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The Vajrayana Buddhist commentator Buddhaguhya treats various terms as synonyms: For example, he defines emptiness ( sunyata ) as suchness ( tathata ) and says that suchness is the intrinsic nature ( svabhava ) of the mind which is Enlightenment ( bodhi-citta ).
Enlightenment: A concept related to the Buddhist bodhi. Entheogen: A modern term derived from two Ancient Greek words, ἔνθεος (entheos) and γενέσθαι (genesthai). Entheos means literally "in God", more freely translated "inspired". The Greeks used it as a term of praise for poets and other artists. Genesthai means "to cause to be ...
Rohatsu A day traditionally honored as the day of the Buddha's enlightenment. While deep in meditation under a bodhi tree, he attained enlightenment upon seeing the morning star just at dawn; celebrated on the 8th day either of December or of the 12th month of the lunar calendar Japanese: 臘八 Rōhatsu or Rohachi; roshi, lit. "Master", An ...
Spain: Enlightenment in Spain, came to Spain with a new dynasty, the Bourbons, subsequent reform and 'enlightened despotism' USA: American Enlightenment, intellectual culture of the British North American colonies and the early United States; Arab Enlightenment or Nahda, late 19th to early 20th century.
Satori (Japanese: 悟り) is a Japanese Buddhist term for "awakening", "comprehension; understanding". [1] The word derives from the Japanese verb satoru. [2] [3]In the Zen Buddhist tradition, satori refers to a deep experience of kenshō, [4] [5] "seeing into one's true nature".
It is really another name for Enlightenment (Annuttara-samyak-sambodhi)". [18] [note 5] Dumoulin (1988/2005): "Enlightenment is described here as an insight into the identity of one's own nature with all of reality in an eternal now, as a vision that removes all distinctions. This enlightenment is the center and the goal of the Zen way.
Synonyms [ edit ] The words moksha , nirvana ( nibbana ) and kaivalya are sometimes used synonymously, [ 57 ] because they all refer to the state that liberates a person from all causes of sorrow and suffering.
Zen teachings use this term to refer to an insight which can occur to a Zen practitioner suddenly, and often equate it with a kind of enlightenment. [216] [217] The "nature" here is the buddha-nature, the originally enlightened mind. As such, this experience provides one with a glimpse of the ultimate truth.