Sudden awakening (Chinese: 頓悟; pinyin: Dùnwù; Japanese pronunciation: tongo) is a Buddhist idea which holds that practitioners can achieve an instantaneous insight into ultimate reality (Buddha-nature, or the nature of mind).[1] This awakening is described as being attained "suddenly,"[2] "in one glance," "uncovered all together," or "together, completely, simultaneously," in contrast to "successively or being uncovered one after the other."[3] It may be posited as opposite to gradualism, an approach which says that insight can be achieved only through a long gradual step by step process.[4][3]
- ^ Sharf 2014, pp. 939, 951.
- ^ McRae 1991.
- ^ a b Stein 1991, p. 43.
- ^ Gregory 1991.
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