Kenshō

Kenshō (見性) is a Japanese term from the Zen tradition. Ken means "seeing," shō means "nature, essence".

Kenshō is an initial insight or awakening, not full Buddhahood. It is to be followed by further training to deepen this insight, and learn to express it in daily life.

The term kenshō is often used interchangeably with satori, which is derived from the verb satoru, and means "comprehension; understanding".

Terminology

The Chinese Buddhist term jianxing (simplified Chinese: 见性; traditional Chinese: 見性; pinyin: jiànxìng; Wade–Giles: chien-hsing) compounds:

  • jian 見 "see, observe, meet with, perceive";
  • xing 性 "(inborn) nature, character, personality, disposition, property, quality,gender".

    • History

    Buddhist monks who produced Sanskrit-Chinese translations of sutras faced many linguistic difficulties:

  • They chose Chinese jian 見 to translate Sanskrit dṛś दृश् "see, look", and the central Buddhist idea of dṛṣṭi दृष्टि "view, seeing (also with the mind's eye), wisdom, false view".
  • Translators used xing 性 or zixing 自性 "self-nature" for Sanskrit svabhāva स्वभाव "intrinsic nature, essential nature".
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