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選仏場 (せんぶつじょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

選せん仏ぶつ場じょう

Meanings

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noun

Zen meditation hall

Buddhism

A hall within a Zen temple where monks sit in meditation (zazen).

選せん仏ぶつ場じょうで座ざ禅ぜんを組くむ。
Sit in meditation in the Zen meditation hall.

Kanji

選elect, select, choose
仏Buddha, the dead, France
場location, place

Etymology

Compound of 選 (select), 仏 (Buddha), and 場 (place/hall). The exact derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with a hall for selecting or focusing on the Buddha, i.e., a meditation hall.