Satoru

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SATORU -- Japanese term (悟 / さとる). Simply translates as the verb, "to know" or "understand" -- however, Satoru is more closely related to "higher knowledge". In Zen, Satoru is the root to the Zen Buddhist word, Satori, "enlightment."

[edit] See also

• Satori
• Kensho
• http://sped2work.tripod.com/satori.html
• Kundalini

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Satori in Paris (ISBN 0802130615) is also the title of a book by Jack Kerouac.