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Results for “禅”

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禅chán

dhyana (Sanskrit) / Zen / meditation (Buddhism)

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禅shàn

to abdicate

口头禅kǒu tóu chán

Zen saying repeated as cant / (fig.) catchphrase / mantra / favorite expression / stock phrase

禅位shàn wèi

to abdicate (as king)

禅修chán xiū

to practice Zen (esp. meditation)

禅堂chán táng

meditation room (in Buddhist monastery)

禅师chán shī

honorific title for a Buddhist monk

禅房chán fáng

a room in a Buddhist monastery / a temple

禅杖chán zhàng

the staff of a Buddhist monk

禅林chán lín

a Buddhist temple

禅机chán jī

Buddhist allegorical word or gesture / subtleties of Buddhist doctrine

禅让shàn ràng

to abdicate

禅院chán yuàn

Buddhist hall

参禅cān chán

to practice Chan Buddhist meditation / to practice Zen meditation / to sit in meditation

受禅shòu shàn

to accept abdication

坐禅zuò chán

to sit in meditation / to meditate

封禅fēng shàn

(of an emperor) to pay homage to Heaven at Mount Tai and to Earth at Mount Liangfu

打禅dǎ chán

to meditate (of Buddhist)

野狐禅yě hú chán

heresy

禅宗Chán zōng

Zen Buddhism

禅城Chán chéng

see 禪城區|禅城区[Chán chéng Qū]

禅城区Chán chéng Qū

Chancheng, a district of Foshan City 佛山市[Fó shān Shì], Guangdong

禅门五宗Chán mén wǔ zōng

the five schools of Chan Buddhism

刘禅Liú Shàn

Liu Shan (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / Taiwan pr. [Liú Chán]

永贞内禅Yǒng zhēn nèi shàn

Yongzhen abdication of 805

班禅Bān chán

Panchen (Lama) / abbr. for 班禪額爾德尼|班禅额尔德尼[Bān chán É ěr dé ní]

班禅喇嘛Bān chán Lǎ ma

Panchen Lama

班禅额尔德尼Bān chán É ěr dé ní

Panchen Erdeni or Panchen Lama / abbr. to 班禪|班禅[Bān chán]

褒禅山Bāo chán Shān

Mt Baochan in Anhui / formerly known as Mt Hua 華山|华山

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