Since the Buddha maintains knowledge of the two truths to be necessary for awakening, the understanding of the two truths must constitute an exhaustive understanding of all objects of knowledge.
Michael Shermer, editor-in-chief of Skeptic magazine, has said that LGBTQ role models in the public eye were "essential for awakening empathy and understanding, and thus for expanding the moral sphere ever outwards".
The fairly brutal sexism targeting Hillary in her 2008 campaign, but more particularly the ignorant male Republican comments on rape and abortion in the 2012 elections, can have the effect of awakening Millennial female understanding that, as the women's lib movement put it, the personal is political (still).
My awakening and understanding of what happened in the Philippines didn't happen in Manila.
From business leaders and celebrities to women in marginalized communities, Kelly guides women to a collective awakening and understanding that as they heal themselves they heal the world.
There needs to be an awakening and understanding that we are strengthened by one another, and that we are a positive manifestation of nature.
May this lead to a greater understanding and awakening for everyone that takes it.'".
They also sharpen visual perception, awakening you to the mundane details of the surrounding world and expanding your understanding of the way images of all sorts imprint themselves on the visual unconscious.
Maritain, following Aquinas, says that beauty "delights the understanding"; the appreciation of art, on the part of the spectator, then, involves awakening the intelligence.
These studies of the action of adenosine at the postsynaptic level may contribute to the understanding of the changes in cortical circuit functioning that take place between sleep and awakening.
Understanding precisely where Philae is on the comet will help engineers assess its predicament and the likelihood of an awakening.
