reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)
going according to one's wishes; ceremonial sceptre used by monks when reciting sutras (scepter)
to give a true account; to give a graphic account
contrary to one's wishes; gone awry; gone amiss; short of money; in financial difficulty
tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)
Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)
Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba
tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)
Vairocana; Mahavairocana (Bliss Body of the historical Gautama Buddha); Dainichi Buddha; Nyorai Buddha
("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra); ten thusnesses (in Tendai)
observance of the Buddha's teachings
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th century BCE?)
tathagatagarbha (buddha-womb, the potential within all living things to become a buddha)
Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel
Cintamani-cakra (manifestation of Avalokitesvara)
being compassionate like a bodhisattva
thus I hear (quote from the sutras); these ears have heard
being inseparable as a form and its shadow; a person's deed mirrors the good or evil of his mind; husband and wife being never apart
Akshobhya (one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas)
matter and mind are one; body and mind as one
five dhyani buddhas; five wisdom buddhas
looking gentle and beautiful like a bodhisattva on the outside but, being wicked and frightening like a demon on the inside
life and death are the two faces of the same coin
body and mind as one; mind-body unity
ten thusnesses (in Tendai)
perceiving reality as it is; true awareness of reality
living Buddha; saintly Buddhist monk
freely; in complete control of; with complete freedom; at will; as one pleases
Wrong and right are but two faces of the same coin
Zen Buddhism based on the original teachings of Buddha
looking gentle and beautiful like a bodhisattva on the outside but, being wicked and frightening like a demon on the inside
existence (as we perceive it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning
existence (as we perceive it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning