This "bodhi-mind"—the profound aspiration for enlightenment for oneself and all beings—had been taught to be the crucial starting point for the Mahayana bodhisattva, and other Japanese Pure Land masters such as Genshin had affirmed it to be the core of genuine desire for the Pure Land.
This feeling articulates a profound tension: the aspirations of many Asian Americans toward American ideals and the feelings of shame, disloyalty, and difference that attend this process.
Any form of spiritual life must therefore be animated by the anxiety of being mortal, even in the most profound fulfillment of our aspirations.
5d5e86c2-8849-48c5-9fb1-aff5ea806c45 As the millions of readers who made "The Help" a publishing phenomenon know, the novel explores the poignantly modest aspirations and profound humiliations of black maids in Mississippi in the 1960s.
Yet as more leaders than ever aspire publicly to "change the world," profound hypocrisies lurk behind these aspirations.
This suggests the success or failure of Moscow's Taliban engagement has profound implications for these status aspirations.
Thus, what the Fables teach is trivial in comparison with what they suggest: a view of life that, although incomplete (for it takes little account of man's metaphysical anguish or his highest aspirations), is mature, profound, and wise.
"Forcing a woman by threat of criminal sanctions to carry a fetus to term unless she meets certain criteria unrelated to her own priorities and aspirations is a profound interference with a woman's body and thus an infringement of security of the person," Chief Justice Brian Dickson wrote in a 5-to-2 ruling that threw out Dr. Morgentaler's conviction.
The 23-year-old, who had profound learning disabilities, had developed aspiration pneumonia - which meant food had got into her lungs.
Each has had a profound effect on Liverpool's Champions League aspirations, with wins number two and three damaging Brendan Rodgers' job prospects in the process, and the latest may prove no exception, with Jürgen Klopp's team eight points adrift of fourth place.
