The word "teachings" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to the doctrines or instructions of a particular teacher, school, or religion. For example: "I deeply appreciate the teachings of my spiritual advisor, who has guided me through difficult times."
The brutality of Isis is increasingly at odds with his own views, which have mellowed with age as he has come to believe that the teachings of the Qur'an can be interpreted and not read literally.
After the mass, Faure told the Guardian the Vatican was smashing tradition, and going against the teachings of Pius X, a staunch conservative who was pope between 1903 and 1914.
With the help of Henning Kristiansen's atmospheric cinematography, in a range of muted primary colours, Axel captures the bleak Jutland peninsula of the 1870s, where live two unmarried sisters (Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel), daughters of the former pastor, and founder of an austere religious sect, who devote themselves to keeping alive his memory and his teachings in the tiny remote community.
She and her friend Doreen Bartlett, along with Doreen's son Viv, spent hours investigating a wide range of spiritual beliefs before Rita first learned of the Baha'i teachings.
Phoenix's character finds he only enjoys life (and regains his sexual potency) once he rejects many of his own teachings and embarks on morally suspect – if well-intentioned – mission.
That said, their religion was ingrained in them – 25 years of Catholic teachings die hard, after all – so while they performed their plays from the back of a flatbed truck in homemade costumes, and on hand-built sets, they still made sure that we could recite the Lord's Prayer.
A DfE spokesman said: "The new GCSE content requires students to have an understanding of the beliefs, teachings and practices of two religions, but still allows them to spend up to 50% of the course studying philosophy and ethics, which can include studying other non-religious beliefs such as humanism, alongside the core study of major world religions".
It also means the freedom to hold dear all that defines what is most precious about humanity – to value attributes such as morality, empathy and tolerance because they define who I am and not because they are imposed on me by the teachings of a holy book.
Rita travelled widely in the UK and Europe, encouraging and assisting the development of community life and promoting Bahá'í teachings.
Last year hundreds were detained, some of them for months, after returning from legal trips to India in which they surreptitiously attended teachings by the Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya, a holy Buddhist site.Heavy security in Tibet, including riot police patrolling the streets of Lhasa, may help prevent another plateau-wide explosion like that of 2008.
The movement's teachings have been called "an evil force," which needs to be "exorcised", and a form of "spiritual opium" that has led many followers to madness.
