This incremental nature of knowledge makes ample room for the traditional Mahāyāna teachings of the gradated bodhisattva path whereby one moves from the aspiration for enlightenment to the gradual realization of enlightenment.
In 1872, the Times ran a story on the island — "formidable 8 and 10-inch columbiads," the "pretty kiosk for the band" — for the enlightenment of ferryboat passersby who had no idea what was there.
As in Congress, many of the speeches at the United Nations are made more for the record, or for a domestic audience, than for the enlightenment of other delegates.
She finds herself housebound, distracted by pain, bored, unable even to enjoy her longtime passion, books, and this, after a lifetime of reading for enlightenment and instruction, of reading to "find out how sex works, how babies are born," what "it is to be good, or bad" and to "find out what it is that other people experience that she is missing".
You'd think that someone looked up to for enlightenment by tens of millions of people might want to get his facts straight.
The voyage to Ireland continues, leavened with reminiscences of her first four decades for the enlightenment of her partner, Jacob Beltane.
Then came the news that Mr. Levy was planning a series of lectures, intended specifically for the enlightenment of the board members.
Not the bank-busting originals, the investment pieces bartered by hedge-fund analysts and arms dealers, secured by museums for the enlightenment of the nation.
"I like to do this," he said, "not just for the enlightenment of the people I talk to, but to at least give me a feel of what concerned people think".
"Dank seminars for the enlightenment of the converted took precedence over effective proselytizing of unbelievers".One of Mr Young's main themes is the sheer inconstancy of British opinion: the British political class has never been able to make up its mind about Europe.
