Jiewu

jiewu (J. gego; K. haeo 解悟). A Chinese term translated as “understanding–awakening”, etc. It is the most elementary of the two types of awakening (C. wu; S. bodhi) discussed in some Chan schools, equivalent to “seeing the nature” (jianxing).

This type of awakening is achieved through a sudden awakening (dunwu) that marks the inception of the path (mārga), variously described as being the equivalent of the beginning of either the ten faiths (śraddhā) or the ten abidings (VIHĀRA) (see bhūmi), and is functionally equivalent to the path of vision (darśanamārga) in Abhidharma path systems.