noun

• Zen meditation, usually conducted in the lotus position.

  ‘In her meditations during zazen she counted her breaths from one to ten.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘One of the things Zen means is the effort of practicing meditation, zazen.’
  • ‘When I teach zazen, I teach according to Suzuki Roshi's lineage.’
  • ‘My Buddhist teachers urged me to keep on sitting zazen.’
  • ‘If you sit in zazen, divorced from the rest of Buddhist practice, I'm afraid it's not Zen Buddhism.’
  • ‘To practice zazen is to attain this kind of self-respect.’
  • ‘Lay people didn't necessarily participate in zazen.’
  • ‘During zazen he napped or turned in his warm, tidepool world.’
  • ‘Every day I do zazen and it is the most important part of my day.’