打成一片たじょういっぺん

Meanings

1

intensive zazen meditation on a subject; knocking all into one

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)Buddhism

Buddhist term for a state of deep, unified concentration in zazen where subject and object become one. Literally 'striking all into one piece'.

See also: 座禅 (ざぜん)

座ざ禅ぜんの修しゅ行ぎょうで、打た成じょう一いっ片ぺんの境きょう地ちに達たっするのは容よう易いではない。
In zazen practice, reaching the state of 'knocking all into one' is not easy.
師しは「打た成じょう一いっ片ぺん」という言こと葉ばで、雑ざつ念ねんを捨すて一ひとつの対たい象しょうに集しゅう中ちゅうするよう説といた。
The master used the phrase 'dajō ippen' to teach discarding distracting thoughts and concentrating on a single object.