Sentence examples for rid oneself from inspiring English sources

It is a traditional technique to rid oneself of the whiteness of the canvas.

The practice of making resolutions to rid oneself of bad habits and to adopt better ones also dates to ancient times.

One high-ranking military officer told a newspaper, Vremya Novestei, that "fighting terrorists is like trying to rid oneself of roaches in a block of flats".

Looking back we can see how absurd such a diagnosis is — as if the desire to rid oneself of an unjust social system is the problem, rather than the system itself.

While a television set to most people may be an afterthought, and watching for hours a day a bad habit to rid oneself of, to Ms. Topete, TV is a lifeline.

The purpose of these four types of meditation is to keep in mind that these bodily and mental functions have no eternal substance and thus to rid oneself of false views contrary to the contents of these four types of meditation.

Because ridding oneself of work is easier said than done.

Through the effort of ridding oneself of āsrāva, one can attain anāsrāva (the Enlightenment), or freedom from the bond of illusion by undefiled wisdom.

The final Enlightenment remains the ultimate ideal of all Buddhists, to be attained by ridding oneself of false beliefs and the hindrance of passions.

She teaches a seminar ("The Actorpreneur Attitude") on ridding oneself of pessimism and other emotional obstacles to artistic or material success.

Many Ṣūfīs hold that fana alone is a negative state, for even though ridding oneself of earthly desires and recognizing and denouncing human imperfections are necessary for every pious individual, such virtues are insufficient for those who choose the path of Ṣūfism.