highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
several years; a few years
initial stages; first stage; early period; pioneer days; beginning; outset
religious organization; religious organisation
lower branch (of an organization); subordinate organization; substructure
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
position; location; base; point; site
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
reform; reformation; reorganization
Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School
Honganji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
Nishi Hongan-ji (temple in Kyoto)
young person; youth; young
independent; responsible; active; subjective
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
suggestion; hint; implication
selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
objectivity; objective; object (philosophical)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
monistic; unitary; unified; centralized; centralised
area; domain; territory; field; range
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
Suzuki Daisetsu (1870-1966)
sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity