释义 |
zen \ˈzen\ noun (-s) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Japanese, religious meditation, from Chinese (Pekingese) ch'an2, from Pali jhāna, from Sanskrit dhyāna — more at dhyana 1. or zen buddhism usually capitalized Z&B : a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism that teaches self-discipline, deep meditation, and the attainment of enlightenment by direct intuitive insight into a self-validating transcendent truth beyond all intellectual conceptions and typically expresses its teachings in paradoxical and nonlogical forms — see koan, mondo, satori 2. or zen buddhist usually capitalized Z&B : an adherent of Zen |