constitution; rules; regulation
shadow figure; silhouette
dwarf; midget; elf; Issun-bōshi (Japanese fairytale)
teaching Buddhism; rough person; bullying; ostentatious bravado
true dharma; true teachings of Buddha; age of the true law (one of the three ages of Buddhism)
carrying out of rules; enforcing the law; execution; practice of Buddhism; Buddhist training
a good workman does not blame his tools
penitence by chanting sutras; confession (of sins); penitence sutra; guidebook to penitence
Homer sometimes nods; (lit.) even Kōbō Daishi's handwriting contains mistakes
age of the copied law (one of the three ages of Buddhism); middle day of the law; age of semblance dharma
Homer sometimes nods; (lit.) even Kōbō Daishi's handwriting contains mistakes
rough-and-tumble; bullying disposition
hearing the teachings of Buddha
expounding the teachings of Buddha; (lit.) spinning the dharma wheel
method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration; meditative methods used in Zen Buddhism
Meimuna opalifera (species of cicada)
setting in motion the wheel of the dharma; the first turning of the wheel
consecration ritual for the conferral of the status of Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism)
seeing Buddha and hearing his teachings
Dharma seals; three marks of existence (suffering, impermanence, non-Self)
Meimuna opalifera (species of cicada)
kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa); Japanese flowering dogwood
flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)