Later, Confucius began to travel about and instruct disciples. In his life, Confucius had instructed more than 3,000 disciples, some were from poor families. In this way, Confucius has gradually changed the tradition that nobody but nobilities had the right to receive education. In his later...
Fortunately, Hai Tong’s disciples continued his work after he passed away and finally completed the sculpture in 803 AD after 90 years of hard work.Interestingly, there haven’t been any shipwrecks since the Buddha was built. Many stones were actually removed from the cliff and transferred to...
[F] We don't always believe things because they are correct. Sometimes we believe things because they make us look good to the people we care about. I thought Kevin Simler put it well when he wrote, “If a brain anticipates that it will be rewarded for adopting a particular belief, it...
By now, Melissa McBride (Carol) and Reedus have been asked about their characters' onscreen relationship so many times that they have started to come up with different diversion tactics during interviews. McBride tends to clam up or sidestep, while Reedus just straight up plants rumors about th...
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At the sides of Vairocana there are two statues of Vairocana Buddha's disciples, Kasyapa and Ananda, wearing prudent and devout expressions. The figures of Bodhisattvas and devas can also be found in the temple. Some have dignified and genial expressions, while others are majestic and fiery....
16 And passing along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon [Peter] and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net [to and fro] in the sea, for they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus said to them, Come after Me and [l]be My disciples, and I will make you to become fishers...
Jesus instituted it on the eve of His death during His final meal with His disciples. It is to be observed in remembrance of Christ’s atoning death and the second coming. The two emblems of this ordinance are unleavened bread and the fruit of the vine, representing the broken body of ...
psychologist Steven Pinker put it this way, “People are embraced or condemned according to their beliefs, so one function of the mind may be to hold beliefs that bring the belief-holder the greatest number of allies, protectors, or disciples, rather than beliefs that are most likely to be ...