reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)
going according to one's wishes; ceremonial sceptre used by monks when reciting sutras (scepter)
to give a true account; to give a graphic account
tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)
("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra); ten thusnesses (in Tendai)
observance of the Buddha's teachings