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Zendo / The Zen Way

 chán dào
 zen dou
Zendo / The Zen Way Scroll

禪道 is a title used in certain contexts but is not widely known by the general population of China or Japan.

In Japanese, you will see this title romanized as “zendo,” which is the brand name of a board game, and also a title used by some martial arts studios and karate dojos. Oddly, many translate this as “zen fist,” although there is no “fist” in the title. If you literally translated this title, it would be “meditation way” or “meditation method.”

In Chinese, this would be “chan dao” with the same literal meaning as the Japanese title. It's used in China by just a handful of martial arts styles/studios.

You should only order this title if you really understand the meaning, and it has some personal connection to you (such as practicing a martial art style that uses this title, or if you love the board game Zendo). Many who see your wall scroll will not be familiar with this title, and you'll have some explaining to do.


禪The first character can also be written in a more complex traditional way as shown to the right. Let us know in the special instructions for your calligraphy project if you want this style.

禅If you order this from the Japanese master calligrapher, the first character will automatically be written with an extra dot on top. This is the variant form of the original Chinese character which is commonly used in modern Japan Kanji. See sample to the right.


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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your zendo search...

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

禅道

see styles
 zendou / zendo
    ぜんどう

More info & calligraphy:

Zendo / The Zen Way
(1) Zen ascetic practices; Zen meditation; (2) Zen teachings; Zen

全同

see styles
quán tóng
    quan2 tong2
ch`üan t`ung
    chüan tung
 zendō
identical
identical

全土

see styles
 zendo
    ぜんど
whole nation; whole land; whole country

全道

see styles
 zendou / zendo
    ぜんどう
all Hokkaido; (given name) Zendō

前導


前导

see styles
qián dǎo
    qian2 dao3
ch`ien tao
    chien tao
 zendō
to precede; to guide
to guide forward

善導


善导

see styles
shàn dǎo
    shan4 dao3
shan tao
 zendou / zendo
    ぜんどう
(noun, transitive verb) proper guidance; (given name) Zendou
Shandao

善道

see styles
shàn dào
    shan4 dao4
shan tao
 zendou / zendo
    ぜんどう
path of virtue; righteousness; (given name) Yoshimichi
good guidance

知客

see styles
zhī kè
    zhi1 ke4
chih k`o
    chih ko
 shika
    しか
{Buddh} (See 禅堂) head monk in charge of the administrative section of a zendo (Zen)
The director of guests, i.e. the host.

禅堂

see styles
 zendou / zendo
    ぜんどう
zendo (Zen meditation hall)

禪堂


禅堂

see styles
chán táng
    chan2 tang2
ch`an t`ang
    chan tang
 zendō
meditation room (in Buddhist monastery)
Meditation-hall of the Chan sect. A common name for the monastic hall.

蠕動


蠕动

see styles
rú dòng
    ru2 dong4
ju tung
 zendou / zendo
    ぜんどう
to wiggle; to squirm; peristalsis (wave movement of gut wall)
(n,vs,adj-no) vermiculation; peristalsis; crawling like a worm
To wriggle, etc.

三善道

see styles
sān shàn dào
    san1 shan4 dao4
san shan tao
 san zendō
(or 三善趣) The three good or upward directions or states of existence: 天 the highest class of goodness rewarded with the deva life, or heaven; 人 the middle class of goodness with a return to human life; 阿修羅 the inferior class of goodness with the asura state. Cf. 三惡道; v. 智度論 30.

爲前導


为前导

see styles
wéi qián dǎo
    wei2 qian2 dao3
wei ch`ien tao
    wei chien tao
 i zendō
as a guide

大障善道

see styles
dà zhàng shàn dào
    da4 zhang4 shan4 dao4
ta chang shan tao
 daishō zendō
great impediment to the virtuous way

蠕動之類


蠕动之类

see styles
ruǎn dòng zhī lèi
    ruan3 dong4 zhi1 lei4
juan tung chih lei
 zendō no rui
creeping species

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Zendo
The Zen Way
禅道 / 禪道
禅道
zen dou / zendou / zen dochán dào / chan2 dao4 / chan dao / chandaoch`an tao / chantao / chan tao
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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A nice Chinese calligraphy wall scroll

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A professional Chinese Calligrapher

Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.

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A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

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