羅

Jeollanam-do (South Korea); South Jeolla Province

Astronomy

Pyxis (constellation); the Compass Box

Buddhism

Garbhadhatu Mandala; Womb Realm Mandala; Matrix Realm Mandala

Buddhism

Dragon King Kulika; manifestation of Acala in the form of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword

Proverb

to each their own; different strokes for different folks; cut your coat to suit your cloth; a crab digs a hole like its own shell

Buddhism

Mandala of the Two Realms; Womb Realm and Matrix Realm Mandalas

Buddhism

Diamond Perfection of Wisdom Sutra; Diamond Sutra

pratimokṣa; pratimoksha; rules governing the behaviour of Buddhist monks and nuns

Jeollabuk-do (South Korea); North Jeolla Province

Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)

Product name

Salamander (video game)

(a house) looking deserted with few visitors; sparrow net in front of the gate

incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from Sumatra)

Buddhism

Humane King Sutra

like glittering stars

Buddhism

mahoraga (protectors of Buddhism depicted as giant serpents)

Tara (female aspect of Avalokitesvara)

Buddhism

the eighteen arhats

Buddhism

four types of mandala (in Shingon)

game in which people sit in a circle taking turns to imitate the previous person's humorous facial expression or gesture

Buddhism

Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna

Idiomatic expression

to be (practically) deserted; to have no visitors; to set a sparrow net in front of the gate

Buddhism

karma mandala (in Shingon); three-dimensional mandala with a sculpture of each deity

Buddhism

a-bi-ra-un-ken (mantra directed to Vairocana)