English noun: Zen Buddhism | |||
1. | Zen Buddhism (group) school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan | ||
Synonyms | Zen | ||
Broader (hypernym) | Buddhism | ||
Member holonym | Zen Buddhist | ||
2. | Zen Buddhism (cognition) a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight | ||
Synonyms | Zen | ||
Broader (hypernym) | Buddhism | ||
Domain category members | satori | ||