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ZEN BUDDHIST
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• ZEN BUDDHIST (noun)
The noun ZEN BUDDHIST has 1 sense:
1. an adherent of the doctrines of Zen Buddhism
Familiarity information: ZEN BUDDHIST used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
An adherent of the doctrines of Zen Buddhism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Zen Buddhist" is a kind of...):
adherent; disciple (someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another)
Holonyms ("Zen Buddhist" is a member of...):
Zen; Zen Buddhism (school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan)
Derivation:
Zen (a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight)
Zen (school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan)
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