The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2161 page)

 
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(Pañj
b
, ‘whose name is true’). Distinctively Sikh appellation for God. Sikhs frequently invoke God with the words ‘Satn
m
r
V
higur
’
.

 
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(Jap.; Chin.,
wu
). Zen term for the experience of awakening or enlightenment. It is derived from
satoru
, ‘know’, but it has no connection with knowledge in any ordinary sense. Retrospectively, satori is the enlightenment experience of the
Buddha
(Chin.,
wu
; Skt.,
bodhi
), but in Zen it is more often used prospectively, of the enlightenment to which the disciple or pupil is now aspiring. A first enlightenment experience is known as
kensh
, which may be followed by a small, then great, satori. The essence of satori remains the same, but the one who attains it gains in profundity within it.

 
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