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za-zen

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[zah-zen] / ˈzɑˈzɛn /

noun

Zen.
  1. meditation in a prescribed, cross-legged posture.


Etymology

Origin of za-zen

1720–30; < Japanese, equivalent to za “seat, seated” (< Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese zuò “sit”) + zen Zen ( def. )


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