In China the term refers not only to enlightened beings, but also to the materials through which buddhas are made present, including statues, the buildings that house statues, relics and their containers, and all the finances needed to build and sustain devotion to buddha images.
This wide range presents new readers with an excellent survey of Berger's career, but it also leaves the collection, as a whole, spread somewhat thin; it lacks the cohesion and sustained devotion of his earlier investigations.
Who else would have written about her marriage, "My interests and enthusiasms are too random for sustained devotion, if you know what I mean..
Who else would have written about her marriage, "My interests and enthusiasms are too random for sustained devotion, if you know what I mean...
Together with Ford Madox Brown, the Pre-Raphaelites sustained the devotion to colour and light in painting that underlies the finest endeavours of English Romanticism.
A sustained commitment to analytics.
Nevertheless, it was the cardinal's untiring efforts to outlaw abortion that perhaps drew the greatest attention to him, and that yesterday sparked an unscripted show of devotion: a sustained, standing ovation, which began when one of the Sisters of Life rose to her feet.
Have a deep devotion to prayer.
Have a special devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
For many years we have displayed a blind devotion to catecholamines, aware but accepting of the occasional problems of tachycardia, arrhythmia and dusky digits.
Fanatical customers have an enthusiastic devotion to their brands.
