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The non-western Jesus; Jesus as bodhisattva, avatara, guru, prophet, ancestor, or healer.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2009; 516 words
; ...9781845533977 The non-western Jesus; Jesus as bodhisattva, avatara, guru, prophet, ancestor, or healer. Brinkman, Martien...Dutch as De niet-Westerse Jezuz: Jezus als bodhisattva, avatara, goeroe, profeet, voorouder of genezer? by Uitgeverij Meinema...
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THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX; New Heritage playwright offers challenges in Avatara
Newspaper article from: Boise Weekly; 1/19/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...as to the theme of Sandra Cavanaugh's intriguing new play Avatara. Or it may not. The script raises many questions about life...information available in the lobby from 6 p.m. to curtain time. Avatara Written and directed by Sandra Cavanaugh. Performed by The...
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Dattatreya, the Immortal Guru, Yogin, and Avatara: A Study of the Transformative and Inclusive Character of a Multi-Faceted Hindu Deity. (Brief Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Dattatreya, the Immortal Guru, Yogin, and Avatara: A Study of the Transformative and Inclusive Character of a Multi-Faceted Hindu Deity. By ANTONIO RIGOPOULOS. Albany: STATE...
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Krsna and Christ: Body-Divine Relation in the Thought of Sankara, Ramanuja, and Classical Christian Orthodoxy.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 12/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...practices. Prominent among these has been avatara ("[divine] descent"), the (repeated...has also been controversy about whether avatara confirms a reality shared by Hindus and...study of how Hindu thinkers understood avatara, the purpose and effect of divine birth...
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ARCAVATARA: SRIVAISNAVA IMAGE-DESCENT AND ROMAN CATHOLIC EUCHARIST.
Magazine article from: Journal of Ecumenical Studies; 3/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...temple. Arcavatara, the descent (avatara) of the deity as an image (arca...as possible." [8] The notion of avatara offered a theological language for the practice of image devotion. Avatara, or divine descent, had earlier developed...
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THESE PATIENTS WHINNY THANKS
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 7/15/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...that time Smith's Lipizzan mare, Avatara, was having a stifle problem. The...Thoroughbred, Rapidan, and the Lipizzans: Avatara, Maestoso II Griselda IV (called "Grizzy" for short) and a Neapolitano Avatara nicknamed Chesapeake. Fascia is a...
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Visitor coaxes most out of band UW-Madison director works with Whitnall students Being good makes playing music fun, he tells band members
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 6/6/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...you must make it come alive." And, an introduction to "Avatara": "I always say I write music for bad TV shows. If I could...ll take all the arm you've got." Into the next piece, "Avatara": Play. Stop. He asks timpani player Mike Krajewski for...
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Film-maker in starring role.
Newspaper article from: Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England); 8/1/2008; 679 words
; ...from Monday, August 11 to Friday, August 15. Her film, Avatara, is being pitched against popular modern films including The...and to engage with nature more freely and more frequently. Avatara was Kam-Li's MA animation final piece at university and...
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Kam's hoping to beat Harry Potter, Kung Fu Panda and the Transformers to an Oscar.
Newspaper article from: Shields Gazette (South Shields, England); 8/1/2008; 591 words
; ...this month. The University of Sunderland graduate's film Avatara is a finalist at the prestigious SIGGRAPH 2008 animation festival...surroundings and to engage with nature more freely and frequently. Avatara was Miss Cheng's final MA Animation piece at the University...
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Assured fusion from Hanny; Hanny Academy 2, Dale End Sankalpam MAC, Cannon Hill Park.(Review)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 4/23/2001; 594 words
; ...whose roots lie in Madras. The first two parts of their Avatara triple-bill (Tat and Moksha) featured a stage-side Ballamy...very impressive Mavin Khoo. The closing section (Narasimha Avatara) used the heavily percussive sound of GS Mani's ensemble...
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avatara
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
avatara [Skt.,=descent], incarnations of...gods, especially Vishnu . The doctrine of avatara first occurs in the Bhagavad-Gita , where...Vishnu is believed to have taken nine avatara, in both animal and human form, with...
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incarnation
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Christians to be God in the flesh, partaking wholly both of divinity and of humanity, except in so far as human beings have a propensity to sin. This is the accepted understanding of the biblical "The Word was made flesh." See avatara .
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Bhagavad-Gita
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...bhakti yoga, the yoga of devotion to a particular god—in this case, Krishna, who reveals himself to Arjuna as the avatara (incarnation) of Vishnu, Lord of the Universe. The Bhagavad-Gita is essentially Upanishadic in content, but it differs...
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Vishnu
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Mahabharata and the Ramayana show considerable Vaishnavite influence. The later Puranas fully elaborate the myths of Vishnu and his avatara (incarnations): Matsya (the fish), Kurma (the tortoise), Varaha (the boar), Narasimha (the man-lion), Vamana...
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Jesus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...as Son of God and as Word or Wisdom of God incarnate. Muslims acknowledge him as a prophet, and Hindus as an avatar (see avatara ). He was born just before the death of King Herod the Great (37 BC-4 BC) and was crucified after a brief public ministry...
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