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Búdachas Zen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Zen noun A school of Buddhism, strongest in China and Japan, that emphasises sudden insight reached through meditation rather than through study of scripture.

Senses

Búdachas Zen is used for these senses in English:

  • Zen (religion) A school of Mahayana Buddhism characterized by sudden enlightenment achieved by indirect means and principally associated with China and Japan.
  • Zen Buddhism (Buddhism) The Zen denomination of Buddhism.

Zen — full definition

  1. noun A school of Buddhism, strongest in China and Japan, that emphasises sudden insight reached through meditation rather than through study of scripture.
  2. noun A calm, focused state of mind, or an approach to a task that favours simplicity and intuition over overthinking it.

Related Irish words

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