All 22 Uses
venerable
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Siddhartha
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- He had started to suspect that his venerable father and his other teachers, that the wise Brahmans had already revealed to him the most and best of their wisdom, that they had already filled his expecting vessel with their richness, and the vessel was not full, the spirit was not content, the soul was not calm, the heart was not satisfied.†
Chpt 1venerable = respected (worthy of respect) -- typically because of age or position
- Siddhartha knew many venerable Brahmans, chiefly his father, the pure one, the scholar, the most venerable one.†
Chpt 1
- Siddhartha knew many venerable Brahmans, chiefly his father, the pure one, the scholar, the most venerable one.†
Chpt 1
- How old, would you think, is our oldest Samana, our venerable teacher?
Chpt 2 *venerable = respected
- How could it be that among so many learned men, among so many Brahmans, among so many austere and venerable Samanas, among so many who are searching, so many who are eagerly trying, so many holy men, no one will find the path of paths?†
Chpt 2venerable = respected (worthy of respect) -- typically because of age or position
- And just consider: what would become of the sanctity of prayer, what of the venerability of the Brahmans' caste, what of the holiness of the Samanas, if it was as you say, if there was no learning?†
Chpt 2venerability = the quality of being worthy of respect or elderly
- What, oh Siddhartha, what would then become of all of this what is holy, what is precious, what is venerable on earth?†
Chpt 2venerable = respected (worthy of respect) -- typically because of age or position
- And arriving at Savathi, in the very first house, before the door of which they stopped to beg, food has been offered to them, and they accepted the food, and Siddhartha asked the woman, who handed them the food: "We would like to know, oh charitable one, where the Buddha dwells, the most venerable one, for we are two Samanas from the forest and have come, to see him, the perfected one, and to hear the teachings from his mouth."†
Chpt 3
- Then he happened to meet Gotama, the exalted one, and when he greeted him with respect and the Buddha's glance was so full of kindness and calm, the young man summoned his courage and asked the venerable one for the permission to talk to him.†
Chpt 3
- "As you please," the venerable one spoke politely.†
Chpt 3
- Does it please the venerable one to listen to me for one moment longer?†
Chpt 3
- Quoth Siddhartha: "One thing, oh most venerable one, I have admired in your teachings most of all.†
Chpt 3
- You will not be able to convey and say to anybody, oh venerable one, in words and through teachings what has happened to you in the hour of enlightenment!†
Chpt 3
- But there is one thing which these so clear, these so venerable teachings do not contain: they do not contain the mystery of what the exalted one has experienced for himself, he alone among hundreds of thousands.†
Chpt 3
- "I wish," the venerable one spoke slowly, "that your thoughts shall not be in error, that you shall reach the goal!†
Chpt 3
- If I merely were one of your disciples, oh venerable one, I'd fear that it might happen to me that only seemingly, only deceptively my self would be calm and be redeemed, but that in truth it would live on and grow, for then I had replaced my self with the teachings, my duty to follow you, my love for you, and the community of the monks!†
Chpt 3
- , the venerable one spoke.†
Chpt 3
- I have never before seen a person glance and smile, sit and walk this way, he thought; truly, I wish to be able to glance and smile, sit and walk this way, too, thus free, thus venerable, thus concealed, thus open, thus child-like and mysterious.†
Chpt 3
- Quoth Siddhartha, smiling from his old eyes: "Do you call yourself a searcher, oh venerable one, though you are already of an old in years and are wearing the robe of Gotama's monks?†
Chpt 12
- Quoth Siddhartha: "What should I possibly have to tell you, oh venerable one?†
Chpt 12
- You, oh venerable one, are perhaps indeed a searcher, because, striving for your goal, there are many things you don't see, which are directly in front of your eyes.†
Chpt 12
- Quoth Siddhartha: "A long time ago, oh venerable one, many years ago, you've once before been at this river and have found a sleeping man by the river, and have sat down with him to guard his sleep.†
Chpt 12
Definitions:
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(venerable) respected (worthy of respect) -- typically because of age or position
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, venerable can be used as a specific religious title whose exact meaning depends upon the religious denomination, but when given, is only to a small number or people who are exceptionally respected and admired.