André Marie Chénier (October 30, 1762 - July 25, 1794) was a French poet, associated with the events of the French Revolution. André Chénier - Life. He was born at Istanbul, in today's Turkey. His father, Louis Chénier, a native of Languedoc, after twenty years in the Levant as a cloth-merchant, was appointed to a position equivalent to that of French consul at Istanbul. His mother, Elisabeth Santi-Lomaca, whose sister was grandmother of Adolphe Thiers, was a Greek. When André was three years ...

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• André Chénier - Life
• André Chénier - Works

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Zen is the Japanese name of a well known branch of Mahāyāna Buddhist schools, practiced originally in India as Dhyan (ध्यान), which then came to be known in China as Ch'an (禪), and subsequently in Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Zen emphasizes the role of sitting meditation (zazen) in pursuing enlightenment. Though considered simply a practice by most of its practitioners, Zen is also considered a religion or a philosophy by some. It has also been describe ...

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• Zen - Spread of Zen
• Zen - Zen in Japan
• Zen - Zen and Buddhism
• Zen - Zen teachings and practices
• Zen - Zazen
• Zen - The teacher
• Zen - Koan practice
• Zen - Radical teachings
• Zen - Zen and Western culture
• Zen - Zen in Films
• Zen - American Zen

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Satori: A state of consciousness, often associated with enlightenment. Satori is an awareness of Buddha nature, similar to Tao-sheng's concept of enlightenment. In this text satori is placed one step below enlightenment. Satori is essential wisdom (prajna) for the practice of Zen. See also kensho.

 (See also: Satori, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

Satori

The direct experience of realizing the nature of Mind, the ego's obliteration, the experience of our living, sacred Self. Satori demonstrates beyond all doubt that we and God are one in the same. Until we experience Satori we merely believe that there is the divine within us

(See also: Satori, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

SATORI

Zen enlightenment, characterized by sudden, all-encompassing vision or complete understanding, as a result of a breakthrough from mediation. It lies beyond discrimination and differentiation and may endure from a mere intuitive flash to the eternal Void itself. Called No-Thought or No-Mind, it is considered the beginning of Zen training, the end of which is complete Non-Duality.

(See also: SATORI, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )

Sveasoft - Satori. Satori, along with many other minor releases, is one of the earliest Sveasoft firmware development projects. Nearly all the projects have been halted to develop the Alchemy revisions. It is not recommended to use these earlier firmware releases. Sveasoft - Alchemy. This is the current "public" release, which Sveasoft distributes to both subscribers and non-subscribers. Development has ceased for Alchemy in favor of further development of Talisman, though unofficial development continues to this day. As one of the most mature Sveaso ...

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Sveasoft, Sveasoft - People, Sveasoft - Features, Sveasoft - Firmware versions, Sveasoft - Satori, Sveasoft - Alchemy, Sveasoft - Talisman, Sveasoft - Software licensing, Sveasoft - Controversies, Sveasoft - Distribution, Sveasoft - Personnel, Sveasoft - GPL disputes, Sveasoft - The Talisman controversy, Sveasoft - Other third-party firmware, Sveasoft - Payment disputes

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Enlightenment

(Jpn.: satori)

See also: attainment of Buddhahood)

Working towards this realisation is usually a lengthy process of meditation and introspection under guidance of a Zen or other Buddhist teacher, usually in intensive sesshin retreats. Koans are often used (particularly in the Rinzai tradition). Kensho may also be spontaneous, upon hearing or reading some significant phrase, or as result of a profound dream. One method is known as: 'Who am I', since it is this question that guides the enquiry into one's true nature. The realization that there is no 'I' that is doing the thinking, but rather that the thinking process brings forth the illusion o ...

See also:

Kensho, Kensho - The Kensho experience, Kensho - Seeking kensho

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However, in certain Mahayana teachings of the Buddha, Nirvana, or "Great Nirvana" in particular (higher than "ordinary" Nirvana), is said to be the sphere or domain ("visaya") of the True Self. In the "Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra", as well as in a number of other important Mahayana sutras, Great Nirvana is seen as the state which constitutes the attainment of that which is "Eternal, Self, Bliss, and Pure". Maha-nirvana thus becomes equivalent to the ineffable, unshakeable, blissful, all-pervading and deathless Selfhood of the Buddha himself - a mystery which no words can adequately reach ...

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Nirvana, Nirvana - Nirvana in the Mahaparinirvana Sutra, Nirvana - Quotations

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Karuna: Japanese term meaning satori wisdom and compassion.

 (See also: Karuna, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

Kensho: The first experience of satori, consciousness; an abrupt awakening usually acquired after vigorous stimulation. Many students mistake this for satori, enlightenment, and even Nirvana. Kensho is generally counterproductive, as the student has "tasted" the experience, and subsequently tries to achieve the experience again. Usually used by the Rinzai school. Kensho means literally, "seeing into one's own true nature," and is often used interchangeably with satori.

 (See also: Kensho, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

Sveasoft firmware is typically advertised as being able to increase the router's radio transmission power from 28 milliwatts to 251 milliwatts, as well as being able to use 14 channels for 802.11b transmissions instead of the 11 normally permitted in the US or 13 permitted elsewhere. Modifications to power and frequency may interfere with other electronics, and are illegal in some jurisdictions. The maximum power permitted by the US FCC for WiFi with a 5 dBi or less antenna is 1000 mW [1], the maximum power permitted by the European ETSI is 100 mW, both EIRP, i.e. including antenna gain. Using channels ...

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Sveasoft, Sveasoft - People, Sveasoft - Features, Sveasoft - Firmware versions, Sveasoft - Satori, Sveasoft - Alchemy, Sveasoft - Talisman, Sveasoft - Software licensing, Sveasoft - Controversies, Sveasoft - Distribution, Sveasoft - Personnel, Sveasoft - GPL disputes, Sveasoft - The Talisman controversy, Sveasoft - Other third-party firmware, Sveasoft - Payment disputes

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The WRT54G router runs a version of Linux. Many of the software packages in the firmware are licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), including the Linux kernel. Some of the software packages are under other licenses, and some of those parts are closed source. Sveasoft provides firmware under an annual subscription for 20 U.S. dollars per year, which also gives access to the support forum. Talisman requires that the MAC addresses of each router are registered on Sveasoft's web site. The web site software writes each author ...

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Sveasoft, Sveasoft - People, Sveasoft - Features, Sveasoft - Firmware versions, Sveasoft - Satori, Sveasoft - Alchemy, Sveasoft - Talisman, Sveasoft - Software licensing, Sveasoft - Controversies, Sveasoft - Distribution, Sveasoft - Personnel, Sveasoft - GPL disputes, Sveasoft - The Talisman controversy, Sveasoft - Other third-party firmware, Sveasoft - Payment disputes

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Shikan-taza: Meditation without any object, without counting, focus on breathing, nor koans. It is intense sitting, where there is unshakeable conviction that zazen is the actualization, and there is nothing else to gain. At the root, this frame of thought realizes that there is not a struggle involved in the attainment of satori.

 (See also: Shikan-taza, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

When practiced in a religious context, Kundalini is mostly beneficial and benevolent. However, examples exist of religious figures suffering from kundalini symptoms, such as zen master Hakuin and Saint Theresa. The physiological precursors of kundalini also have the potential to diverge into some peculiar types of pathology, as when induced to arise via violence and outside of a religious context, where it may be part of a post-traumatic response. Post-traumatic stress disorder researcher Dr. Jonathan Shay (1994) describes several cases with kundalini-l ...

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Kundalini, Kundalini - Historical source text, Kundalini - The interpretation of Kundalini, Kundalini - Kundalini Yoga, Kundalini - Kundalini in the world's religions, Kundalini - Kundalini rising, Kundalini - The Kundalini Syndrome, Kundalini - Kundalini and development, Kundalini - Kundalini and physiology, Kundalini - Pathological Kundalini

Read more here: » Kundalini: Encyclopedia II - Kundalini - Pathological Kundalini

Contemporary spiritual literature often notes that the chakras as described in the esoteric kundalini documents bear a strong similarity in location and number to the major endocrine glands, as well as nerve bundles called ganglions. One speculation is that the traditional practices have formalized a method for stimulating the endocrine glands to work in a different mode which has a more direct effect on consciousness, perhaps ultimately by stimulating the release of DMT by the pineal gland, which may ...

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Kundalini, Kundalini - Historical source text, Kundalini - The interpretation of Kundalini, Kundalini - Kundalini Yoga, Kundalini - Kundalini in the world's religions, Kundalini - Kundalini rising, Kundalini - The Kundalini Syndrome, Kundalini - Kundalini and development, Kundalini - Kundalini and physiology, Kundalini - Pathological Kundalini

Read more here: » Kundalini: Encyclopedia II - Kundalini - Kundalini and physiology

Two early western interpretations of Kundalini were supplied by C.W. Leadbeater (1847-1934), of the Theosophical Society, and the Analytical Psychologist Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961). Jung's seminar on Kundalini yoga, presented to the Psychological Club in Zurich in 1932, has been widely regarded as a milestone in the psychological understanding of Eastern thought and of the symbolic transformations of inner peace. Kundalini yoga presented Jung with a model for the developmental phases of higher consciousness, and he interpreted its sym ...

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Kundalini, Kundalini - Historical source text, Kundalini - The interpretation of Kundalini, Kundalini - Kundalini Yoga, Kundalini - Kundalini in the world's religions, Kundalini - Kundalini rising, Kundalini - The Kundalini Syndrome, Kundalini - Kundalini and development, Kundalini - Kundalini and physiology, Kundalini - Pathological Kundalini

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According to Yogic terminology the force of Kundalini is supposed to be raised through meditative exercises and activated within the concept of a subtle body, a body of energy and finer substance. This process has been explained in detail by Motoyama (1981), who bases the bulk of the Kundalini raising practices listed in the book on the notable Swami Satyananda Saraswati, as well as on personal experience in helping people in various stages of Kundalini awakening. Kundalini-experiences are often understood in terms of the Hindu chakra system ...

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Kundalini, Kundalini - Historical source text, Kundalini - The interpretation of Kundalini, Kundalini - Kundalini Yoga, Kundalini - Kundalini in the world's religions, Kundalini - Kundalini rising, Kundalini - The Kundalini Syndrome, Kundalini - Kundalini and development, Kundalini - Kundalini and physiology, Kundalini - Pathological Kundalini

Read more here: » Kundalini: Encyclopedia II - Kundalini - Kundalini rising

Theorists within the schools of Humanistic psychology, Transpersonal psychology and Near-Death Studies describe a complex pattern of motor, sensory, affective and cognitive/hermeneutic symptoms called The Kundalini Syndrome. This psycho-somatic arousal and excitation is believed to occur in connection with prolonged and intensive spiritual or contemplative practice (such as meditation or yoga) or as a result of intense life experiences or a close encounter with death (such as a near-death experience) (Greyson 1993, 2000; Scotton, 1996; Lukof ...

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Kundalini, Kundalini - Historical source text, Kundalini - The interpretation of Kundalini, Kundalini - Kundalini Yoga, Kundalini - Kundalini in the world's religions, Kundalini - Kundalini rising, Kundalini - The Kundalini Syndrome, Kundalini - Kundalini and development, Kundalini - Kundalini and physiology, Kundalini - Pathological Kundalini

Read more here: » Kundalini: Encyclopedia II - Kundalini - The Kundalini Syndrome

WU

Chinese word. Having ethereal, numenous value wholly apart from any obvious historicity, practicality or esthetic quality. May be found in "stones rejected by the builder" or in the midst of trash. Also associated with Satori.

(See also: WU, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )

Zen Buddhism: A Japanese branch of Mahayana Buddhism believed to have originated in India from the teachings of a Buddhist master, Bodhidharma, about 600 BC, but traced back by advocates to the Buddha himself. Practitioners seek satori (sudden illumination enabling bliss and harmony), which cannot be explained but only experienced.

Techniques include zazen (sitting meditation techniques) and koans, which are short riddles or sayings. The koans (which number about 1700) are not designed to have cognitive answers but to promote the experience of Zen.

(See also: Zen Buddhism, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)