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Laxity occurs when the mind is withdrawn inside in the process of developing meditation.
How to See Yourself As You Really Are Dalai Lama 2006
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Laxity occurs when the mind is withdrawn inside in the process of developing meditation.
How to See Yourself As You Really Are Dalai Lama 2006
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Laxity in the control over foreign exchange allowed crime as well, he said.
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Laxity and indifference are great hindrances to prayer, both to the practice of praying and the process of receiving; it requires a brave, strong, fearless and insistent spirit to engage in successful prayer.
The Weapon of Prayer 1835-1913 1991
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Laxity of discipline, too, seems to have resulted in disobedience or disregard of orders.
Under the Dragon Flag My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War James Allan
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Laxity and indifference in buying means that you are allowing wastes and leaks to creep in your business, and that you are placing a handicap on your traveling salesman, for goods well bought are half sold.
Dollars and Sense William Crosbie Hunter
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Laxity means loss of power, and with loss of power the machine does not do as good work.
Dollars and Sense William Crosbie Hunter
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Lastly, to specify no further -- Laxity of discipline is observable in this church.
Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive The Reformed Presbytery
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Laxity among the clergy at certain periods and in certain localities must undoubtedly be admitted, but the principles of the canon law remained unshaken, and despite all assertions to the contrary made by unscrupulous assailants of the Roman system the call to a life of self-denying continence has, as a rule, been respected by the clergy of Western
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Laxity once introduced, however, has to be carefully kept within bounds.
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