satori
[suh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
- sudden enlightenment.
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Origin of satori
1720–30; < Japanese: noun derivative of v. “to awaken” (sato- aware + -r- formative affix)
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satori
- Zen Buddhism the state of sudden indescribable intuitive enlightenment
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Word Origin
from Japanese
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Word Origin and History for satori
n.
1727, from Japanese, said to mean literally "spiritual awakening."
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