Ch'an
noun
Zen.
Ch'an
1 American
[chahn]
/ tʃɑn /
noun
Chinese.
Chan.
2
American
Or
Chanc
abbreviation
-
Chancellor.
-
Chancery.
Example Sentences
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But as she becomes more deeply involved in the lives of war refugees, the calm, breadth and mercy of Ch'an Buddhism more and more profoundly draw and disturb her.
From Time Magazine Archive
Believing with Lao-tzu, the founder of Taoism, that inspiration comes in a flash and cannot be long sustained, the Ch'an painter worked in monochrome "as if a whirlwind possessed his hand."
From Time Magazine Archive
Ch'an K'ang asked Po-yu, saying, 'Have you heard any lessons from your father different from what we have all heard?'
From The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) by Legge, James
Such a society was naturally eclectic in religion but Buddhism of the Ch'an school enjoyed consideration and contributed many landscape painters to the roll of fame.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
Zen is the Japanese equivalent of Ch'an or Dhyâna and is the name given to the sect founded in China by Bodhidharma.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
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