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zěn how
zèn to slander
chán dhyana (Sanskrit) / Zen / meditation (Buddhism)
公案 gōng àn judge's desk / complex legal case / contentious issue / koan (Zen Buddhism)
口头禅 kǒu tóu chán Zen saying repeated as cant / (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; stock phrase
禅宗 Chán zōng Zen Buddhism
参禅 cān chán to practice Chan Buddhist meditation / to practice Zen meditation / to sit in meditation
如人饮水,冷暖自知 rén yǐn shuǐ , lěng nuǎn zhī the person who drinks it knows best whether the water is hot or cold (Zen proverb); self-awareness comes from within / to know best by personal experience
禅修 chán xiū to practice Zen (esp. meditation)
鸠摩罗什 Jiū luó shí Kumarajiva c. 334-413, Buddhist monk and translator of Zen texts
五灯会元 dēng Huì yuán Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls


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