禅

Meaning

禅 centers on a state of deep, quiet focus: the Zen Buddhist practice of silent meditation, and by extension the calm stillness that comes with it.

• 禅ぜん
  N1

  dhyana (profound meditation)

• 座禅ざぜん
  N1

  zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)

• 友禅ゆうぜん

  yuzen (dyeing method or pattern); silk printed by the yuzen process

• 禅師ぜんじ

  monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court

• 禅宗ぜんしゅう

  Zen (Buddhism)

• 禅僧ぜんそう

  Zen priest

• 禅譲ぜんじょう

  abdication (of a Chinese emperor) in favor of a virtuous successor (as opposed to an heir)

• 禅問答ぜんもんどう

  Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers

• 禅寺ぜんでら

  Zen temple

• 友禅染ゆうぜんぞめ

  type of dyeing method or pattern; silk printed by the Yuzen process

• 五門禅ごもんぜん

  five approaches to meditation; five objects of meditation

• 京友禅きょうゆうぜん

  Kyoyuzen dyeing; Kyoto printed silk

• 参禅さんぜん

  Zen meditation; meditative consultation with the head abbot

• 友禅菊ゆうぜんぎく

  Tartarian aster (Aster Novi-Belgii)

• 吹禅すいぜん

  Zen blowing meditation (performed with shakuhachi)

• 如来禅にょらいぜん

  Zen Buddhism based on the original teachings of Buddha

• 封禅ほうぜん

  ancient Chinese sacrificial ritual

• 座禅草ざぜんそう

  eastern skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)

• 曹洞禅そうとうぜん

  Soto Zen

• 生禅なまぜん

  self-styled Zen philosophy; sciolism; dabbling in Zen

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