zazen

Borrowed from Japanese 坐 (ざ)禅 (ぜん) (zazen), from 坐 (ざ) (za, “sitting”) + 禅 (ぜん) (zen, “meditation”).

• IPA^(key): /zɑːˈzɛn/

zazen (usually uncountable, plural zazens)

1. A form of seated meditation in Zen Buddhism.
   • 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1226:

     They had sent out scouts to try and locate the original cave where the practice of Zazen was first initiated.

   • 1992, Donna Tartt, The Secret History:

     In the practice of Zen there is an exercise called zazen – similar, I think, to the Theravedic practice of vipassana. One sits facing a blank wall. No matter the emotion one feels, no matter how strong or violent, one remains motionless. Facing the wall. The discipline, of course, is in continuing to sit.

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zazen

1. Rōmaji transcription of ざぜん