人们供奉祭品以求神灵息怒。
这些古老的仪式平息水中神灵的怒气。
These ancient ceremonies propitiate the spirits of the waters.
事件发生后,他们更加崇拜神灵了。
他们向神灵献上了祭品。
Tiamat和Apsu被这些年轻的神灵的喧嚣和骚动所打扰。
Tiamat and Apsu are disturbed by the din and the tumult of these younger gods.
身穿橘袍的僧人向神灵献上鲜花和食物,并在海螺壳上发出萦绕不去的声音。
Monks in orange robes offer flowers and food to the gods and produce haunting sounds on conch shells.
人们不是为了装饰效果而创作了这些雕像,而是为了它们能在祭祀神灵、国王和逝者这一方面发挥主要作用。
Statues were created not for their decorative effect but to play a primary role in the cults of the gods, the king, and the dead.
让雕像朝前看、并能观看到前方发生的事情是有意义的,这样,现场的仪式表演者就可以与受膜拜的神灵或逝去的人们互动。
It made sense to show the statue looking ahead at what was happening in front of it, so that the living performer of the ritual could interact with the divine or deceased recipient.
黄昏之后,人们举起火把将神灵送回。
我们的心智似乎生来就适合相信神灵。
It seems that our minds are finely tuned to believe in gods.
那么,我们的大脑是如何造出神灵的呢?
梵天给予了他这一神灵保佑。
古代的人相信影是物体周围一些神灵存在的迹象。
In ancient times people believed that shadows were signs of some divine presence around an object.
传统认为此山有神灵的存在,屋宇杉被认为是神树。
Traditionally, many people believe that there are gods living in the mountain and Yakusugi (a kind of cedar) is considered as sacred tree.
这个博客就像是充满精神灵感和日常生活课程的喷泉。
This blog is a fountain of spiritual inspirations and every-day life lessons.
头上三尺有神灵。
以色列人当然也想从神灵那里,得到永恒的祝福和保护。
The Israelites certainly hoped to secure the perpetual aid and blessing and protection of a well-disposed deity.
在白天,彝族人会举行一个仪式向与我们生活息息相关的神灵祈祷。
In the daytime, the Yi hold a ceremony to offer prayers to the gods or spirits associated with our lives.
尽管神圣源于神灵,人类在将世界神圣化的过程中,扮演者重要的角色。
So although holiness derives from god, humans have a crucial role to play in sanctification, in sanctifying the world.
他们不是完全的善良,也不是完全的邪恶,也没有一个神灵的意愿是绝对的。
They're not wholly good, not wholly evil, and no one god's will is absolute.
他们在社会上的角色就是要跟神灵世界沟通,为人们面临的困难寻求解决之道。
Their role in society was to communicate with the spirit world to find solutions to problems facing their people.
游客们可以参观寺庙和教堂,它们令人叹为观止,必定是因神灵的启示而造的。
Travelers can visit temples and churches so breathtaking they must have been built with divine inspiration.
那些希腊人认为不论男女皆难免一死,但是他们生活的世界充满了超凡的神灵。
Those Greeks saw themselves as mortal men and women but living in a world full of gods who were not mortal.
正是那些至高无上的神灵分配了世上美好的事物,将它们送到每个人的手里。
It was the supreme beings who divided up the good things in life and handed them out to all of the people.
而在希腊泛神论传统或任何类似的古代文化传统中,此一假设纯属亵渎神灵。
The assumption would have been a sacrilege in the eyes of anyone in the Greek pantheistic tradition, or in any similar tradition in any of the ancient cultures.
但在听到佛教布道之后,阿修罗开始担任守护者,守护佛祖免遭其他邪恶神灵的侵害。
But as it listened to Buddhist preaching, it began to take on the role of a protector who guarded the Buddha from other evil deities.
旧时人们相信神灵住在树上,于是便将糖果和礼品系在树枝上,就像如今装饰圣诞树。
It used to be believed that divine spirits lived in trees, and they were often festooned with sweets and gifts - as is still done today at Christmas.
但如果事实上正是这样,那么你要相信如果不应当这样,神灵本来是不会这样做的。
But if this is so, be assured that if it ought to have been otherwise, the gods would have done it.
但如果事实上正是这样,那么你要相信如果不应当这样,神灵本来是不会这样做的。
But if this is so, be assured that if it ought to have been otherwise, the gods would have done it.
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