za-zen

[ zah-zen ]

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

Origin of za-zen

1
1720–30; <Japanese, equivalent to za “seat, seated” (<Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese zuò “sit”) + zen Zen

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British Dictionary definitions for zazen

zazen

/ (zʌzɛn) /


noun
  1. (in Zen Buddhism) deep meditation undertaken whilst sitting upright with legs crossed

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