A special doctrine of salvation by faith in a Buddha, usually Amitâbha, andinvocation of his name.
The system is comprehensive, for salvation can be obtained by mere virtue with little or no prayer but also by a single invocation of Amitâyus, which suffices to free from deadly sins.
The invocation and consultation of evil spirits specially summoned to earth by certain recognized incantations, would be acts of Witchcraft and Necromancy.
An Italian prima donna who has been heard in the same role at the same opera house sings the invocation wretchedly, but acts the following scene, the killing of Scarpia, with startling realism.
See particularly the Invocation to Sleep in the little volume of Webb's poems published by the Olliers in 1821.
If there are characters on the cloth, they represent the well-known invocation of the Nichiren sect, Namu mio ho ren ge kio.
This omission is due to Stobaeus, who was more bent on extracting moral maxims than strains of poetry comparable with the invocation of Hippolytus to Artemis.
Adjuration of the man who is to undergo the ordeal: I adjure you (name), by the invocation of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the ordeal of cold water.
Concerning theurgy, which promises a delusive purification of the soul by the invocation of demons.
I firmly believe, that the Invocation of the Saints is very useful to us for our Salvation, and that 'tis not contrary to the Commands of God, as the Heretics affirm.
The Invocation of Saints was a Practice even in the Old Testament Time: When Jacob gave his Blessing to his Sons, Gen.
What can be a better Proof of the Invocation of the Angels, and the Holy Patriarchs?
The paper on which this invocation was written had touched the heads of the Three Kings at Cologne.
The rings were then blessed with an invocation to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and signed frequently with the cross.
With this invocation I conclude these hasty lines, which sincere brotherly love has dictated.
Chapuis and some others officiated as priests of the mysteries, and they knelt before the altar, while one made a passionate invocation to liberty, which another tried in vain to explain to the Sultaun.
Khan; the rest of the invocation being lost in the loud report of the cannon.
And with each touch and invocation the knots began to disappear one after the other.
From this exordium we must plainly gather that the original collector of these Tales was himself a Madhjamika, since he begins his work with an invocation of Nagarg'una, founder of that school.
After consecration the priest uttered an invocation to the deceased and then took a vase of liquid containing ten perfumes, with which he smeared the body twice from head to foot, taking especial care to anoint the head thoroughly.
A large majority are christened Mary; but as this sacred name by much use has lost all distinctive meaning, some attribute, some especial invocation of the Virgin, is always coupled with it.
The famous matador, Paco Montes, fervently believed in an amulet he carried, and in the invocation of Our Lord of the True Cross.
The spirit of Vedic worship is pervaded by a devout belief in the efficacy of invocation and sacrificial offering.
Add to this, the august and solemn Manner with which the Prince addresses the Spectre after his Invocation of the Celestial Ministers.
The very first instance which occurs in written history of an invocation to Mary, is in the life of St. Justina, as related by Gregory Nazianzen.
Still more beautiful and more his own is the invocation in the "Prioress's Tale.
These passages, however, do not prove that previously to the fourth century there had been no worship or invocation of the Virgin, but rather the contrary.
Hail to him of the lotus and jewel"; an invocation of Sakkya, who is usually represented holding a lotus flower with a jewel in it.
On that occasion an invocation to the mountain is chanted by priests and people in chorus.
The last circumstance explains the meaning of the celebrated Shadakshári Mantra, or six-lettered invocation of him, viz.
The invocation of Amida is a meritorious act of the believer, much repetition being the substance of this combination of personal and vicarious work.
A magical circle was drawn on the ground, surrounded with the customary astrological signs, the invocation commenced, the spirit appeared, and Plotinus stood face to face with his own soul.
The doctrine of invocation of departed saints, which assumed prominence in the fifth century, was greatly strengthened by these graphic forms.
