Vocabulary

animal trainer

strainer; colander

vocal coach

dharmata (dharma nature, the true nature of all manifest phenomena)

Hosso sect of Buddhism (Japanese equivalent of the Chinese Faxiang sect)

Nichiren Shoshu (sect of Buddhism)

adarsa-jnana (great-perfect-mirror wisdom, wisdom clearly elucidating all things)

advaitam (non-duality)

alaya-vijnana (store consciousness, consciousness forming the base of all human existence)

anutpattika-dharma-ksanti (recognition that nothing really arises or perishes)

anutpattika-dharma-ksanti (recognition that nothing really arises or perishes)

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)

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)