A school of Zen buddhism in Japan, based on gradual attainment of enlightenment through meditation
{i} family name; one of the famous Japanese Zen sects founded by Dogen Zenji (1200-1253); Hernando de Soto (1496-1542), North and South American explorer and conqueror, first European to reach the Mississippi River (USA)
Japanese; Ts'ao-tung (Chinese); one of the two major schools of Zen Buddhism; it was brought to Japan by Dogen in the thirteenth century; it emphasizes zazen, or sitting meditation, as the central practice in order to attain enlightenment