Satori
Japanese Buddhist term for awakening / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about Japanese term Satori (悟り). For Chinese term Wu (悟), see Wu (awareness).
Satori (悟り) is a Japanese Buddhist term for awakening, "comprehension; understanding".[1] It is derived from the Japanese verb satoru.[2][3]
For other uses, see Satori (disambiguation).
In the Zen Buddhist tradition, satori refers to a deep experience of kenshō,[4][5] "seeing into one's true nature". Ken means "seeing," shō means "nature" or "essence".[4]
Satori and kenshō are commonly translated as enlightenment, a word that is also used to translate bodhi, prajñā and Buddhahood.