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禪友

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: meditating comrade

Senses:

  • A fellow-practitioner of Chan/Seon/Zen. The term also refers to fellow practitioners of seated chan 坐禪 who have nothing to do with the Chan Lineage 禪宗. 〔百丈淸規 T 2025.48.1143a29〕 [Charles Muller, Griffith Foulk; source(s): Ina-Z]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Dai kanwa jiten No. 24835.3, p. 8634

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 706c

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 437

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    Entry created: 2014-08-10

    Updated: 2023-04-04