Satoru, a Japanese verb meaning "to know" or "understand", is the root of the Zen Buddhist word meaning what?
comprehension; understanding
Satori
Satori (悟り ) (; Korean: 오 "o"; Vietnamese: "ngộ" ) is a Japanese Buddhist term for awakening, "comprehension; understanding".
 It is derived from the Japanese verb satoru.
Satoru
Satoru (さとる, サトル ) is a Japanese verb meaning "to know" or "understand".
 It is a common masculine Japanese given name.
 Satoru is the root of the Zen Buddhist word "Satori" (悟り , enlightenment ) .
Hikaru
Hikaru (ひかる, ヒカル ) is a Japanese verb meaning "to shine" (光る ) , and it is the dictionary form of the word Hikari (光 , light ) .
 It is also a Japanese given name that can be given to either sex and rarely used as a surname. Claude AnShin Thomas
Claude Anshin Thomas (born 1947) is an American Zen Buddhist monk and Vietnam War veteran.
 He is an international speaker, teacher and writer, and an advocate of non-violence.
 Thomas was brought to Buddhism by Vietnamese Zen Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh, and was ordained in 1995 by Tetsugen Bernard Glassman of the Zen Peacemaker Order.
 Thomas teaches Buddhist meditation practice and dharma to the public through social projects, talks, and retreats.
 Since 1994, Thomas has walked 19000 mi on peace pilgrimages throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the United States.
 While walking, Thomas carries no money, and begs for food and shelter in the mendicant monk tradition.
 He is the author of "At Hell's Gate: A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace" (2004) and founder of the Zaltho Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending violence. Zen Centre
The Zen Centre is a Buddhist temple in London, England, and the active arm of the Zen Trust, whose object is to promote the Zen Buddhist religion for the benefit of the public.
 Members generally attend its meetings at the premises of the Buddhist Society.
 Attendance at Zen Centre premises is for select invitees only.
 The Zen Centre was founded by Christmas Humphreys,who also founded The Buddhist Society and was led by the Venerable Myokyo-ni until her death in 2007. Green Gulch Farm Zen Center
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, or Soryu-ji ("meaning" Green Dragon Temple) is a Soto Zen practice center located near Muir Beach, California that practices in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki.
 In addition to its Zen training program, the center also manages an organic farm and gardens. Founded in 1972 by the San Francisco Zen Center and Zentatsu Richard Baker, the site is located on 115 acre in a valley seventeen miles (27 km) north of San Francisco and offers a variety of workshops and classes throughout the year.
 The land is an inholding of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and has much wildlife within its borders.
 In addition to meditation retreats, offerings include classes and workshops on the Japanese tea ceremony and gardening.
 While Green Gulch Farm has a residential monastery and retreat center, guest house, and conference center, it has also become recognized as a place where organic farmers can come to learn the tools of their trade.
 One of the original architects of the gardens at Green Gulch was the renowned late horticulturist Alan Chadwick—who had introduced the biodynamic farming techniques influenced by Rudolf Steiner on the farm.
 Chadwick's grave is marked by a stupa on site.
 Author Fenton Johnson writes that Green Gulch Farm, "...serve[s] as a model for living on the land in the context of a Zen Buddhist practice." John Daido Loori
John Daido Loori (June 14, 1931 – October 9, 2009) was a Zen Buddhist rōshi who served as the abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery and was the founder of the Mountains and Rivers Order and CEO of Dharma Communications.
 Daido Loori received shiho (dharma transmission) from Taizan Maezumi in 1986 and also received a Dendo Kyoshi certificate formally from the Soto school of Japan in 1994.
 In 1997, he received dharma transmission in the Harada-Yasutani and Inzan lineages of Rinzai Zen as well.
 In 1996 he gave dharma transmission to his student Bonnie Myotai Treace, in 1997 to Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, and in 2009 to Konrad Ryushin Marchaj.
 In addition to his role as a Zen Buddhist priest, Loori was an exhibited photographer and author of more than twenty books. Majlis
Majlis (or "Mejlis"; Arabic: مجلس‎ ‎ , pl.
 مجالس "Majālis ") is an Arabic term meaning "a place of sitting", used in the context of "council", to describe various types of special gatherings among common interest groups be it administrative, social or religious in countries with linguistic or cultural connections to Islamic countries.
 It shares its root with the verb meaning 'to sit,' جلس "jalasa " (cf. British English 'sitting room').
 The "Majlis" can refer to a legislature as well and is used in the name of legislative councils or assemblies in some of the states where Islamic culture dominates.
 The term "Majlis" is used to refer to a private place where guests are received and entertained.
 Among the Shia community the term "Majlis" is used as a verb meaning to the gathering who came to remember Ahl al-Bayt and in particular Hussain ibn-e-Ali. Qita Temple
The Qita Zen Buddhist Temple (), or Seven Pagodas Temple, is a Zen Buddhist temple located in the Yinzhou District of Ningbo, China.
 It is the only major Zen Buddhist temple complex within the city proper of Ningbo. Still Point Zen Buddhist Temple
Still Point Zen Buddhist Temple is located at 4347 Trumbull in Detroit, Michigan.
 The community of Zen Buddhists welcomes people from all walks of life and faiths to Sunday meetings, retreats and workshops.
 The temple was founded by P'arang Geri Larkin.
 Her ordination on July 2, 1995 followed three years of Buddhist development at Maitreya Buddhist Seminary.
 She served as dharma teacher at the Zen Buddhist Temple in Ann Arbor, Michigan before founding Still Point Buddhist Temple.
 She was taught by Venerable Samu Sunim, a Korean Zen Master who has established several Buddhist temples in North America.
 Still Point Buddhist Temple traces its lineage to Korean Buddhism.
 The current guiding teacher of Still Point Zen Buddhist Temple is Koho Vince Anila.
 Koho is the 1st dharma successor of P'arang Geri Larkin, and was ordained in May 2003.