Among the methods it practices are shouts (katsu) or blows delivered by the master on the disciple, question-and-answer sessions (mondo), and meditation on paradoxical statements (koan), all intended to accelerate a breakthrough of the normal boundaries of consciousness and to awaken insight that transcends logical distinctions.
Today, though, one of the players who Valentine tabbed as a former disciple questioned the strength of his relationship with Valentine.
In The Platform Sutra, Huineng is either preaching on the principles of Chan Buddhism or answering his disciples' questions.
I am willing to bet that every retiring youth coach utters prayers of thanks for experiencing the last of three things: the "am I going in?" screamfests, the losses to the team coached by a Bobby Knight disciple and, finally, the questions from parents about why their child played 30 seconds fewer than another player.
On social questions Disciples have held positions characteristic of the American denominations of English background.
In fact, she made a couple of revelations that might cause even a longtime disciple like Mr. Clinton to question her wisdom.
Early in his ministry, Jesus posed a probing question to his disciples, about how he was publicly understood.
In this work Laozi is described as being one of Zhuangzi's own teachers, and the same book contains many of the Master's (Laozi's) discourses, generally introduced by the questions of a disciple.
So if the Bible says that the God created the world in six days, and the Bible was written by God through prophets and disciples, who are we to question it?
One salient example saw the recent arrest of a 16-year-old boy, who was peacefully holding a placard reading "Scientology is a dangerous cult", on the grounds that it might upset disciples of the movement in question.
The Arian heresy raised even more difficulties: Arius, an Alexandrian priest and disciple of Lucian of Antioch, questioned the dogma of the Trinity and of the Godhead of Christ, and his asceticism, as well as the sharpness of his dialectics, brought him many followers; he was convicted several times, but the disorders continued.
