NOUN: "a Japanese sect...that aims at enlightenment by direct intuition through meditation" Crossword Clue

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NOUN: "a Japanese sect...that aims at enlightenment by direct intuition through meditation" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
2. a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

MEDITATION (noun)
1. continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
2. (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)
ENLIGHTENMENT (noun)
1. a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine
2. (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness

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