Vocabulary

ushnisha (protrusion on the top of a buddha's head)

crown of a buddha's head

paella

firm adherence to one's principles

issuing authority

rickshaw

dhyana (profound meditation)

bang bang chicken (Szechuan dish of chicken in a spicy sauce)

twice cooked pork (Szechuan dish)

(Chinese) hot pot

gochujang (Korean red chili paste)

sweet flour paste (Chinese seasoning)

bitter melon (Momordica charantia); bitter gourd

bitter melon (Momordica charantia); bitter gourd

bitter melon (Momordica charantia); bitter gourd

century egg; thousand-year old egg; hundred-year old egg; preserved egg (Chinese delicacy)

naan (bread); nan

coherence theory (theory that a proposition is true if it corresponds with a specified set of other propositions)

correspondence theory (theory that a proposition is true if and only if it corresponds to the facts)

dosa (ill will, antipathy)

intense antipathy (like a blazing fire); flames of rage

the darkness of ignorance

dosa (ill will, antipathy)

foolishness; fool

the three kleshas that poison the heart of man (desire, ill will and ignorance)

Zen (Buddhism)

obscurantism

Zen (Buddhism)

confusing song or poem (esp. used derogatorily to describe a style of middle-age Japanese poetry popularized by Fujiwara no Teika)

Zen Buddhism based on the teachings of Bodhidharma

Arabis flagellosa (species of rockcress)

Zen Buddhism based on the original teachings of Buddha

daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)

Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)

samgyetang (Korean dish); chicken ginseng soup

Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)

great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)

Bowser (Nintendo character)

European roller (species of bird, Coracias garrulus)

yukhoe (Korean dish of seasoned raw beef topped with an egg yolk)