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za-zen
[ zah-zen ]
noun
, Zen.
- meditation in a prescribed, cross-legged posture.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of za-zen1
1720–30; < Japanese, equivalent to za “seat, seated” (< Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese zuò “sit”) + zen Zen ( def )
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