monks who practise austerity to the point of death and mummification
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
generally; in general; widely; commonly; universally
high priest; highly-ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
esoteric Buddhism; Tantric Buddhism; Vajrayana; secret Buddhist teachings; Mikkyō
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
process; course; mechanism
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
example; illustration; precedent
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
when it becomes; when it comes to
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
investigator; one who seeks the way