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Satori: Jap.; Zen term for the experience of awakening (enlightenment). The word derives from the verb satoru, "to know"; however, it has nothing to do with "knowledge" in the ordinary or philosophical sense because in the experience of enlightenment there is no distinction between knower and known.
Semantically kenshō has the same meaning as satori and the two terms are often used synonymously. Nevertheless it is customary to use the word satori when speaking of the enlightenment of the Buddha or the Zen patriarchs and to use the word kenshō when speaking of an initial enlightenment experience that still requires to be deepened.
Satori...In Japanese Zen Buddhism an intuitive apprehension of the nature of reality that transcends conceptual thought and cannot be expressed through 'words and letters.'
Semantically kenshō has the same meaning as satori and the two terms are often used synonymously. Nevertheless it is customary to use the word satori when speaking of the enlightenment of the Buddha or the Zen patriarchs and to use the word kenshō when speaking of an initial enlightenment experience that still requires to be deepened.
Satori: Jap.; Zen term for the experience of awakening (enlightenment). The word derives from the verb satoru, "to know"; however, it has nothing to do with "knowledge" in the ordinary or philosophical sense because in the experience of enlightenment there is no distinction between knower and known.
Semantically kenshō has the same meaning as satori and the two terms are often used synonymously. Nevertheless it is customary to use the word satori when speaking of the enlightenment of the Buddha or the Zen patriarchs and to use the word kenshō when speaking of an initial enlightenment experience that still requires to be deepened.
Satori...In Japanese Zen Buddhism an intuitive apprehension of the nature of reality that transcends conceptual thought and cannot be expressed through 'words and letters.'
Semantically kenshō has the same meaning as satori and the two terms are often used synonymously. Nevertheless it is customary to use the word satori when speaking of the enlightenment of the Buddha or the Zen patriarchs and to use the word kenshō when speaking of an initial enlightenment experience that still requires to be deepened.
