sanzen
1
9.9
A period of sitting in silent meditation in Zen practice
- noun
- Specialized
:
sanzen
- In the sanzen hall, each practitioner sits in silence, focusing on their breathing.
Examples
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During sanzen, the students quietly meditate while reflecting on their practice.
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The teacher emphasized the importance of sanzen for deepening one's meditation experience.
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But it appears that in this sanzen room, this approach to practice and life was practiced.
Blog text (8) -
For sanzen in this case, doing zazen as instructed by a master, a quiet room is suitable.
Academic text (1994) -
Sanzen time is alone.
Blog text (8)
Synonyms
1
9.8
A quiet seated meditation practice in Zen Buddhism that uses calm focused breathing
is a single session of seated meditation within that Zen practice
How Long
retreat
49
6.0
49
6.0
meditation
149
4.4
149
4.4
sanzen
1
9.9
- Specialized
1
9.9
breathing spell
1
4.2
1
4.2
moment of silence
37
3.5
- Formal
37
3.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sanzen comes from the Japanese parts san 'to visit' and zen 'Zen meditation'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of 'joining' a Zen sitting, so a sanzen can mean a period of seated Zen meditation.