surpassing conceptual understanding 不可思議 “Inconceivable” has been common translation for fukashigi and is accurate if properly understood. Fukasigi indicates the working of that which supasses human thought and comprehension and is used to characterize the Vow, the Name, the power of the Vow, and Buddha-wisdom. Fukasigi thus expresses a negation of man’s calculations and designs; nevertheless, that which is termed fukasigi lies within the awareness of human beings, although such awareness cannot exhaust its fathomless depths. Thus, fukasigi means that while something can be known, this knowledge is not the result of intellectual analysis.