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Kyoto Gozan; the five most important Rinzai temples of Kyoto

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to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)

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Sougou

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to look after (often medically); to take care of

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koan; kōan; Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping)

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Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers

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Soto school (of Zen Buddhism)

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Ryoukai

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being (somewhere); sitting

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cherub; gods disguised as children; children parading as cherubs

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Nyojou

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Hongzhi Zhengjue; Hung-chih Cheng-chueh (1091-1157)

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studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to

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Hironori

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monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court

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antiquity; ancient times

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silence; stillness; quietness

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inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim

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intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart

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shikantaza; meditation practice where one stays intensely focused without focusing on any particular object

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to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

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manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

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completely; absolutely; totally

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pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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Yukihide

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calm; composed; tranquil

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adherent; devotee; believer

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association; society

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supervision; superintendence; chairmanship; chairman

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intellectual

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participation; joining; entry; adherence

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compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

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Confucianism and Buddhism

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mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

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harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement

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to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

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Mongolian people

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Korean peninsula

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military affairs

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Mongolia

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geographic

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lama

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to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up

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half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

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departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

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Pali language

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thus

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New Year's morning

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paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living

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publication

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