Word Meaning 祖師禅

そしぜん soshizen

祖師禅 is read as そしぜん (soshizen) and means Zen Buddhism based on the teachings of Bodhidharma.

Meaning

English

Zen Buddhism based on the teachings of Bodhidharma

Reading

Kana

そしぜん

Romaji

soshizen

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 146941 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

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祖師西来

そしせいらい

the coming of Bodhidharma from western India to China

祖師

そし

founder of a sect

禅師

ぜんじ

monk

御祖師様

おそしさま

the founder of our sect (esp. in reference to Nichiren)

禅

ぜん

Zen (Buddhism)

座禅

ざぜん

zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)

五門禅

ごもんぜん

five approaches to meditation

京友禅

きょうゆうぜん

Kyoyuzen dyeing

生禅

なまぜん

self-styled Zen philosophy

祖父

そぶ

grandfather

祖母

うば

grandmother

祖先

そせん

ancestor