坐禅

See also: 坐禪

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 坐禅 – see 坐禪 (“to sit in meditation”).
(This term, 坐禅, is the simplified form of 坐禪.)
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
坐 禅
ざ
Jinmeiyō		 ぜん
Grade: S
goon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 坐禪 (MC d͡zuɑX d͡ʑiᴇn). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

坐禅 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 坐禪, hiragana ざぜん, rōmaji zazen)

  1. (Buddhism) a form of sitting meditation in Zen Buddhism

Derived terms
  • 坐 (ザ)禅 (ゼン)草 (ソウ) (zazensō)
  • 三 (さん)時 (じ)坐 (ざ)禅 (ぜん) (sanji zazen)
  • 四 (し)時 (じ)坐 (ざ)禅 (ぜん) (shiji zazen)
  • 水 (ミズ)坐 (ザ)禅 (ゼン) (mizuzazen)

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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