Satori

Quick meaning: Satori is a noun meaning (uncountable, Zen Buddhism) A sudden inexpressible feeling of spiritual awakening or enlightenment, the result of meditation and study.

Meaning

(uncountable, Zen Buddhism) A sudden inexpressible feeling of spiritual awakening or enlightenment, the result of meditation and study.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable, figurative) Enlightenment, epiphany.
2. (countable, biochemistry) A mutant gene of Drosophila, a genus of fruit flies, that causes homosexual behaviour in males (specifically, courtship directed to other males).
3. (Japanese mythology) A yokai (“supernatural monster”) having the form of a mind-reading monkey-like creature said to dwell in the mountains of the historical Japanese provinces of Hida and Mino (present-day Gifu Prefecture).

Example Sentences

It was as if [Neal] Cassady […] was in a state of satori, as totally into this very moment, Now, as a being can get.

"Slim your hips the Zen way," Juliana said. "Lose pounds through painless satori. I'm sorry, Miss Davis. I'm woolgathering."

Zen teaches that we are all already enlightened, some of us simply don't choose to realize it. If we choose to embrace Satori, then we are enlightened.

He [Darma or Bodhidharma] lived only upon vegetables, and thought this to be the higheſt degree of Holineſs, to paſs days and nights in an uninterrupted Satori, that is, a contemplation of the Divine Being.

Word Forms

• satoris

Synonyms for satori

Depending on context, synonyms include sat.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include zenitude, epiphany, soto, intuition, innerstanding, genius.

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