all things are in a state of flux; everything is constantly changing
believer in materialism; materialist
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; storing (data in memory, etc.); stoa (classical Greek colonnade or portico); Stoic (school)
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; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern 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; hunch
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
fertile; productive; fruitful
all worldly phenomena; meritorious acts leading to enlightenment; (Jodo school) all practices other than recitation of the nembutsu prayer
fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
common fig (Ficus carica); fig; fig tree
phala (attained state, result); enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice); fruit; counter for pieces of fruit
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
snake; serpent; large snake
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); inner realization; personal enlightenment
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae