zendo
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Japanese 禅堂 (zendō).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zendo (plural zendos)
- A hall at a Zen buddhist monastery where formal seated meditation (zazen) is practiced.
- 2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 408:
- In the zendo, she settled herself in her teacher’s old seat and looked out over the room at the rows of meditators who were settling on their cushions, turning to face the smooth, white walls.
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Noun[edit]
zendo m (uncountable)
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Romanization[edit]
zendo
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