emptybill: > Recently the term "enlightenment" became a silly > Neo-Hindu neologism (i.e. post-Vvekananda) and > Neo-Buddhist synonym for Japanese Zen "kensho" > or "satori", particularly by euro-american > buddhist writers. > OH C'MON!!! REALLY?! Stop this nonsense trying to mislead the TMers. This is just a word game. You haven't even defined 'TM'. Go figure.
"Looking into one's nature or the opening of satori; This acquiring of a new point of view in our dealings with life and the world is popularly called by Japanese Zen students 'satori' (wu in Chinese). It is really another name for Enlightenment or (Annuttara-samyak-sambodhi)". Source: 'An Introduction to Zen Buddhism' D.T. Suzuki Grove Press, 1949 p. 88.
