禅 — Zen, silent meditation

Common words with 禅

• 禅ぜんdhyana (profound meditation)Common

  禅は私たちの心を鍛練するといわれる。
  They say Zen cultivates our mind.

• 禅寺ぜんでらZen templeCommon
• 座禅ざぜんzazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)Common

  彼は座禅を組んだ。
  He sat in Zen meditation.

• 禅宗ぜんしゅうZen (Buddhism)Common
• 禅僧ぜんそうZen priestCommon
• 禅問答ぜんもんどうZen dialogue; Zen questions and answersCommon
• 禅譲ぜんじょうabdication (of a Chinese emperor) in favor of a virtuous successor (as opposed…Occasional
• 生禅なまぜんself-styled Zen philosophy; sciolism; dabbling in ZenRare
• 禅語ぜんごZen terminology; Zen wordsRare
• 禅道ぜんどうZen ascetic practices; Zen meditationRare
• 禅画ぜんがZen paintingRare
• 筆禅道ひつぜんどうArt of the Brush (esp. school of Japanese Zen calligraphy)Rare
• 封禅ほうぜんancient Chinese sacrificial ritualRare
• 禅浄ぜんじょうZen Buddhism and Pure Land BuddhismRare
• 座禅草ざぜんそうeastern skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)Rare
• 如来禅にょらいぜんZen Buddhism based on the original teachings of BuddhaRare
• 蝦夷禅庭花えぞぜんていかday lily (Hemerocallis dumortieri); orange-yellow day lily; Nikko day lilyRare
• 友禅ゆうぜんyuzen (dyeing method or pattern); silk printed by the yuzen processRare
• 京友禅きょうゆうぜんKyoyuzen dyeing; Kyoto printed silkRare
• 禅師ぜんじmonk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial courtRare

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