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There are 9 total results for your 坐禪 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

坐禪


坐禅

see styles
zuò chán
    zuo4 chan2
tso ch`an
    tso chan
 zazen

More info & calligraphy:

Sit in Meditation
to sit in meditation; to meditate
To sit in dhyāna, i.e. abstract meditation, fixed abstraction, contemplation; its introduction to China is attributed to Bodhidharma (though it came earlier), and its extension to Tiantai.

坐禪儀


坐禅仪

see styles
zuò chán yí
    zuo4 chan2 yi2
tso ch`an i
    tso chan i
 Zazengi
Instructions for Zazen

坐禪堂


坐禅堂

see styles
zuò chán táng
    zuo4 chan2 tang2
tso ch`an t`ang
    tso chan tang
 zazen dō
The monks' assembly room.

坐禪人力


坐禅人力

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zuò chán rén lì
    zuo4 chan2 ren2 li4
tso ch`an jen li
    tso chan jen li
 zazennin riki
the power of people's meditation

坐禪法要


坐禅法要

see styles
zuò chán fǎ yào
    zuo4 chan2 fa3 yao4
tso ch`an fa yao
    tso chan fa yao
 Zazen hōyō
Essentials of Seated Meditation

三時坐禪


三时坐禅

see styles
sān shí zuò chán
    san1 shi2 zuo4 chan2
san shih tso ch`an
    san shih tso chan
 sanji zazen
The thrice a day meditation— about 10 a.m. and 4 and 8 p.m.

坐禪用心記


坐禅用心记

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zuò chán yòng xīn jì
    zuo4 chan2 yong4 xin1 ji4
tso ch`an yung hsin chi
    tso chan yung hsin chi
 Zazen yōjin ki
Admonitions for Zazen

普勸坐禪儀


普劝坐禅仪

see styles
pǔ quàn zuò chán yí
    pu3 quan4 zuo4 chan2 yi2
p`u ch`üan tso ch`an i
    pu chüan tso chan i
 Fukan zazen gi
Universal Promotion of the Principles of Meditation

修習止觀坐禪法要


修习止观坐禅法要

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xiū xí zhǐ guān zuò chán fǎ yào
    xiu1 xi2 zhi3 guan1 zuo4 chan2 fa3 yao4
hsiu hsi chih kuan tso ch`an fa yao
    hsiu hsi chih kuan tso chan fa yao
 Shushū shikan zazen hōyō
Essentials of Practicing Śamatha and Vipaśyanā Meditation

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 9 results for "坐禪" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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