foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability
always; constantly; constancy; eternity; permanent residence
injured person; wounded person; casualty
Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
critical power; critical ability
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
all things are in a state of flux; everything is constantly changing
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
sage; wise man; wise person; buddha; bodhisattva; enlightened priest
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
perception; sensation; awareness
shore; bank (of a body of water)
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
gloss; explanatory notes; annotation
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
store; shop; stoa (classical Greek colonnade or portico); store; Stoic
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
acquaintanceship; vijnana; consciousness; written by...
the five skandhas (matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness); the five aggregates
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
fertile; productive; fruitful