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Definition

school of Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith

The study compares the mental benefits of Zen meditation to those of prayer.

Zen = school of Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition

He titled the book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Mary Elizabeth told me that the thing about Zen is that it makes you connected to everything in the world.
Stephen Chbosky -- The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Zen = school of Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition

"Well," said he finally, "le's have nozzer drink, zen."
Stephen Crane -- Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
Twelve steps and a Zen garden, a towering wall, a gate, the city—escape.
Marissa Meyer -- Cinder
Now, we move into Zen mode.
Sarah Dessen -- Lock and Key
A koan is like a riddle that's supposed to help you toward enlightenment in Zen Buddhism.
John Green -- Looking for Alaska
It's really kind of Zen. man.
James Patterson -- School's Out - Forever
Her voice was still soft with a Zen-like sense of peace.
Dean Koontz -- Sole Survivor
He had his students read all the books they could read about Zen, science fiction, extrasensory perception, mental telepathy and yoga.
Peter Jenkins -- A Walk Across America
Zen I become ze Pie Prince of ze South!
Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind
I'm in my Zen mode, trying to make this whole thing a spiritual experience.
Sherman Alexie -- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
My attitude had become one of almost Zen-like acceptance and resignation.
Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
One of the most important is the Sanskrit dhy_na, mispronounced in Chinese as "Chan" and again mispronounced in Japanese as "Zen."
Robert M. Pirsig -- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Institutional food required a Zen outlook.
Piper Kerman -- Orange Is the New Black
A new, uncluttered, Zen-like life, in which I spend nothing.
Sophie Kinsella -- Confessoins of a Shopaholic
"Ve must vight to the last tr-r-op of our plood!" said the colonel, thumping the table; "and ve must tie for our Emperor, and zen all vill pe vell.
Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace
The lama, haltingly at first, spoke to the Curator of his own lamassery, the Such-zen, opposite the Painted Rocks, four months' march away.
Rudyard Kipling -- Kim
It's like Zen, gramma.
Don DeLillo -- White Noise
She drew back from everyone a bit, spending a lot of time next door with Boo where they drank tea, discussed Zen Buddhism, and read dream books together.
Sarah Dessen -- Dreamland

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