ˈzen noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Japanese, religious meditation, from Chinese (Pekingese) ch'an 2 , from Pali jhāna, from Sanskrit dhyāna — more at dhyana
1. or zen buddhism usually capitalized Z&B : a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism that teaches self-discipline, deep meditation, and the attainment of enlightenment by direct intuitive insight into a self-validating transcendent truth beyond all intellectual conceptions and typically expresses its teachings in paradoxical and nonlogical forms — see koan , mondo , satori
2. or zen buddhist usually capitalized Z&B : an adherent of Zen