Sukhāvatī
Sukhāvatī (Skt.). ‘Land of Bliss’, the western paradise or
Pure Land of the
Buddha Amitābha. This heavenly realm, one of many mentioned in
Mahāyāna sūtras, was created by Amitābha through the power of his merit (
puṇya) as a utopia where beings who invoke his name with faith (
śraddhā) and devotion may be reborn. Once there, they dwell in bliss and may reach
nirvāṇa easily. The goal of
rebirth in such a place became the object of the ‘
Pure Land’ schools (Chin.,
Ching-T'u; Jap. Jōdo) that flourished in east Asia. The delights of Sukhāvatī are described in texts such as the
Longer and
Shorter Sukhāvatī-vyūha Sūtras and the
Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra.
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The fruits of war: The voice of the soldier in Gascoigne, Rich, and Churchyard.(George Gascoine, Barnaby Rich, Thomas Churchyard)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Early Modern Literary Studies; 5/1/2008; 700+ words
; ...contemptuous terms used by Sir Thomas Wyatt to describe the...experience of the serving soldier in his writings...experience of the soldier in war characterizes...as a new genre of soldiers' writing that emerges...number of writings by Thomas Churchyard, including...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/11/1996; 652 words
; ...of Navarre, 1492; Sir John Eliot, parliamentarian...statesman, 1794; Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, soldier and orientalist, 1810...architect, 1514; Sir Thomas Wyatt, conspirator, executed...killed, 1512; Sir Thomas Fairfax was victorious...
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Thursday, Feb. 7
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 1/31/2002; ; 679 words
; ...this date: 1554 - Troops under Sir Thomas Wyatt march on London. 1793 - Austria...Guerrillas kill four Israeli soldiers in an ambush in Lebanon that draws...protests. Today's Birthdays: Sir Thomas More, English Lord Chancellor...
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Obituary: Robert Parsons
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/4/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...validity of the remodelling by James Wyatt, who redesigned the south front...1540s by John Poyntz, a friend of Sir Thomas Wyatt, who addressed an important epistolatory...Parsons first came to England as a soldier in the US Army during the Second...
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Thursday, March 18
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/11/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...London for suspected complicity in Sir Thomas Wyatt's rebellion. 1766 - Great Britain...Palestinian refugees clash with Israeli soldiers after Muslim prayers in Gaza Strip. 1989 - Israeli soldiers shoot and kill three Palestinians...
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Tuesday, March 18
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/11/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...London for suspected complicity in Sir Thomas Wyatt's rebellion. 1766 - Great Britain...Palestinian refugees clash with Israeli soldiers after Muslim prayers in Gaza Strip. 1989 - Israeli soldiers shoot and kill three Palestinians...
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Sunday, March 18
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/11/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...London for suspected complicity in Sir Thomas Wyatt's rebellion. 1776 - George Washington...Palestinian refugees clash with Israeli soldiers after Muslim prayers in Gaza Strip. 1989 - Israeli soldiers shoot and kill three Palestinians...
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Friday, March 18
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/11/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...London for suspected complicity in Sir Thomas Wyatt's rebellion. 1766 - Great Britain...Palestinian refugees clash with Israeli soldiers after Muslim prayers in Gaza Strip. 1989 - Israeli soldiers shoot and kill three Palestinians...
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Hunting, hawking and the early Tudor gentleman: James Williams considers hunting as the ideal pastime for the nobility in the sixteenth century.
Magazine article from: History Today; 8/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Desiderius Erasmus and Sir Thomas More, hunting was deemed...hart a force.' The poet Thomas Wyatt associated hunting with...educational writer Sir Thomas Elyot writes of Xenophon...real fighting. An Irish soldier was stabbed with a boar...
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SEN. CARL LEVIN CHAIRMAN SEN. CARL LEVIN HOLDS A HEARING ON RESERVE COMPONENT PROGRAMS OF THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service; 3/25/2009; 700+ words
; ...OFFICIO WITNESSES: THOMAS HALL, ASSISTANT...LT. GEN. HARRY WYATT III, DIRECTOR...GRAHAM: Yes, sir. NELSON: We've...GRAHAM: Thank you, sir. NELSON: Lindsey...welcome back Mr. Thomas Hall, the assistant...essence of the citizen soldier. And as we enter...
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Sir Thomas Wyatt
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sir Thomas Wyatt The...As early as 1516 Wyatt became server extraordinary...king's jewels. Wyatt's father had been associated with Sir Thomas Boleyn, and Wyatt seems to have been...ideal—soldier, statesman, courtier...
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English literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Samuel Purchas , and Sir Walter Raleigh were...English poets. Sir Thomas Wyatt was the most successful...of this group were Thomas Churchyard , George...diplomat, and soldier—who died...comedy; the versatile Thomas Lodge and Thomas...
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Elizabeth I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Without her knowledge the Protestant Sir Thomas Wyatt plotted to put her on the throne...decayed. Want of good captains and soldiers. The people out of order. Justice...actions as queen was to appoint Sir William Cecil (later Lord Burghley...
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