All 48 Uses of "monk" in "Lord of Light" - Auto-generated

Some of the monks doubted the orthodoxy of this prayer technique, but the machine had been built and was operated by Yama-Dharma, fallen, of the Celestial City; and, it was told, he had ages ago built the mighty thunder chariot of Lord Shiva: that engine that fled across the heavens belching gouts of fire in its wake.†

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monks = male members of a religious order living together typically under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience

Two dark-robed monks entered through the archway.†

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The "she" referred to by the monks could only be the goddess Ratri herself, worshiped by the order that had given sanctuary to the followers of Great-Souled Sam, the Enlightened One.†

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The saffron-robed monks who were in attendance moved silently about the great chamber.†

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As they approached, several of the well-disciplined, imperturbable monks uttered brief exclamations.†

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Yama regarded the monks who now sat upon the floor, their heads bowed, and he lowered his voice.†

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He sat there for perhaps twenty minutes before one of Sam's monks noticed him and mentioned the fact to one of Ratri's dark-robed Order.†

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This monk located a priest and passed the information to him.†

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Consequently, both her monks and those of the saffron robe wondered as to her appearance and sought to gain possible favor in her eyes.†

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monks = male members of a religious order living together typically under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience

Aram fixed him with his unblinking green eye and said, "The monk who first observed me did not wear the robe of your Order."†

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This evening there will be an hour when all the monks are gathered together and free to speak as they would, save for those who have taken vows of silence.†

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monks = male members of a religious order living together typically under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience

That evening, Aram attended the community hour of the monks.†

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Aram seated himself at the long table in the refectory, across from several of the Buddha's monks.†

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"We are a wandering Order," replied the monk to whom he had spoken.†

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"The entire universe is a revelation," said the monk.†

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"Pray, brother, do not harm it," said the monk.†

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"Nevertheless," said the monk, "all life being one, in this monastery all do practice the doctrine of ahimsa and refrain from taking life of any sort."†

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Then he turned, his green eye sweeping across the row of monks seated between himself and the doorway, and he looked upon Yama, who wore breeches, boots, shirt, sash, cloak and gloves all of red, and about whose head was twisted a turban the color of blood.†

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monks = male members of a religious order living together typically under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience

Flames leapt from the stone walls, the tables, the robes of the monks.†

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"Build a pyre and burn this body," he said to the monks, not turning toward them.†

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This is what occurred......The wandering monks of the Enlightened One were visiting at the time.†

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"These monks have witnessed a strange and terrible thing," he continued.†

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The monks were seated upon the floor of the refectory.†

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The clicking and buzzing and chirping of the jungle accompanied the monks as they walked.†

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Ratri's servitors bore her litter in the midst of the moving party of monks, servants and her small guard of warriors.†

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"Shiva passes," said a monk, eyes wide with fear.†

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There was a brief lull as the Enlightened One and his monks arrived, their yellow robes near-orange in the flamelight.†

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monks = male members of a religious order living together typically under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience

He gave a message to the monk, who nodded and departed from the field of the festival.†

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A monk seated nearby noted that he was tapping his fingers upon the ground, and he decided that the Enlightened One must be keeping time with the drumbeats, for it was common knowledge that he was above such things as impatience.†

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When they came again to the purple grove, the Enlightened One instructed his monks to take rest, and he moved off in the direction of a small pavilion located deep within the wood.†

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monks = male members of a religious order living together typically under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience

The monk who had brought the message during the drama sat within the pavilion.†

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Then he looked up at the wide-eyed monk who had watched him, smiled his imperturbable smile and laid the cord aside.†

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With a damp cloth, the monk wiped the perspiration from the pale brow.†

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"The monk Simha," replied the other, "who helped me bear him here."†

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The monk nodded.†

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The monk hurried forth from the pavilion.†

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Rild donned the robe of a buddhist monk and took to fasting and meditating.†

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After a week, when the festival was near to its close, he departed into the town with his begging bowl, in the company of the other monks.†

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monks = male members of a religious order living together typically under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience

He continued to speak, and some of the other monks and several pilgrims gathered about him.†

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In the purple grove beyond the town, the monks turned their heads.†

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The Enlightened One stood upon the road before the grove, his monks moving about him, facing in the direction of the hills of rock.†

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He bent forward and stared into the monk's half-closed eyes.†

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The rows of monks were seated, as in meditation, before him.†

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monks = male members of a religious order living together typically under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience

He moved past the monks, following a well-beaten path that led far into the interior of the wood.†

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He heard the sound of singing, coming from far up behind him, and he realized that the monks he had left were now awake and stirring about the grove.†

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I have instructed the monks to come to my aid, here at this place, if they hear a cry for help.†

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I like the thought of the god of death being saved by the monks of Buddha.†

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His hell was a many-colored place, somewhat mitigated only by the cold blue blaze of a scholar's intellect, the white light of a dying monk, the rose halo of a noble lady who fled his sight, and the dancing, simple colors of children at play.†

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