The mistake is thinking "awakening", "waking up" & "enlightenment" even should connotate the same way to different people. Nothing else works like that. There are always more entailments.
In what situation would that be a terrible idea? (Other than one in which the participants of said discussion have no interest in spending the rest of the day arguing over what constitutes an acceptable definition of Buddhism.)
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Oh look, you answered your own question.
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I love it when that happens.
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"When the student is in confusion, give the student a stick with which to hit himself." - totally not made-up Zen proverb
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I really wish somebody had collected data on how many Zen students woke up through a perfectly-timed smack over the head. The corporal punishment advocates might be on to something.
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Well, all the abusive parents keep saying they just want their kids to understand...
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