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单词 swami
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Definition of swami in English:

swami

nounPlural swamis ˈswɑːmiˈswɑmi
  • A Hindu male religious teacher.

    as title Swami Satchidananda
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many Hindu swamis advise followers to be well-established vegetarians prior to initiation into mantra, and to remain vegetarian thereafter.
    • The swami is credited with bringing many of the island's Hindu converts to Christianity and Islam back into Hinduism.
    • For more than half a century, the swami has tirelessly organized important religious seminars.
    • There weren't any role models in her life and her world revolved around a group of 30 swamis and their Guru Swami Satchidananda.
    • Normally, the swamis and gurus keep aloof from the world.
    • Our association with the swamis under him has helped our organization grow and has reaffirmed our dedication to Hindu dharma.
    • Today, though he loves solitude, he also enjoys interacting daily with the many saints, sages, swamis, scholars and writers who visit the monastery.
    • They have to tell people that Swami is a messenger of Hinduism like the other swamis of this ancient tradition.
    • Gurus and swamis crossed the seas to visit these communities and encourage their religious practices.
    • The second speaker, a prominent Malaysian Hindu leader, made the point that a modern trend of Hindus is to consider the traditional wisdom given by swamis as old-fashioned and not lend it much weight.
    • But our Hindu saints and swamis come and deliver lectures and go back to their native countries and ashrams with whatever money is given to them.
    • A Buddhist minister and his sangha or a swami and his sannyasins can be every bit as pious and self-righteous as a Christian priest and his congregation.
    • This was not always the popular stance, but with scripture and the majority of swamis backing him up, one heard fewer and fewer Hindus advocating violent solutions.
    • For many decades it was the male swamis from India who were the most well-known exponents of Hinduism touring in the Western countries.
    • Wondrous sights seen along the way mixed and mingled with mystic truths discussed afloat a rolling ocean in daily yoga classes with Gurudeva and his swamis.
    • In 1897, when Swami Vivekananda visited Jaffna, Yogar swami participated in the religious procession.
    • One satguru would be followed by the next satguru, swamis and acharyas by more swamis and acharyas, devoted families by more devoted families, generation after generation.
    • Very few Malaysian Hindu temples conduct religious classes or provide spiritual discourses by knowledgeable teachers, pundits or swamis.
    • Like all the sects, its majority are devout families, headed by hundreds of orders of swamis and sadhus who follow the fiery, world-renouncing path to moksha.
    • During the day, we began classes with the swamis on philosophy, yoga, worship and more.
    Synonyms
    spiritual teacher, teacher, tutor, sage, counsellor, mentor, guiding light, spiritual leader, leader, master

Origin

From Hindi swāmī 'master, prince', from Sanskrit svāmin.

Rhymes

army, balmy, barmy, gourami, macramé, origami, palmy, pastrami, salami, smarmy, tsunami, Yanomami
 
 

Definition of swami in US English:

swami

nounˈswämēˈswɑmi
  • A Hindu male religious teacher.

    as title Swami Satchidananda
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Very few Malaysian Hindu temples conduct religious classes or provide spiritual discourses by knowledgeable teachers, pundits or swamis.
    • Wondrous sights seen along the way mixed and mingled with mystic truths discussed afloat a rolling ocean in daily yoga classes with Gurudeva and his swamis.
    • They have to tell people that Swami is a messenger of Hinduism like the other swamis of this ancient tradition.
    • The second speaker, a prominent Malaysian Hindu leader, made the point that a modern trend of Hindus is to consider the traditional wisdom given by swamis as old-fashioned and not lend it much weight.
    • This was not always the popular stance, but with scripture and the majority of swamis backing him up, one heard fewer and fewer Hindus advocating violent solutions.
    • Many Hindu swamis advise followers to be well-established vegetarians prior to initiation into mantra, and to remain vegetarian thereafter.
    • A Buddhist minister and his sangha or a swami and his sannyasins can be every bit as pious and self-righteous as a Christian priest and his congregation.
    • Gurus and swamis crossed the seas to visit these communities and encourage their religious practices.
    • Our association with the swamis under him has helped our organization grow and has reaffirmed our dedication to Hindu dharma.
    • For more than half a century, the swami has tirelessly organized important religious seminars.
    • In 1897, when Swami Vivekananda visited Jaffna, Yogar swami participated in the religious procession.
    • Today, though he loves solitude, he also enjoys interacting daily with the many saints, sages, swamis, scholars and writers who visit the monastery.
    • There weren't any role models in her life and her world revolved around a group of 30 swamis and their Guru Swami Satchidananda.
    • One satguru would be followed by the next satguru, swamis and acharyas by more swamis and acharyas, devoted families by more devoted families, generation after generation.
    • Like all the sects, its majority are devout families, headed by hundreds of orders of swamis and sadhus who follow the fiery, world-renouncing path to moksha.
    • But our Hindu saints and swamis come and deliver lectures and go back to their native countries and ashrams with whatever money is given to them.
    • During the day, we began classes with the swamis on philosophy, yoga, worship and more.
    • For many decades it was the male swamis from India who were the most well-known exponents of Hinduism touring in the Western countries.
    • Normally, the swamis and gurus keep aloof from the world.
    • The swami is credited with bringing many of the island's Hindu converts to Christianity and Islam back into Hinduism.
    Synonyms
    spiritual teacher, teacher, tutor, sage, counsellor, mentor, guiding light, spiritual leader, leader, master

Origin

From Hindi swāmī ‘master, prince’, from Sanskrit svāmin.

 
 
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