MEDITATE    坐禪

CONCENTRATE as a METHOD FOR CULTIVATING ONESELF.
Old Chinese Criteria
心術，內業
Hypernym
  • CONCENTRATE　THINK of ONLY ONE THING. (anc: 13/0, child: 2)
  • THINK　ACT USING ONLY the MIND. (anc: 12/0, child: 12)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 5.961

    MEDITATION

  • Key Concepts in Chinese Philosophy ( ZHANG DAINIAN 2002) p. 439

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

    • Words (11 items)

    坐禪  zuò chán OC: sɡoolʔ djan MC: dzʷɑ dʑiɛn 13 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabactBUDDH: sitting in meditation
    • VPiactBUDDH: sit and meditate> sit in meditation
    禪定  chán dìng OC: djan deeŋs MC: dʑiɛn deŋ 11 Attributions
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    • NPab.cpsychstages of meditative concentration
    • NPabbuddhistBUDDH: meditation and concentration, samādhi achieved during meditation, the combined practice of (analytical) mediation and concentration; generally: meditative practice (sometimes also specifically referring to the Fifth Perfection of Bodhisattva, see liùdù 六度; skr. dhyāna-pāramitā 'Perfection of Concentration/Meditation; see also 禪波羅蜜)
    • VPibuddhistBUDDH: be in a state of deep meditative concentration
    禪  chán OC: djan MC: dʑiɛn 10 Attributions
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    • nababbreviationBUDDH: meditation; SANSKRIT dhyāna
    • nabactBUDDH: deverbal action-nominalisation> meditation; SANSKRIT dhyāna
    • viactmeditate
    觀  guān OC: koon MC: kʷɑn 7 Attributions
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    • nabactin Buddhist texts: meditation
    • vadNin Buddhist texts: pertaining to analytical meditation
    • vt+prep+Nmeditate on N
    • vtoNreflect on, observe thoughtfully; BUDDH: observe intensively > engage in analytical meditation on
    看  kàn OC: khaans MC: khɑn 7 Attributions
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    • vt[oN]meditate on things
    • vtoNmeditate on
    无念  wú niàn OC: ma mɢlɯɯms MC: mi̯o nem 4 Attributions
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    • NPabpsychfreedom from self-generated thoughts
    坐  zuò OC: sɡoolʔ MC: dzʷɑ 2 Attributions
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    • viactsit in meditation
    空心  kōng xīn OC: khooŋ slɯm MC: khuŋ sim 1 Attribution
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    • NPadVwith a mind empty of deliberate thoughts
    无記  wú jì OC: ma kɯs MC: mi̯o kɨ 1 Attribution
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    • VPadNbeying devoid of registered consious content
    宴坐  yàn zuò OC: qeens sɡoolʔ MC: ʔen dzʷɑ 1 Attribution
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    • VPiactmeditate
    思維  sī wéi OC: snɯ k-lul MC: sɨ ji 0 Attributions
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    • VPiactmeditate