Sentence examples for the foremost disciple from inspiring English sources

There André Breton, the foremost disciple of Surrealism, welcomed Donati into the fold of followers.

Swami Vivekananda, a monk in saffron with a trademark turban, was the foremost disciple of Ramakrishna Paramhamsa, a famed mystic of 19th century India who was believed to represent the true meaning of the religion, encompassing love, brotherhood and compassion without dogma or rituals.

Co-founder of the Actor's Studio, Kazan was perhaps the foremost "Method" disciple, who almost mystically encountered its most powerful purveyor in an actor he discovered and shot to fame: Marlon Brando.

Vinoba Bhave, Gandhi's foremost disciple, publicly proclaimed his intent to resist the war effort and was subsequently sentenced to three months in jail.

(Moshe Levinger, the original Hebron settler, was one of Rabbi Kook's foremost disciples).

Steve Earle, one of Seeger's foremost disciples, once defined his job in a way that would make the master proud: "The original function of songwriting is to tell a story that might otherwise die".

Punna was later acknowledged by the Buddha as the foremost of the disciples in preaching skills.

Her parents were among the first disciples.

Kaundinya was regarded as the foremost of the five initial disciples of the Buddha and later travelled around India spreading the dharma.

One of Mordecai Kaplan's greatest and most devoted disciples, Jack was the foremost advocate in Israel for the Reconstructionist approach to Judaism for more than 50 years.

Later, the assembly at Jetavana declared him to be the foremost among the first bhikkhus and the disciples of long standing.