zendo

plural zendos · alternative zendō

1. A hall at a Zen buddhist monastery where formal seated meditation (zazen) is practiced.

   In the zendo, she settled herself in her teacher’s old seat and looked out over the room at the rows of meditators who were settling on their cushions, turning to face the smooth, white walls.

   2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 408

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   We walked through the golden-brown doors of the zendo. […] The ten adults and eight children began to settle down, climbing onto the knee-high wooden platform, called a tan, running along the walls. They sat cross-legged. […] The jar slipped from his hands and the top flew off. Thud. A mixture of glycerine and soap began seeping onto the dark packed mud floor of the zendo.

   2018, Katherine Reynolds Lewis, The Good News About Bad Behavior: Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever — And What to Do About It, pages 194-195