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Term Variations Key Term actualized enlightenment Topic Variation shijue Chinese 始覺 Chinese Pinyin shijue Japanese Transliteration shikaku Buddha-nature

Sanskrit Noun prajñā wisdom प्रज्ञा ཤེས་རབ་ 般若 Basic Meaning: One of the key terms for wisdom or knowledge, most often having the sense of insight, transcendent

theory and the doctrine of original enlightenment. The Awakening of Faith is a key source text for buddha-nature theory in East Asian Buddhism Chinese Buddhist

realizing one's true nature leads one to the state of actualized enlightenment (shijue 始覺), which is no different in principle from original enlightenment. The