In fact purging oneself by the use of a laxative some two to three days before starting the fast would be most ideal.

The word 'confessional' implies the need to purge oneself and go receive forgiveness for one's life.

We found pariyodappeya in verse 88, in the sense of purging oneself from the troubles of thought.

In this perspective, Burke concluded that the ultimate motivation of man is to purge oneself of one's sense of guilt through public speaking.

Choi's lasting imagery of water washing away blood suggests the pervasive human instinct to survive and the desire to purge oneself of one's impurities.

Syungnas: The festival of Syungnas is a fasting ceremony to purge oneself of all sin and to accumulate good karma.

Set against the backdrop of a beautiful yet foreboding lake, this haunting film offers a spine-tingling story of twisted familial relations and the horrifying consequences of trying to purge oneself of the past.

A determination to purge oneself of toxins - those spiritual and physical blockages that gum up one's closet, one's insides, even one's emotional wiring - often top the list of New Year's resolutions.

He interpreted the "kara" of Karate-dō to mean "to purge oneself of selfish and evil thoughts ... for only with a clear mind and conscience can the practitioner understand the knowledge which he receives."

The Buddha's fourth truth is that the way to purge oneself of tanha (fixations) is to follow a program called the Eightfold Path: practices to lessen the grip of one's fixations and eventually achieve freedom.

Because I need to purge myself of the past more than anything.

I can never purge what he said of the little one from my mind.

Yet we could not be sure they had purged themselves enough.

After the end of the war, he was purged from public service.

About 220,000 members were purged or left the party in 1921.

It took a long time to purge the water from his body.

Perhaps you should try to find a way to purge me from the computer system.

That is why he purged himself from his past two years ago.

When they purge their top guys, the whole family usually gets taken out.

Word has been out for a year or two that I'm to be purged.

That's one thing we've always done is work hard, try to purge it and come back.

His name had not yet been purged from the computer records.

Used by the alliance to purge those of the same mind.

So he decided to "purge" a few days early and get that out of the way.

Those being purged here must have their love set upon the right path.

If you need to purge the engines, do it now.

I was completely purged during the making of that film.

Anything that might identify her had been purged, but no matter.

The desert would purge him, as it had so many times before.

Critics from both labor and business said its end might purge some of the problems.

He warned "the day will come when we purge our country of them".

In 1967, she was purged by the party, and disappeared from public view.

I would like America to be purged of this evil.

Yet, for all the logic in the world, he could not seem to purge her from his blood.

The tech boys said it'll take months to purge everything.

He had seen a purge or two in his time.

No such purge had been seen in over a century.

One of those who got across just after the purge.

One purge was not enough, as it had been for the women.

It was not clear, however, how much more of a purge would be needed.

A purge will give me safety for a couple of years.

Yes, and that's part of the purge in a way.

And what could have been the nature of this "purge"?

The next step would be to call around until he found out why this purge was taking place.

But we can start the purge before thinking of escape.

It is hard to call what's happening anything other than a political purge.

But the man's little purge had certainly made an impression on him.

This is a purge, and all of the old forms must go.

The group lost another 14 members who were killed during an internal purge.

Finally there is a purge of those who defend them.

And then there are the questions about the purge of federal prosecutors.

The word is out there will soon be another purge in Rome.

So I had a sort of purge, if not a voluntary one.

In 1933, there was no purge of the German police forces.

This is less a step than a free fall backward, a purge.

Then they will do something to get rid of the food (purge).

It seems the new General plans a purge of his ranks.

I order the purge to be carried out by regions.

A bloody purge would be necessary to bring this new world into being.

Why did his arrest set off such a massive purge?