to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
admonition; commandment; sila (precept)
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
three persons; three parties
(arch.) three-legged metal pot or kettle (used in ancient China)
counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
posterity; future generations
threefold training; three divisions of the noble eightfold path
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
the five precepts (prohibitions against killing, theft, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxication)
the 10 precepts; Ten Commandments; Decalogue; Decalog
item; article; clause; section; point
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
must not do; should not do; do not do
prohibition; inhibition; ban
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
chief; main; principal; major
lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs
heavenly king; Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
study; learning; tutorial
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in