禅ぜん定じょう

noun

dhyana-samadhi; meditative concentration

Buddhist term for deep meditative absorption, combining dhyāna (meditation) and samādhi (concentration). Used in Zen and other Buddhist contexts.

• 禅ぜん定じょうに入いることで心こころの平へい静せいを得える。

  One attains mental tranquility by entering meditative concentration.

noun

ascetic practice on a sacred mountain (in Shugendō)

In Shugendō, refers to rigorous spiritual training performed on a sacred mountain, often involving meditation and physical endurance.

See also: 修験道

• 修しゅ験げん道どうでは、山やまでの禅ぜん定じょうが重じゅう要ような修しゅ行ぎょうとされる。

  In Shugendō, ascetic practice on the mountain is considered an important training.

noun

mountain top

Rare, possibly archaic or dialectal use for a mountain summit. Not common in modern standard Japanese.

• 古ふるい記き録ろくに、禅ぜん定じょうを「山やまの頂いただき」の意いで使つかった例れいがある。

  In old records, there are examples where 禅定 is used to mean 'mountain top'.