Zen monastery
Buddhist practice center
A Zen monastery is a residential community where practitioners live under monastic discipline, following the Zen Buddhist tradition of meditation and direct insight.
Daily life revolves around zazen (seated meditation), work, and study under a teacher.
The term applies both to traditional Asian institutions and Western centers that maintain similar practices: She spent three years at a Zen monastery in Japan.
- zazenZen seated meditation
- lotus positionCross-legged meditative sitting pose
- meditationFocused attention practice
- walking meditationMindful movement practice
- templeSacred worship structure
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Zen monasterycathedral
Bishop's principal church
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Zen monasterycasino
Facility for wagering
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Zen monasterycasino floor
Gambling venue's central space
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