In the Buddhist tradition, positions of apparently worldly power are often a reflection of the spiritual achievements of the individual.
Victims of the disease were portrayed in literature as having risen above daily life to become ephemeral objects of spiritual or artistic achievement.
'Cities and machines are not the only achievements of g'rakh: 'Where are their spiritual achievements, then?
White - spiritual achievement, treasure in heaven.
His teacher, deeply inspired by his spiritual achievements, followed him and settled too in Thatta.
Its range of subject is no less vast, and it is in fact the most comprehensive and profound school of spiritual achievement known to history.
The evolving consciousness achieves successive states of spiritual achievement until the last, to our mortal knowledge, is reached in Buddhahood.
So ministering to Silicon Valley's flock, especially the executives whose lives are even more devoted to corporate rather than spiritual achievements, can be difficult.
It is not about getting your hands cut off if you steal; it's about spiritual achievement.
Empathy as a counterpoint to barbarism makes a distinction based on spiritual achievement rather than social class.