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Kenshō

Kenshō (Rōmaji; Japanese and classical Chinese: 見性, Pinyin: jianxing, Sanskrit: dṛṣṭi-svabhāva) is an East Asian Buddhist term from the Chan / Zen tradition which means "seeing" or "perceiving" (見) "nature" or "essence" (性), or 'true face'. It is usually translated as "seeing one's nature," with "nature" referring to buddha-nature, ultimate reality, the…

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Insight versus experience

Kenshō accounts

Training towards kenshō

Training after kenshō

Sudden insight

Mushi-dokugo and mushi-dokkaku

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Kenshō

Nodes125
Edges124
Triples120
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016
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related to Definitions by Buddhist scholars · 19
Kenshō → Annuttara-samyak-sambodhi, Buddha, Buddhist, Chinese, Dumoulin, Enlightenment, Hakuin, It, Japanese Zen, Looking, Mahayana, Peter Harvey, Suzuki, The, The Buddha, This, To, Victor Sogen Hori, Zen
related to Encyclopedic and dictionary definitions · 18
Kenshō → Baroni, Buddha, Buddha Nature, Buddha-nature, Chan, Fischer-Schreiber, In, Intuitive School, Like, Lit, Muller, Rinzai, Seeing, Since, Some, Soothill, To, Zen
related to Sanbō Kyōdan · 12
Kenshō → American, It, Japanese Zen, Philip Kapleau, Sanbo Kyodan, Sanbō Kyōdan, Soto, The Three Pillars, United States, Yasutani, Yasutani's, Zen
related to Sōtō · 12
Kenshō → According, Brad Warner, Buddha, Contemporary Japanese Sōtō, In Sōtō, Meditative, Nevertheless, One, Rinzai, Students, Sōtō, The
related to Sudden insight · 11
Kenshō → Buddhahood, But Jiyu-Kennett, Chinul, It, Korean Seon, Seongcheol, The, This, Traditional Zen Narrative, Wild, Zen
related to Definitions by Buddhist teachers and practitioners · 8
Kenshō → Buddha, Buddhist, Hakuun Yasutani, Jiyu-Kennett, Myodo Ni Satomi, Seeing, The, To
related to Pronunciations · 8
Kenshō → CE, Middle Chinese, RR, Sino-Japanese, Sino-Korean, Sino-Vietnamese, Sino-Xenic, The Standard Chinese
related to Further notions · 7
Kenshō → According, Buddhahood, Hori, How, In, Path, Seeing
related to Further practice · 6
Kenshō → According, And, Chan Master Sheng Yen, Practice, Soto Zen Master Jiyu-Kennett, Zen Buddhist
related to Spontaneous kenshō · 6
Kenshō → Dennis Genpo Merzel, For, More, Philip Kapleau, Richard Clarke, Zen-literature

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enlightenment experience kensho zen nature insight one's awakening one practice term also life master seeing hakuin according see japanese buddhahood

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Kenshōis ainitial insight or sudden awakening0.90text
Kenshōrelated to Definitions by Buddhist scholarsBuddhist0.60section
Kenshōrelated to Definitions by Buddhist scholarsSuzuki0.60section
Kenshōrelated to Definitions by Buddhist scholarsLooking0.60section
Kenshōrelated to Definitions by Buddhist scholarsThis0.60section
Kenshōrelated to Definitions by Buddhist scholarsJapanese Zen0.60section
Kenshōrelated to Definitions by Buddhist scholarsChinese0.60section
Kenshōrelated to Definitions by Buddhist scholarsIt0.60section
Kenshōrelated to Definitions by Buddhist scholarsEnlightenment0.60section
Kenshōrelated to Definitions by Buddhist scholarsAnnuttara-samyak-sambodhi0.60section
Kenshōrelated to Definitions by Buddhist scholarsDumoulin0.60section
Kenshōrelated to Definitions by Buddhist scholarsZen0.60section

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