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Zen Buddhism

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noun

  1. Zen.


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As “True Nature” illustrates, “The Snow Leopard” differs from Matthiessen’s previous nonfiction because it melds science with a spiritual quest, incorporating the author’s newfound zeal for Zen Buddhism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Drawing from Zen Buddhism, Eckhart Tolle teaches that angry and violent people are addicted to their thoughts.

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2024

Sandoval began practicing Zen Buddhism a few years back, and has been on silent retreats to Buddhist monasteries around San Francisco and elsewhere.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024

She studied with the lyrical abstract painter Richard Diebenkorn and the Japanese painter and calligrapher, Saburo Hasegawa, from whom she learned about Zen Buddhism.

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2022

I could always spot the extra words Rain threw in: nonviolence, Zen Buddhism, psychedelic.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman