Sentence examples for with renunciation from inspiring English sources

She's done with renunciation, she explains.

The trouble with renunciation is that it is so absolute.

In fact, enlightenment itself has been long associated with renunciation of the world, which makes it seem like the last thing modern people want.

Bill Maher's belief (Domains, Sept. 18) that "the journey of life should proceed toward selflessness," with a renunciation of all "trappings of materialism and ego" (no doubt made with that 2.5-acre Beverly Hills estate and all of its trappings in mind), led me to question his stated reason for liking that portrait of himself.

Both say that the divorce has nothing to do with their renunciation of Scientology.

Yet even he, with his renunciation of the world, is wedded to his times.

His rejection of the identity of atman and brahman coincided with his renunciation of the caste system and his introduction of an egalitarian model of community, the sangha.

Yet he hinted at a looser interpretation of Turkey' unique brand of secularism, which has long been equated with the renunciation of Islamic symbols and public displays of piety".Secularism is a precondition for social peace as much as it is a liberating model for different lifestyles," he said.

Debussy was influenced by a number of sources: the Impressionist painters, who were involved with the renunciation of clear perspectives and outlines in favour of the play of light across surfaces and the effect of images only half seen; exotic music, particularly that of Indonesia; and folk music, especially the modal scales of Russia.

Feuerbach agrees with Schopenhauer in regarding compassion (Mitleid) as a basic source of moral motivation, but rejects Schopenhauer's association of compassion with the renunciation of the will to live.

The call of Peter ends with a renunciation, a reckless surrender.