ENLIGHTENMENT

Broadly means wisdom or understanding enabling clarity of perception.

In secular use, the concept refers mainly to the European intellectual movement known as the Age of Enlightenment.

In religious use, enlightenment is most closely associated with South and East Asian religious experience, being used to translate words such as (in Buddhism) bodhi or satori.
However, the English word covers two concepts which can be quite distinct: religious or spiritual enlightenment (German: Erleuchtung) and secular or intellectual enlightenment (German: Aufklärung). This can cause confusion, since those who claim intellectual enlightenment often reject spiritual concepts altogether.