Talk:Subitism

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Hi, am new. Have tried my current best.

Have added the origin of the term as used in Buddhism - it seems the mathematical/psycological use of subitism is from a very similar time (late 1940's) as the apparent use in Buddhism in French influenced its use in English. Until more precise references are located, in particular whether the translated Mirror of Mind left the term subitism untranslated, it cannot be compared with the known date of coinage of the maths use for more precise disambiguation.

Have removed a passage about musicians and the Latin root 'subite' as that is clearly irrelevant to the derivation, and simply speculative - though it may be relevant to Subitize..

I am unhappy with the lack of distinction in the remaining original passage, between 'gradual practice, sudden enlightenment' (eg. Soto & Chinul Zen) and 'sudden practice, sudden enlightenment' (emphasised by Hui Neng), both of which are compatible with subitism; and gradual enlightenment which is not.

No essential nature (talk) 17:12, 14 March 2008 (UTC)