"The current abysmal situation of the world and the bitter incidents of history are due mainly to the wrong management of the world, and the self-proclaimed centers of power who have entrusted themselves to the devil," Mr. Ahmadinejad said.
I like to think those aren't huge revelations, and I suspect that this piece is much gentler than the other two Ontroerend Goed shows; but no doubt some members of the audience who've entrusted themselves to the experience have come out with a different impression of themselves.
In other words, the sutra teachings are not to be taken literally, but as means to awaken beings so that they entrust themselves to the vow.
Those who emphasized practice tended to assume that since the nembutsu was devised and provided out of Amida's wisdom-compassion, those who entrust themselves to the Buddha's vow will spontaneously, out of joy and gratitude, seek to live in mindfulness of Amida and to recite the name as often as possible throughout the remainder of their lives.
Eternal life awaits all those who entrust themselves to God.
-- MT. "People who have faith in life are like swimmers who entrust themselves to a rushing river.
Lack of donor aid to Syria's neighbors led to cuts in vital assistance including food aid, leaving many with no choice but to entrust themselves to smugglers or embark on dangerous sea voyages gambling that those risks might give them a better chance of survival.
The return of light, the budding of new life, the promise of fresh starts -- these were particularly precious to agrarian people who entrusted themselves, one year at a time, to the cycle of the seasons, but they are precious to us all.
Morioka [ 29] and Kitao [ 30] concluded that the prevalent "mentality of individuals willing to entrust themselves to another person or to nature" and "the lack of self-consciousness regarding life and death," explain (at least partly) patient passivity as an aspect of the Japanese cultural tradition.
As with all abstract music -- and despite its deeply rooted affinity with ancient musics of Asia, it is indeed abstract -- listeners do not so much "follow" the moment-to-moment progress as entrust themselves to its trajectory.
He and his co-founders more recently said: "Through our experiences, we've learned that education need not be bought and sold; it's something that any small group of people can entrust between themselves.
