It is best to dedicate several years for the monastic practice, as in most cases the practice really only starts to take an effect after 5-6 yeass as a full monk (known as a Bhikkhu) or nun (known as a Bhikkhuni).
The staff at the 'zine-like, abrasive, hilarious Chunklet magazine, on the other hand, know all about them, having dedicated several miles of prose over the years to eviscerating them in print, online, and now in a new book, The Indie Cred Test.
That same year, Dante, who had dedicated several poems to Cavalcanti and called him his "first friend," apparently was involved in banishing Cavalcanti from Florence.
The company says it now dedicates several thousand staff members and spends millions of dollars a year worldwide on such efforts.
Williams, who now lives in Ohio, was able to trace her family tree back to the Washington and Lee slaves, who were largely sold to a plantation in Mississippi in 1836, through Ancestry.com and with the help of alumnus Adam Lewis, who has dedicated that past several years to identifying living descendants of the school's slaves.
After spending nearly 30 years of my life writing about business and finance, including several years dedicated to the commodities market, the idea of treating water as a pure commodity – something to bought and sold on the open market by those in quest of a profit rather than trying to deliver it to their fellow citizens as a public service – made me pause.
He had spent the last several years dedicated to the cause of making her well, so now, with nothing to do, and the love of his life of 46 years gone, he was extremely depressed.
23 Our multidisciplinary team consisted of a dedicated neonatal pharmacist with several years of experience, a neonatal fellow, a research assistant and an attending neonatologist who was also the improvement advisor.
The shrine at this village is dedicated to Mother Mary, where several years ago a passionate devotee is reported to have sighted her.
