Karma in Buddhism (百丈野狐). The story of the koan is about an ancient Zen teacher whose answer to a question presents a wrong view about karma by saying that the person who has a foundation in cultivating the great practice "does not fall into cause and effect." Because of his unskillful answer the teacher reaps the result of living 500 lives as a wild fox. He is then able to appear as a human and ask the same question to Zen teacher Baizhang, who answers, "He is not in the dark about cause and effect." Hearing this answer the old teacher is freed
Enlightenment in Buddhism "anicca", "dukkha" and "anatta". Insight leads to the four stages of enlightenment and Nirvana. In Mahayana Buddhism Prajna (Sanskrit) means "insight" or "wisdom", and entails insight into "sunyata". The attainment of this insight is often seen as the attainment of "enlightenment". "Kensho" and "Satori" are Japanese terms used in Zen traditions. "Kensho" means "seeing into one's true nature." "Ken" means "seeing", "sho" means "nature", "essence", c.q Buddha-nature. "Satori" (Japanese) is often used interchangeably with kensho, but refers to the "experience" of kensho. The Rinzai tradition sees "kensho" as essential to the attainment of Buddhahood, but considers further practice essential to