Actualized enlightenment

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Key Term	Actualized Enlightenment
Chinese Script	始覺
Chinese Pinyin	shijue
Japanese Transliteration	shikaku
Term Type	Noun
Source Language	Chinese
Basic Meaning	Actualized Enlightenment is enlightenment that is attained through practice. It is contrasted with Original Enlightenment, which is the mind's innate purity in its natural state. Ultimately there is no difference between then. Because of the presence of ignorance, sentient beings are blind to their true nature. By removing that ignorance one actualizes enlightenment.
Has the Sense of	Enlightenment attained through practice
Related Topic Pages	The Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna.
Definitions
sutra/śastra quote:	Grounded in the Original Enlightenment is nonenlightenment. And because of nonenlightenment, the process of actualization of enlightenment can be spoken of.
sutra/śastra quote source:	The Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna.

Actualized enlightenment is enlightenment that is attained through practice. It is contrasted with original enlightenment, which is the mind's innate purity in its natural state. Ultimately, there is no difference between them. Because of the presence of ignorance, sentient beings are blind to their true nature. By removing that ignorance, one actualizes enlightenment.

Literally "unknowing," it refers to a lack of knowledge or misunderstanding of the nature of reality. As such, it is considered to be the root cause of suffering and the basis for the arising of all other negative mental factors.

Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era, focusing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through the realization of the wisdom of emptiness and the cultivation of compassion.