(Note: I use AI to help me translate my stories from Japanese to English.)
Buddha attained enlightenment — called satori in Japanese — after long and rigorous training.
Many people have tried to explain what satori is.
Koshu Itabashi, a Japanese Zen monk, wrote that satori is to live a normal life and be content with it. He explained that we have to train ourselves to find satisfaction in ordinary, everyday life.
I believed that satori is to live naturally. When we live naturally, we can relax and enjoy many things.
However, after reading a book by Hideko Suzuki, a Japanese Christian nun, I began to contemplate the idea that satori may be to feel that we are not separated, but rather part of a larger life force.
What do you think enlightenment is?