what does Zen Buddhism mean?
ZEN BUDDHISM as NOUN
- Meaning
- a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight
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Hypernyms(s) Zen Buddhism is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith
- China and Japan
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Hypernyms(s) Zen Buddhism is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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