Literary notes about satori (AI summary)
In literature, "satori" is frequently used to signify a moment of sudden spiritual insight or enlightenment. Authors often depict it as an experience that transforms one's perspective, whether described as a "really moving satori experience" ([1]) or the more subtle "little satori" encountered in Zen practice ([2]). The concept is intricately linked with meditation, where practitioners meditate intensely to achieve an initial glimpse of understanding—a kensho that eventually unfolds into full satori over time ([3], [4], [5]). Additionally, "satori" has been appropriated as a symbol of intuitive revelation and enlightenment, reflecting the core message of spiritual competence and escape from mundane existence ([6], [7]). The term even appears in personal names or titles, further demonstrating its cultural reach and interpretive versatility ([8], [9], [10], [11]).
- Hakuin claims that at age twenty-four he had his first really moving satori experience.
— from The Zen Experience by Thomas Hoover - "Sounds like what the zen people call 'little satori,"' she said.
— from Joe Burke's Last Stand by John Moncure Wetterau - He was expected to meditate on this koan until his kensho , his first glimmer of satori, which might require two to three years.
— from The Zen Experience by Thomas Hoover - 6 With this dream he finally achieved full satori .
— from The Zen Experience by Thomas Hoover - From Hakuin's own experience he knew that satori experiences could be repeated and could become ever deeper and more meaningful.
— from The Zen Experience by Thomas Hoover - Religion, so far as it was not ceremony and magic, was intuitional, "Satori," "Enlightenment," was the keyword.
— from Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic by Sidney Lewis Gulick - The only escape from this “Wheel of Life and Death” lies in satori , “Enlightenment,” the realization that material phenomena are thoughts, not facts.
— from The Nō Plays of Japan by Arthur Waley - Frank A. Satori, Jr. & Matilda J. Hayward (E); 1Mar63; R311358. KNOWLES, ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, ESTATE OF.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1963 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office - A good example of the earlier productions is Satori Kato’s brochure entitled “Mastery of the Pacific,” published in 1909.
— from The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy by Lothrop Stoddard - SATORI, FRANK A., JR., executor of the Estate of Archibald Campbell Knowles.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1963 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office - Feeling wanderlust he again took to the road, everywhere experiencing increasingly deep satori .
— from The Zen Experience by Thomas Hoover
