In English “enlightenment” translates Buddhist bodhi, “awakening”, and Japanese satori and kenshō, and is used loosely for mokṣa and other forms of liberation. It is not to be confused with the eighteenth-century European Enlightenment, though both use the image of light dispelling darkness.
Enlightenment
Spiritual awakening to the truth of reality, freeing one from ignorance and suffering.
Also: awakening