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 c. BCE?)
tathagatagarbha (buddha-womb, the potential within all living things to become a buddha)
Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel
Cintamani-cakra (manifestation of Avalokitesvara)
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
five dhyani buddhas; five wisdom buddhas
Akshobhya (one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas)
Matter and mind are one; body and mind as one
body and mind as one; mind-body unity
Life and death are the two faces of the same coin
ten thusnesses (in Tendai)
perceiving reality as it is; true awareness of reality
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
existence (as we perceive it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning
like dew or lightning, gone in a flash