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satori Definition

sa·tori (sä tôr′ē)

noun

spiritual enlightenment or illumination: term used esp. in Zen Buddhism

Etymology: Jpn, nominal form of satoru, to understand thetruth of

satori Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • mystical: Hence mystical satori may be an intermittent experience: now it is present, then it fades for a time.
  • intellectual: In my intellectual satori there was no noticeable zone of feeling attached to it, it appeared to be totally non-emotional.
  • cosmic: In cosmic satori, ( 4 ) and ( 8 ) are emphasized together to give the One as subjectivity and ego as objectivity.

Noun used with modifier

  • Zen: There is the spirit of haiku about this - present too in other poems - the kind of immediacy achieved in Zen satori.