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Zen definition

Zen (zen)

noun

  1. a variety of Buddhism, now practiced esp. in Japan, Vietnam, and Korea, seeking to attain an intuitive illumination of mind and spirit through meditation, esp. on paradoxes
  2. the teachings and discipline of this kind of Buddhism

Etymology: Jpn < Chin ch'an, ult. < Sans dhyāna, thinking, meditation < IE base *dhyā, to see, contemplate > Gr sēma, a sign, symbol

adjective

designating or of Zen Buddhism

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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