禅门五宗

Traditional form:

禪門五宗

Pinyin (reading):

chánménwǔzōng

Definitions:

• the five schools of Chan Buddhism (idiom)

Characters:

• 禅 - meditation, contemplation
• 门 - gate, door, entrance, opening
• 五 - five; surname
• 宗 - ancestry, clan, family, lineage; religion, sect

Traditional characters:

• 禪 - meditation, contemplation
• 門 - gate, door, entrance, opening
• 五 - five; surname
• 宗 - ancestry, clan, family, lineage; religion, sect