satori

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of satori in Turkish Turkish dictionary: Zen düşünmenin ereği olan ruhsal uyanış

English - English

Definition of satori in English English dictionary: A sudden inexpressible feeling of inner understanding or enlightenment; a state of intuitive enlightenment, particularly the Enlightenment experienced by the Buddha; (Zen Buddhism) a state of sudden spiritual enlightenment; Enlightenment and insight into the existential truth Awakening and awakened life based on it; (Japanese) A state of consciousness in Zen Buddhism beyond the plane of discrimination and differentiation; The state of enlightenment sought by Zen Buddhists; {i} state of sudden spiritual enlightenment (Zen Buddhism); This Japanese word is used in Zen Buddhism for the phenomenon of Sudden Awakening, that Place where the distinction between Experiencer and experience, Knower and known, is erased, and the separative sense of personal self ("I am me, and you aren't") is extinguished See also Self-Realization; An opening from ordinary awareness into an awareness that includes more of the Absolute or more of the expanded, light, or free qualities of the Relative, or both Satoris are, by definition, temporary states; if what began as an apparent satori turns out to have been an awakening, then it wasn't a satori because it wasn't temporary; Weird evil monster/spirit that looks like an old man and invades his victim's toughts until the later his driven mad; A state of mind which is often associated with "enlightenment" It involves a recognition and understanding of Buddha-nature This is, of course, the goal of the game of Zendo; To wake up; In Zen, the enlightened awarness In Zen, the enlightened awarness; A moment of insight or reflection that emerges in a Haiku poem (usually around the cutting or pivot word); Enlightenment In Buddhism, enlightenment is characterized by a direct realization or apprehension of the absence of unchanging essences behind phenomena Rather, phenomena are seen to be empty of such essences - phenomena exist in thorough-going interdependence (engi) As characterized by the founder of aikido, enlightenment consists in realizing a fundamental unity between oneself and the (principles governing) the universe The most important ethical principle the aikidoist should gain insight into is that one should cultivate a spirit of loving protection for all things See Ku and Shinnyo