[きょうげべつでん, kyougebetsuden] (n) (See 不立文字) Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism)
[ぜんぽう;ぜんぼう, zenpou ; zenbou] (n) { Buddh } method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration; meditative methods used in Zen Buddhism
[たんが, tanga] (n) (1) { Buddh } staying the night (of an itinerant priest in Zen buddhism); itinerant priest's lodging; (2) { Buddh } providing a room for an itinerant priest so that he may meditate for a long period of time