Zen
noun/zen/
/zen/
(also Zen Buddhism)
[uncountable]- a Japanese form of BuddhismTopics Religion and festivalsc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryZen is used before these nouns:
- Buddhism
- Buddhist
- monastery
- …
Word OriginJapanese, literally ‘meditation’, from Chinese chán ‘quietude’, from Sanskrit dhyāna ‘meditation’.Want to learn more?
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