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:

History

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

Kensho (novel)

Kensho is a science fiction novel written by Dennis Schmidt published in 1979. It is the second part of four in the Kensho series of novels.