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Zen Buddhist

American  
[zen bood-ist, bood-ist] / ˈzɛn ˈbud ɪst, ˈbʊd ɪst /

noun

  • Zen Buddhists
    plural
  1. a student or adherent of Zen, a movement within Buddhism.


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Social media posts suggest she had been, at least up until last year, an active member of a Zen Buddhist centre in New York.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

The revered Zen Buddhist monk who helped spread the practice of mindfulness in the West and socially engaged Buddhism in the East.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2022

Dr. Kritee Kanko, Zen Buddhist priest and climate scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund, tweeted she was a friend of Bruce and the act had been planned for over a year.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2022

A Facebook account that Dr. Kritee identified as Mr. Bruce’s had commemorated the death of Thich Nhat Hanh, an influential Zen Buddhist master and antiwar activist who died in January.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2022

I think, I am already turning into a Zen Buddhist.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe

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