zen-masterhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zen-master_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_useZen master, n.
Revised 2018

Zen masternoun

  1. 1907–
    An experienced or advanced practitioner of Zen Buddhism, esp. one who teaches or mentors others.
    1. 1907
      Each Zen master must be sanctioned and authorized by his predecessor.
      Journal Pali Text Soc. 1906–7 13
    2. 1950
      As the Zen Masters like paradoxically to put it, ‘Buddha never taught the saving truth.’
      A. Huxley, Themes & Variations 98
    3. 2015
      She was sitting with her legs folded up like a Zen master.
      J. Leck, After Dark 18

Originally published as part of the entry for Zen, n. & adj.

Zen, n. & adj. was revised in June 2018.