He also left an active disciple, later to be known as the Second Patriarch, Hui-k'o, so he must have had either a charismatic personality or a philosophical position that distinguished him from the general run of meditation masters.
He seems to have been a man of charismatic presence, one who inspired followers easily.
He is remembered today as a charismatic teacher who finally stabilized dhyana teaching.
As to theCharismatic teaching, see my edition of the Didache (Texte u Unters.
The enthusiastic character of the religious temper; the Charismatic teachers and the appeal to the Spirit.
To the latter belongs, above all, the Hellenic idea that knowledge is not a charismatic supplement to the faith, or an outgrowth of faith alongside of others, but that it coincides with the essence of faith itself.
Upon him has descended grace of a new kind, the charismatic halo of Sun Yat-sen.
Keenly and devotedly an advocate of democracy, Sun Yat-sen established by practical example the principle of charismatic leadership.
The President's charismatic hold over even his dear friends and long time associates made him one of the most effective leaders in years.
He had bought into the beliefs of Steven Jobs, the young charismatic founder and spiritual guiding force behind Apple Computer.
The fanatical and eccentric pretension to prophetic gifts in Montanism, with its uncompromising rigour (ยง 40) and its withdrawal from church fellowship, gave to these charismatic offices their deadly blow.
To effect this the charismatic offices of teaching had to be ignored and their divinely ordained functions had to be set aside.
Charismatic communication of the Spirit and admission to office in the church[15] was accomplished by prayer and laying on of hands.
The Continuation ofCharismatic Endowments into Post-Apostolic Times.
The gradual disappearance of charismatic offices was mainly the result of the endeavour, that became more and more marked during the 2nd cent.
Despite my new credentials as an old mystical seer, I looked but could not *see* if Atmananda was an enlightened spiritual teacher who had found the way, or a charismatic megalomaniac who had lost it.
She moved to Stony Brook, just around the block from the charismatic young meditation teacher and author.
Perhaps by nurturing both mystical and rational inclinations, society could explore the realm beyond the surface world of reason while keeping pace with the charismatic predators of the New Age.
As I knocked on his door, I hoped that with his knowledge of benevolent and malevolent charismatic leaders, he could help me to understand Atmananda.
The lesson was that while both charismatic leaders had experimented with drugs and with young peoples' lives, Kesey learned to check his power over others.
Paul had in Corinth, contemporaneously with his description of thecharismatic state of the church there, to denounce sad abuses.
