There are 9 total results for your zen contemplation search.
Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
禪 禅 see styles |
shàn shan4 shan yuzuri ゆずり |
More info & calligraphy: Zen / Chan / Meditation(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 see styles |
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 see styles |
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 see styles |
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 see styles |
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 see styles |
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 see styles |
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 see styles |
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 see styles |
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.
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