The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2184 page)
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Sekishu
(name for the ko
n, ‘what is the sound of one hand clapping?’):
(name for the ko
n, ‘what is the sound of one hand clapping?’):
Sekis
Soen
(Jap., for Shih-shuang Ch’uyuan)
Soen(Jap., for Shih-shuang Ch’uyuan)
Self-Realization Fellowship
.
.
Founded by the Indian
guru Paramhansa Yogananda
(1893–1953) in Boston, Mass., in 1920. Yogananda taught specific yoga techniques to develop soul awareness and a form of meditation which heightens consciousness to the point where it becomes one with that of the guru.
guru Paramhansa Yogananda
(1893–1953) in Boston, Mass., in 1920. Yogananda taught specific yoga techniques to develop soul awareness and a form of meditation which heightens consciousness to the point where it becomes one with that of the guru.
Seli
ot
.
ot.
Penitential prayers seeking forgiveness
(Heb.,
seli
ah
), forming in effect an additional Jewish prayer-service for fast days and the penitential season. The
Sephardim
usually recite seli
ot for forty days from Rosh
odesh Elul (see
NEW YEAR
) to
Yom Kippur
, while the
Ashkenazim
begin on the Sunday before
Rosh
ha-Shanah. Seli
ot are also recited on all official fast days.
(Heb.,
seli
ah), forming in effect an additional Jewish prayer-service for fast days and the penitential season. The
Sephardim
usually recite seli
ot for forty days from Roshodesh Elul (seeNEW YEAR
) to
Yom Kippur
, while the
Ashkenazim
begin on the Sunday before
Rosh
ha-Shanah. Seli
ot are also recited on all official fast days.Other books
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