Illustration: Inside a Japanese Zen temple's meditation hall, a robed monk sits upright on a round cushion beside a small group of lay practitioners. Their legs are folded, hands settled together below the abdomen, and eyes gently lowered.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

禅ぜん

zen

Zen Buddhism

Example sentences

  1. 禅ぜんは私わたしたちの心こころを鍛練たんれんするといわれる。

    They say Zen cultivates our mind.

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  2. 禅ぜんの思想しそうを取とり入いれた流派りゅうは。

    It incorporated the idea of Zen.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 他たと違ちがい臨済宗りんざいしゅうの禅ぜん寺でらである。

    Unlike the other Fudo, Ryugan-ji Temple is a Zen temple of the Rinzai sect.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 禅

  • 禅Zen; silent meditationOnゼン・センKunしずか・ゆずる

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