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" Life is full of tough decisions, and nothing makes them easy. But the worst ones are really your personal koans, and tormenting ambivalence is just the sense of satori rising. Try, trust, try, and trust again, and eventually you'll feel your mind change its focus to a new level of understanding."
Martha Beck

Meaning of "satori" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SATORI

From Japanese.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SATORI

səˈtɔːrɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SATORI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Satori is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SATORI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Satori

Satori is a Japanese Buddhist term for awakening, "comprehension; understanding". It is derived from the verb satoru. In the Zen Buddhist tradition, satori refers to the experience of kenshō, "seeing into one's true nature". Ken means "seeing," shō means "nature" or "essence." Satori and kenshō are commonly translated as enlightenment, a word that is also used to translate bodhi, prajna and buddhahood.

Definition of satori in the English dictionary

The definition of satori in the dictionary is the state of sudden indescribable intuitive enlightenment.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SATORI

cacciatore · centaury · clerestory · corey · cory · glory · improvisatori · Maggiore · Montessori · MORI · single-storey · six-storey · storey · story · sumotori · Tory · two-storey · understorey · understory · yakitori

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SATORI

satisficer · satisficing behaviour · satisfied · satisfier · satisfies · satisfy · satisfying · satisfyingly · sative · Sato Eisaku · satrap · satrapal · satrapies · satrapy · SATs · satsuma · Satsuma ware · saturability · saturable · saturant

WORDS THAT END LIKE SATORI

a fortiori · a posteriori · a priori · Cori · gori · hori · koori · memento mori · millefiori · Moriori · nori · poori · Pori · pylori · Ruwenzori · signori · sori · tandoori · tori · zori

Synonyms and antonyms of satori in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «satori» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SATORI

Find out the translation of satori to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of satori from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «satori» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

顿悟
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

satori
570 millions of speakers
en

English

satori
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

Satori
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ساتوري
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

сатори
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

satori
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

satori
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

satori
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Satori
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

satori
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

悟り
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

사토리
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Satori
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngộ
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சதோரி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सतोरी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

satori
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

satori
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

satori
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Саторі
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Satori
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

satori
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Satori
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

satori
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Satori
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of satori

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SATORI»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about satori

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QUOTES WITH «SATORI»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word satori.
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Martha Beck
Life is full of tough decisions, and nothing makes them easy. But the worst ones are really your personal koans, and tormenting ambivalence is just the sense of satori rising. Try, trust, try, and trust again, and eventually you'll feel your mind change its focus to a new level of understanding.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SATORI»

Discover the use of satori in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to satori and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Satori
Now, chosen by Trevanian's heirs, the hugely admired writer Don Winslow returns with an irresistible "prequel": Satori. It is the fall of 1951 and the Korean War is raging.
Don Winslow, 2011
2
Satori
In a landscape primed for war this is a suicide mission he has no choice but to accept.Can Hel succeed in winning his freedom and if so, at what cost?
Trevanian, 2011
3
Satori in Paris
This semi-autobiographical tale of Kerouac's own trip to France, to trace his ancestors and explore his own understanding of the Buddhism that came to define his beliefs, contains some of Kerouac's most lyrical descriptions.
Jack Kerouac, 2012
4
Satori in Paris and Pic
Narrated by ten-year-old Pictorial Review Jackson in a North Carolina vernacular, the novel charts the adventures of Pic and his brother Slim as they travel from the rural South to Harlem in the 1940s.
Jack Kerouac, 2007
5
Sake & Satori: Asian Journals, Japan
A previously unpublished sequel to Baksheesh and Brahman reports on the author's travels through east Asia and his five-month stay in Japan in the 1950s, during which he experienced local culture and witnessed the area's struggles with Cold ...
Joseph Campbell, David Kudler, 2002
6
Satori - Keeping a Peaceful Heart in Chaotic Times
The word satori literally means understanding.
Jill Slane, Laurie Murphy, 2012
7
Inspector Saito's Small Satori
Matsuo Saito, the newest inspector in a small Japanese town, brings the logic of Zen to bear in his investigation of diverse crimes, in a collection of East-meets-West stories
Janwillem Van De Wetering, 1987
8
Mushroom Satori: The Cult Diary
This novel ultimately presents a beautifully crafted message one that will interest any reader who seeks more substance than just another happy ending.
Joseph Szimhart, 2012
9
Synchronicity
This book explores the connections between the Jungian concept of time-space relations and how today's business leaders can be aware of sychronistic situations to use them ethically in the workplace.
Jessika Satori, 2012
10
Satori Now: Awakening Your Highest Self
Then it will occur and keep occurring spontaneously as you move towards the fulfillment of your fullest potential as a human being.Satori Now: Awakening Your Highest Self is for anyone seeking a richer, deeper experience of life in the 21st ...
David John Tuffley, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SATORI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term satori is used in the context of the following news items.
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Saratoga energy consulting firm acquired by Chicago company
Satori has 48,000 clients in eight or nine states. The acquisition will give the Chicago company an entry into upstate New York, said EnergyNext co-founder ... «Albany Business Review, Apr 15»
2
Kohlberg's Sabre Industries Acquires FWT from Satori Capital
FWT has been a Satori portfolio company since 2010. "FWT's leadership team achieved a great outcome for all stakeholders during a period of transformational ... «PR Newswire, Mar 15»
3
Satori Capital raises $190M from a dozen investors
Satori Capital first filed a Form D with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1 detailing the $130 billion fund, which would have been the ... «Dallas Business Journal, Oct 14»
4
Spokane's newest marijuana store opens
The newest pot store, Satori, opened their doors Friday and the owner hopes to ... Satori's owner, Justin Wilson, said so far things are running very smoothly. «KXLY Spokane, Aug 14»
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Satori Software Offers Proven Replacement for Discontinued SAP …
"So many of the companies impacted by the EOL use our Satori Presort software ... The Satori solution reads customers' existing ACE job files and converts them ... «MarketWatch, Jun 14»
6
O'Connor spawns another hedge fund: Satori
Satori Investment Partners LLC, led by four former top O'Connor executives, is raising money from investors and plans to formally launch by October with about ... «Crain's Chicago Business, May 14»
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Love, Boats, Dystopia: Satori Brings a World to Life in Returning to …
Add to the list Returning to Joseph, Satori Group's world premiere production of a script by Spike Friedman (through May 25). This touching meditation on love, ... «The SunBreak, May 14»
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Spring Arts: The Satori Group
But selling out shows is a preconception that The Satori Group is challenging directly. “We're interested in plays that get their power from intimacy,” explains ... «Seattle Weekly, Feb 14»
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Bing boosts Satori on eightfold path to search englightenment
It's not yet 2014, but Microsoft is already making a resolution for the new year: make Bing's Satori knowledge repository equal to Google's Knowledge Graph. «PCWorld, Dec 13»
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Bing Updates Satori With New Info, Including TED Talks
Did you ever want to know if a prominent person has ever given a TED talk just at a glance? Well, thanks to Bing's new Satori upgrades, you can. «WebProNews, Dec 13»
REFERENCE
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