Zen

Zen Definition

Zen (zen)

noun

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
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

Zen Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

..: Hope that it helped, see u, _________________ send me a ZEN sudoku...
garden: Iimura's classic transforms a zen garden into an abstract painting.
master: You will not learn how to perform any martial arts here, nor will you become a zen master.
exercise: And writing is close to a zen exercise for me, a sense of âdoing nothingâ where the psychological me is evacuated.
touch: If he'd had a zen touch, he could just have plugged it in and moved it back across.
experience: A zen experience of nature that costs very little to enjoy.

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