also: ぜんぼう
Zen meditation methods; meditative concentration practice
Buddhist term referring to the meditative techniques central to Zen practice, emphasizing direct experience through seated meditation (zazen) and related disciplines.
Zen meditation is a practice that calms the mind through seated meditation.
He stayed at a temple in Kyoto to study Zen meditation methods.
Standard kanji form; reading ぜんぽう is more common, but ぜんぼう also occurs.
Alternate reading; less common than ぜんぽう but still encountered in Buddhist contexts.
Compound of 禅 (zen, 'meditation') and 法 (hō, 'method' or 'dharma'), literally 'meditation method'. The term is used in Buddhist contexts to denote the systematic approach to meditative practice in Zen.