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Zen   /zɛn/   Listen
Zen

noun
1.
School of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan.  Synonym: Zen Buddhism.
2.
A Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight.  Synonym: Zen Buddhism.
3.
Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide.  Synonyms: acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane.



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"Zen" Quotes from Famous Books



... Sare! wiz you Field and ze uzzers! Zey is ver' good men, sans doute, an' zey know how make ze money; mais—gros materialistes, I tell you, Sare! Vat zen? I sall sink I know, I! Oui, Monsieur, I, Cesar Prevost, who has ze honneur to stand before you,—I am ze original inventeur of ze ...
— Atlantic Monthly Volume 7, No. 40, February, 1861 • Various
... she cried. "I have had all I want of marriage, my friend. You will never catch me doing anything so foolish as that again. No, no! I do not desire to marry you, Mr. Percivail. Nothing so dreadful as that! Suppose we would be married,—what zen? Poof! Because I am an honest woman I would have to tell you some time zat I have had ze honour to be once the mistress of a Crown Prince,—and then you would hold up your holy hands and cry out, 'My God, what ...
— West Wind Drift • George Barr McCutcheon


Words linked to "Zen" :   Buddhism, satori, LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide


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