Buddhism What Everyone Needs to know

Question 1

(esp. of liquids) to flow slowly and in small quantities through sth or into sth

Answer 1

seep
late 18C
OLD English: sipian “to soak しみでる”

Question 2

a person’s continued support for a political party, religion, leader, etc

Answer 2

allegiance
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French - variant of Old French “ligeance.” “lige or liege” (from medieval Latin “laeticus”, probably of Germanic origin), perhaps by association with Anglo-Latin “alligantia” or “alliance”

Question 3

(phrase) DO NOT offer something valuable or good to someone who does not know its value.

Answer 3

Cast not pearls before swine

Question 4

not allowing yourself physical pleasures, especially for religious reasons; related to a simple and strict way of living

Answer 4

ascetic
Mid 17C: from medieval Latin “asceticus” or Greek “asketikos” from asketes = “monk”, from “askein” = “to exercise”