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satori

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6 lettersPronunciation /səˈtɔːɹi/Part of speech nounSorted aiorstStarts with SEnds with I0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (Zen Buddhism) a state of sudden spiritual enlightenment

Word origin

Borrowed from Japanese 覚 (satori), from Middle Chinese 覺 (kaewk, “to become aware, awaken to, dawn on”) (modern Mandarin 覺 /觉 (jué); referring to the creature’s mind-reading ability).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • "Slim your hips the Zen way," Juliana said. "Lose pounds through painless satori. I'm sorry, Miss Davis. I'm woolgathering."
  • It was as if [Neal] Cassady […] was in a state of satori, as totally into this very moment, Now, as a being can get.

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