Zen monasteries
Buddhist retreat centers
Zen monasteries are residential communities where practitioners live under monastic discipline, following the Zen Buddhist tradition.
Daily life centers on seated meditation (zazen), physical labor, and formal rituals.
The monastery structure emphasizes direct experience over scriptural study: He spent three years at a Zen monastery in Japan.
Western interest has made some monasteries into retreat centers for lay visitors.
- zazenZen seated meditation
- oryokiRitualized Zen meal ceremony
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- beginner's mindUnencumbered openness to learning
- tatami matsWoven straw floor panels
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