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Sudden awakening

Sudden awakening or Sudden enlightenment (Chinese: 頓悟; pinyin: Dùnwù; Japanese pronunciation: tongo), also known as subitism, is a Buddhist idea which holds that practitioners can achieve an instantaneous insight into ultimate reality (Buddha-nature, or the nature of mind). This awakening is described as being attained "suddenly," "in one glance,"…

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Etymology

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Japanese Zen

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Nodes90
Edges89
Triples21
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022222
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related to Etymology · 12
Sudden awakening → Buddhism, Buddhist, English, French, His, It, Mind, Mirror, Paul Demiéville, Specifically, The, The Chinese
related to Chan · 8
Sudden awakening → Buddhist, Chan Buddhism, China, Chinese, Daosheng, Indian Buddhism, It, The

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William James had emphasized as the fountainhead of all religious sentimentinstance ofZen Buddhism was a highly practical religion whose emphasis on direct experience made it particularly comparable to forms of mystical experience that scholars0.80text
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Sudden awakeningrelated to ChanChina0.60section
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