before achieving final liberation. Significantly, the powers that ...

titioner’s overall strength such that he or she is able to withstand the force of transcendental consciousness. Pranayama is of ...

Sutra of Patanjali, give scant mention to the subject of this kind of yoga. However, there is no doubt that asanas have become a ...