Vocabulary
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featureless (face); expressionless; flat; blank; smooth
Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind
esoteric Buddhism of the Japanese Shingon sect
shikantaza; meditation practice where one stays intensely focused without focusing on any particular object
mudra (symbolic hand gesture)
the seven previous incarnations of Buddha
the seven previous incarnations of Buddha
The Four Noble Truths
Suffering, Source of Suffering Desire, The Cessation of Suffering, The Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering (The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism)
noble eightfold path
Dharma seals; three marks of existence (suffering, impermanence, non-Self)
World-Honored One (honorific name for Gautama Buddha)
Mahasamghika (early Buddhist movement)
early Buddhist schools; Nikaya Buddhism
completing the path to becoming a Buddha (by attaining enlightenment)
new schools of Japanese Buddhism founded during the Kamakura period
failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb
Pandora's box
hug
journalist identification; press pass
referendum
system allowing for election of the prime minister by popular vote
electronic voting; e-voting
request to arrest a member of parliament while still in session
movie viewing event; film screening; movie screening; movie night
scaffold; gallows
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; when one hears ...
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
you could say that; that might be so
pyelitis
undergraduate student; undergraduate
deed of sale
sports park; athletic park; stadium
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
the 1,026 kanji taught in Japanese elementary schools
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
wild udo
neck cooler
ladder breaker