Zen monk
Seated spiritual practitioner
A Zen monk is a Buddhist monastic who practices Zen, a tradition emphasizing meditation and direct insight over scriptural study.
Zen monks typically live in monasteries, follow strict daily routines of sitting meditation, and may use koans—paradoxical riddles—to break through conventional thinking.
He spent three years training as a Zen monk in Kyoto.
- JapanEast Asian archipelago nation
- non-dualityAbsence of fundamental division
- zazenZen seated meditation
- sitting stillSeated without movement
- meditationFocused attention practice
mindfulness · beginner's mind · enlightenment · satori · precepts · sangha · shaved head · robes · emptiness · haiku poetry · austerity · silent retreat · martial arts · tea ceremony · China · alms bowl · rice bowl · impermanence
Zen monkhedonist
Seeker of sensual satisfaction
materialist · pleasure-seeker · socialite · corporate executive · playboy
Zen monktheologian
Expert in religious doctrine
intellectual · philosopher · professor · scientist · scholastic
Zen monkworkaholic
Compulsive labor addict
neurotic · obsessive · multitasker · scatterbrain · maximalist