Digital Dictionary of Buddhism

DDB Top Page 
 
 
  XML source

禪院

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: meditation hall

Senses:

  • A cell, or hermitage for meditation—usually located at a distance from the main temple complex in to allow the practitioner the opportunity for sustained concentration. Syn. 禪房. [Ockbae Chun]
  • A Chan monastery, as distinguished from a doctrinally-oriented 教院 or vinaya-oriented 律院 monastery. [Ockbae Chun]
  • CJKV-E
  • Search SAT
  • Search INBUDS Database

    • Feedback

    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 645

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 671d

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 839

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 853d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 6478

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)2945b,1712a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1070-1

    Copyright provisions

    The rights to textual segments (nodes) of the DDB are owned by the author indicated in the brackets next to each segment. For rights regarding the compilation as a whole, please contact Charles Muller. Please do not reproduce without permission. And please do not copy into Wikipedia without proper citation!

    Entry created: 2007-07-29

    Updated: 2009-07-29