stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
third stage; three stages
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
introspection; reflection on one's self
terse; concise; simple and clear
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
training; drill; practice; discipline
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
have to do; must; should; ought to
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
the easy way; attaining rebirth in the Pure Land through the vows of Amitabha (as opposed to one's own efforts)
unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
investigator; one who seeks the way
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
monk; member of religious order
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
first year; early years (of a reign or era)
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither