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".
The Chinese Buddhist term jianxing (simplified Chinese: 见性; traditional Chinese: 見性; pinyin: jiànxìng; Wade–Giles: chien-hsing) compounds:
Buddhist monks who produced Sanskrit-Chinese translations of sutras faced many linguistic difficulties:
Thus, jianxing was the translation for dṛṣṭi-svabhāva, "view one's essential nature".
The (c. 8th century) Chinese Platform Sutra (2, Prajñā "wisdom, understanding") first records jianxing.
The Standard Chinese pronunciation jianxing historically derives from (c. 7th century CE) Middle Chinese kienCsjäŋC.Sino-Xenic pronunciations of this term exist:
Translating kenshō into English is semantically complex.
Some encyclopedia and dictionary definitions are:
Buddhist scholars have defined kenshō as:
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