漸ぜん悟ご

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

gradual enlightenment

Buddhist term referring to the gradual process of attaining enlightenment, often contrasted with 頓悟 (sudden enlightenment). Used as a noun or with する.

See also: 頓悟

• 禅ぜん宗しゅうでは、漸ぜん悟ごと頓とん悟ごの両りょう方ほうの考かんがえ方かたがある。

  In Zen Buddhism, there are ideas of both gradual and sudden enlightenment.

• 彼かれは長なが年ねんの修しゅ行ぎょうによって漸ぜん悟ごしたと語かたった。

  He said he attained gradual enlightenment through many years of practice.