zazen
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese 座禅, from 座 ‘sitting’ + 禅 ‘meditation’.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /zɑːˈzɛn/
Noun[edit]
zazen (uncountable)
- A form of seated meditation in Zen Buddhism.
- 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1226:
- They had sent out scouts to try and locate the original cave where the practice of Zazen was first initiated.
- 1992, Donna Tartt, The Secret History:
- In the practice of Zen there is an exercise called zazen – similar, I think, to the Theravedic practice of vipassana. One sits facing a blank wall. No matter the emotion one feels, no matter how strong or violent, one remains motionless. Facing the wall. The discipline, of course, is in continuing to sit.
- 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1226:
Translations[edit]
Czech[edit]
Noun[edit]
zazen m
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
zazen
- See ざぜん
