Male lay followers of the Buddha, and Buddhism in general.

gentle, affectionate

A (letter grade); excellence / gentleness

to block / to shut off / to close / fort; fortress

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

Buddhism

he; boyfriend

live a life

life; livelihood; daily living.