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There are 9 total results for your zen contemplation search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition


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shàn
    shan4
shan
 yuzuri
    ゆずり

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Zen / Chan / Meditation
to abdicate
(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism); (surname) Yuzuri
To level a place for an altar, to sacrifice to the hills and fountains; to abdicate. Adopted by Buddhists for dhyāna, 禪 or 禪那, i.e. meditation, abstraction, trance. dhyāna is 'meditation, thought, reflection, especially profound and abstract religious contemplation'. M.W. It was intp. as 'getting rid of evil', etc., later as 靜慮 quiet meditation. It is a form of 定, but that word is more closely allied with samādhi, cf. 禪定. The term also connotes Buddhism and Buddhist things in general, but has special application to the 禪宗 q.v. It is one of the six pāramitās, cf. 波. There are numerous methods and subjects of meditation. The eighteen brahmalokas are divided into four dhyāna regions 'corresponding to certain frames of mind where individuals might be reborn in strict accordance with their spiritual state'. The first three are the first dhyāna, the second three the second dhyāna, the third three the third dhyāna, and the remaining nine the fourth dhyāna. See Eitel. According to Childers' Pali Dictionary, 'The four jhānas are four stages of mystic meditation, whereby the believer's mind is purged from all earthly emotions, and detached as it were from his body, which remains plunged in a profound trance.' Seated cross-legged, the practiser 'concentrates his mind upon a single thought. Gradually his soul becomes filled with a supernatural ecstasy and serenity', his mind still reasoning: this is the first jhāna. Concentrating his mind on the same subject, he frees it from reasoning, the ecstasy and serenity remaining, which is the second jhāna. Then he divests himself of ecstasy, reaching the third stage of serenity. Lastly, in the fourth stage the mind becomes indifferent to all emotions, being exalted above them and purified. There are differences in the Mahāyāna methods, but similarity of aim.

禪思惟


禅思惟

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chán sī wéi
    chan2 si1 wei2
ch`an ssu wei
    chan ssu wei
 zen shiyui
Chan (Seon; Zen) contemplation

第三禪


第三禅

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dì sān chán
    di4 san1 chan2
ti san ch`an
    ti san chan
 daisan zen
The third dhyāna, a degree of contemplation in which ecstasy gives way to serenity; also a state, or heaven, corresponding to this degree of contemplation, including the third three of the rūpa heavens.

第二禪


第二禅

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dì èr chán
    di4 er4 chan2
ti erh ch`an
    ti erh chan
 daini zen
The second dhyāna, a degree of contemplation where reasoning gives way to intuition. The second three rūpa heavens.

第四禪


第四禅

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dì sì chán
    di4 si4 chan2
ti ssu ch`an
    ti ssu chan
 daishi zen
The fourth dhyāna, a degree of contemplation when the mind becomes indifferent to pleasure and pain; also the last eight rūpa heavens.

一指頭禪


一指头禅

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yī zhǐ tóu chán
    yi1 zhi3 tou2 chan2
i chih t`ou ch`an
    i chih tou chan
 ichishi zu zen
The one finger-tip contemplation used by a certain monk to bring to another a conception of the universe. Also a parable in the 楞伽經 Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra. The Chan or Zen sect 禪宗 regard the sūtras merely as indicators, i.e. pointing fingers, their real object being only attained through personal mediation.

禪波羅蜜多


禅波罗蜜多

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chán bō luó mì duō
    chan2 bo1 luo2 mi4 duo1
ch`an po lo mi to
    chan po lo mi to
 zen haramitta
transcendent practice of contemplation

達摩多羅禪經


达摩多罗禅经

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dá mó duō luó chán jīng
    da2 mo2 duo1 luo2 chan2 jing1
ta mo to lo ch`an ching
    ta mo to lo chan ching
 Darumatara zen kyō
Sūtra of the Contemplation of Dharmatara

達磨多羅禪經


达磨多罗禅经

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dá mó duō luó chán jīng
    da2 mo2 duo1 luo2 chan2 jing1
ta mo to lo ch`an ching
    ta mo to lo chan ching
 Datsumatara zen kyō
Sūtra of the Contemplation of Dharmatara

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

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



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