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zazen

Sitting Meditation in Zen Buddhism
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zazen

Summary

zazen ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,572 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • zazen's religion is recorded as Zen[2].
  • zazen is a type of spiritual practice[3].
  • zazen is a type of meditation[4].
  • zazen is a type of sitting[5].
  • zazen's Commons category is recorded as Zazen[6].
  • zazen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Zazen[7].
  • zazen's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '坐禪'}[8].
  • zazen's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '坐禅'}[9].
  • zazen's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '坐禅'}[10].
  • zazen's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '座禅'}[11].
  • zazen's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '좌선'}[12].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include spiritual practice[3], meditation[4], and sitting[5].

Why It Matters

zazen ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,572 views/month).[1] zazen has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] zazen is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Religion or worldview → Zen
    Subclass of → —
    Local thumb → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Zazen
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0211272-zazen, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
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