Sentence examples for essential teachings from inspiring English sources

(2) Which are the essential teachings?

Ishvarakrishna describes himself as laying down the essential teachings of Kapila as taught to Asuri and by Asuri to Panchashika.

"Our responsibility is to the dharma," said the Venerable Man Yee, one of the nuns, referring to the essential teachings of Buddhism.

Like two of his other students, B.K.S. Ayengar and K. Pattabhi Jois, both men, she took his essential teachings and built a style of yoga accessible to Westerners.

The essential teachings of the church were first set down in The Book of Common Prayer, compiled by Thomas Cranmer, and the organization of the Church of England was worked out during the 16th and 17th centuries.

In practice, the essential teachings of Nanak, collected in the Adi Granth (Punjabi: "First Book"), represented a syncretic melding of elements of Vaishnava devotional Hinduism and Sufi Islam, with a goodly amount of social criticism thrown in.

With unity as an essential teaching of the religion, Bahá'ís follow an administration they believe is divinely ordained, and therefore see attempts to create schisms and divisions as efforts that are contrary to the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh.

In "Hinduism: Not Cast in Caste," HAF acknowledges that while caste-based discrimination represents a failure of Hindu society to live up to the essential spiritual teachings of the tradition, the solution, in part, lies in the proper practice of these teachings (and on better enforcement of existing anti-discrimination laws in India).

It notes that caste-based discrimination represents a failure of Hindu society "to live up to its essential spiritual teachings," that divinity is inherent in all beings, and that caste is not an intrinsic part of Hinduism.

Ryan says, "Ayahuasca made me aware how greatly important and essential the teachings of the Siddhas, Shamans, Rishis, and Saints are in our journey.

According to the church's catechism -- a document containing essential church teachings -- purgatory is like a "cleansing" or "purifying" fire for people who are already assured of God's grace.