nembutsu; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
sitting and lying down; daily life
rebellion; great uprising
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
Shinran (founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, 1173-1262)
latter days of the law (one of the three ages of Buddhism); age of the degeneration of the law
common person; foolish commoner
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
phases of the age (times)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism)
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
Muromachi period (1336-1573)
India-ink painting; ink wash painting
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
ocean transportation; importation
treatise on painting; essay on painting; theory of painting
appreciation; admiration; enjoyment
painting (as a profession); being a painter; achievements as a painter; one's works
landscape artist; landscape painter; landscapist
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
mountain and water; landscape (containing hills and rivers); landscape picture; mountain stream; water that flows down from a mountain; garden which contains an artificial hill and a pond
Zen; Zen temple; Zen priest
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)
to have the end in sight; (lit.) to see the mountains
regardless of; irrespective of
going west; heading westward
common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)