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  • adjective superlative form of subtle: most subtle.

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Examples

  • "this beautiful fruit is the epitome of all gastronomic delights, meeting in subtlest harmony upon the palate, a fragrant fleeting poem;" and that, "if there were more of this fruit on the earth, there would be need for neither churches nor jails, for there would be no sin."

    Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago 1887

  • A hidden or secret mandala is made of the subtlest level of mind generated into a blissful consciousness and used as the mind that understands voidness – in other words, a subtlest mind that is inseparably both a blissful awareness and an understanding of voidness.

    The Gelug-Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra ��� Session Two 1997

  • More specifically, they assert basis mahamudra to be the mother clear light primordial mind, in other words the subtlest level of mind that manifests once the three unconscious, most subtle, conceptual appearance-making minds have ceased.

    The Gelug-Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra ��� Session One 1997

  • Of course they vary in their temperaments: the subtlest are the French and they'll hang on whatever you try to do; the Italians will do well until they see a girl and then they'll go off with her and leave you flat; the Turks will hound you to the ends of the earth and then drive you into the ground; and the Russians will keep their distance but never lose you unless you can pull something totally unexpected, because they are logical and trained to move in straight lines as these were doing now.

    The Sinkiang Executive Hall, Adam 1978

  • [In the lamdray system, foundation mind refers to the causal continuum of the alaya (kun-gzhi rgyu'i rgyud), namely the subtlest clear light level of mental activity.

    Question Sessions with H. H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama Concerning the Kalachakra Initiation ��� 2 Kalachakra and Western Science 1983

  • In the subtlest ways and comments, they tried to preserve the relationship against pressure from politicians in Okinawa.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • In the subtlest ways and comments, they tried to preserve the relationship against pressure from politicians in Okinawa.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • In the subtlest ways and comments, they tried to preserve the relationship against pressure from politicians in Okinawa.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • Mr. DeJohnette's drumming has force enough to create driving rhythms and requisite delicacy for the subtlest nuance.

    Playing Musical Chairs Larry Blumenfeld 2012

  • This subtlest, unchanging aspect of our existence is the self.

    Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: 5 Steps to Healthier Living Sri Sri Ravi Shankar 2011

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