English words for 'Alternative form of Zen-like.'
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noun
- Alternative letter-case form of zen: (religion) enlightenment and (informal) mindful action, instruction, or behavior considered similar to Zen.
- street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
- a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight
- school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan
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- (Zen Buddhism) A story about a Zen master and his student, sometimes like a riddle, other times like a fable or parable, which has become an object of Zen study, and which, when meditated upon, may unlock mechanisms in the Zen student’s mind leading to satori.
- A therapy technique used by Traditional Chinese medicinal physicians or medical practitioners to break a presenting patients habitual pattern of thinking that has been diagnosed as the primary cause of an illness or disease.
- A riddle with no solution, used to provoke reflection on the inadequacy of logical reasoning, and to lead to enlightenment.
- a paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in Zen Buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning
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- (Buddhism) A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.
- A liquid content (e.g., oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.
- A medium for expression of talent or views.
- An entity to achieve an end.
- A guided or aimed mobile object or apparatus, especially if intended or used as a weapon.
- (pharmaceuticals) The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.
- A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
- (Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits.
- any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another
- a conveyance that transports people or objects
- any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it
- a medium for the expression or achievement of something
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- (Zen Buddhism) a state of sudden spiritual enlightenment
- (uncountable, Zen Buddhism) A sudden inexpressible feeling of spiritual awakening or enlightenment, the result of meditation and study.
- (Japanese mythology) A yokai (“supernatural monster”) having the form of a mind-reading monkey-like creature said to dwell in the mountains of the historical Japanese provinces of Hida and Mino (present-day Gifu Prefecture).
- (countable, biochemistry) A mutant gene of Drosophila, a genus of fruit flies, that causes homosexual behaviour in males (specifically, courtship directed to other males).
- (uncountable, figurative) Enlightenment, epiphany.
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- (Hinduism, Buddhism) Any ritualistic geometric design, symbolic of the Universe, used as an aid to meditation.
- (Hinduism, Buddhism) A graphic depiction of the spiritual universe and its myriad realms and deities.
- A division or book of the Rigveda (of which there are ten).
- any of various geometric designs (usually circular) symbolizing the universe; used chiefly in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation
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- (Buddhism) The teachings of the Buddha as one's personal path to enlightenment.
- (Jainism) Rule of conduct.
- (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) The natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.
- (Buddhism) The teachings of the Buddha as a practice to be promulgated and taught.
- (Hinduism) One's obligation in respect to one's position in society, or the universe; one's duty, societally or cosmically.
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of zen: (religion) enlightenment and (informal) mindful action, instruction, or behavior considered similar to Zen.
- street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
- a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight
- school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan
adj
name
noun
- (Zen Buddhism) A story about a Zen master and his student, sometimes like a riddle, other times like a fable or parable, which has become an object of Zen study, and which, when meditated upon, may unlock mechanisms in the Zen student’s mind leading to satori.
- A therapy technique used by Traditional Chinese medicinal physicians or medical practitioners to break a presenting patients habitual pattern of thinking that has been diagnosed as the primary cause of an illness or disease.
- A riddle with no solution, used to provoke reflection on the inadequacy of logical reasoning, and to lead to enlightenment.
- a paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in Zen Buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning
noun
name
noun
- (Buddhism) A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.
- A liquid content (e.g., oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.
- A medium for expression of talent or views.
- An entity to achieve an end.
- A guided or aimed mobile object or apparatus, especially if intended or used as a weapon.
- (pharmaceuticals) The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.
- A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
- (Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits.
- any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another
- a conveyance that transports people or objects
- any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it
- a medium for the expression or achievement of something
verb
noun
- (Zen Buddhism) a state of sudden spiritual enlightenment
- (uncountable, Zen Buddhism) A sudden inexpressible feeling of spiritual awakening or enlightenment, the result of meditation and study.
- (Japanese mythology) A yokai (“supernatural monster”) having the form of a mind-reading monkey-like creature said to dwell in the mountains of the historical Japanese provinces of Hida and Mino (present-day Gifu Prefecture).
- (countable, biochemistry) A mutant gene of Drosophila, a genus of fruit flies, that causes homosexual behaviour in males (specifically, courtship directed to other males).
- (uncountable, figurative) Enlightenment, epiphany.
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adj
name
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- (Hinduism, Buddhism) Any ritualistic geometric design, symbolic of the Universe, used as an aid to meditation.
- (Hinduism, Buddhism) A graphic depiction of the spiritual universe and its myriad realms and deities.
- A division or book of the Rigveda (of which there are ten).
- any of various geometric designs (usually circular) symbolizing the universe; used chiefly in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation
noun
- (Buddhism) The teachings of the Buddha as one's personal path to enlightenment.
- (Jainism) Rule of conduct.
- (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) The natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.
- (Buddhism) The teachings of the Buddha as a practice to be promulgated and taught.
- (Hinduism) One's obligation in respect to one's position in society, or the universe; one's duty, societally or cosmically.
adj
noun
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of zen: (religion) enlightenment and (informal) mindful action, instruction, or behavior considered similar to Zen.
- street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
- a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight
- school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan