Arhat: Liberated individual.
Avidya: Ignorance.
Bodhisattva: Buddha who continues to practice benefiting all beings.
Buddha: Enlightened one.
Gassho: Hand position with palms placed together vertically in front of body.
Hondo: Formal hall for rituals and ceremonies.
Karma: Literally deed or phenomenon, cause and effect.
Kensho: Experience of seeing into one's own nature.
Kinhin: Walking zazen.
Koan: Literally, a 'public record;' a story pointing to realization.

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