defilements

In the law of Moses, many ceremonial purifications were ordained and observed by persons who had contracted certain defilements, and without the observance of which, they were reckoned unclean and unfit to join in the social worship of God.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

~ The Three Defilements -- There are three so-called defilements in Buddhist psychology that are typically translated into English as greed, hate, and delusion.

Speedlinking 4/19/07 William Harryman 2007

Twice a year paper figures representing the people were thrown into the river, the typical meaning of which was that the nation was thereby cleansed from the sins, that is, the defilements, of the previous half-year.

The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji William Elliot Griffis 1885

The "five desires" refers to the five defilements, that is, the desire for beautiful forms (sexual desire ...), wealth and money, fame and power, exquisite food and elegant attire, [excessive] rest and sleep. [

Waylon Lewis: Tortured by Love, Lust or a Crush? The Buddhist Solution (is Gross). 2010

It is a significant and suggestive thing that the word which our version translates by "defilements" is our

The Epistles of St. Peter 1817-1893 1910

The bodily qualifications required in the priesthood, the kind of defilements which would temporarily or wholly interrupt their functions, their mode of ordination, and even every portion, material, and colour of their distinctive dress were all intended to express in a symbolical manner this characteristic of holiness.

The Temple���Its Ministry and Services 1825-1889 1904

Other unclean persons must not live with him: i.e. those that are unclean by other kind of defilements: which also is intimated by the Gemarists in these words: "Shall those that have their issues, and those that are defiled by the dead, be sent out into one and the same place?

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

What a wonderful passage and at least it´s there even though it is deficient in that the roadway was clearly constructed by corrupt contractors working for equally corrupt governmental officials but they have been fixing it and it keeps getting better. and because it is a realtively new autopista, it avoids all urban defilements and is a treasure.

Land of Goblins and Fantasy 2009

What a wonderful passage and at least it´s there even though it is deficient in that the roadway was clearly constructed by corrupt contractors working for equally corrupt governmental officials but they have been fixing it and it keeps getting better. and because it is a realtively new autopista, it avoids all urban defilements and is a treasure.

Land of Goblins and Fantasy 2009

Considering the defilements that accompanied the shifts from one past empire to the next--all the while heralding the rise and decline of newly assimilated cultures--we have by comparison mitigated the methods by which crossfertilization takes hold of and disseminates cultural innovation.

G. Roger Denson: China Takes Top Spot in Art Auction Sales Away From the US & UK -- What It Means for Global Culture G. Roger Denson 2011