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Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism notable for its emphasis on practice and experiential wisdom.
Zen may also refer to:
Places
ZEN (Palermo) , short for Zona Espansione Nord, a quarter in Palermo
People
Zen Gesner (born 1970), an American television and movie actor
Zen Kajihara (born 1966), a Japanese theatre actor
Zen Luzniak , a U.S. soccer defender
Joseph Zen , SDB (born 1932), a Chinese Cardinal of the Catholic Church, the sixth Bishop of Hong Kong
Lezley Zen (born 1974), an American pornstar hailing from Charleston, South Carolina
Reniero Zeno (died 1268), also known as Renier Zen , the 45th Doge of Venice
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional entities
Films
Zen (2009 film) , a fictional biography of Zen master Dogen
Zen (2007 film) , a drama film written and directed by Gary Davis
Zen Noir , a 2006 surrealist Buddhist murder mystery by independent filmmaker Marc Rosenbush
Games
Music
Groups
Zen (Chinese band) , a Chinese rock band
Zen (Dutch band) , a Dutch rock band founded by Siegfried 'Siebe' de Jong and Dirk van der Ploeg
Zen Alligators , a short-lived rhythm and blues band featuring members of Horslips
Zen Café , a Finnish rock band that was founded in Turku in 1992
Zen Guerrilla , a rock band originally from Newark, Delaware and currently from San Francisco, California
Zen Tricksters , an American Grateful Dead cover band
Albums
Songs
"Zen" (song) , by X Ambassadors, K.Flay, and Grandson, 2020
"Zen", a 2013 song by Anitta from the album
Anitta
Literature
(Alphabetical by author's surname, then title)
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
Zen (TV series) , a 2011 TV drama series based on the Aurelio Zen novels by Michael Dibdin
Zen Habits , simplicity blog with more than 130,000 subscribers
Computing, science and technology
Actian Zen , a database management system by Actian Corporation
Zen (microarchitecture) , a processor microarchitecture from AMD
Zen (portable media player) , a portable media player designed and manufactured by Creative Technology
Zen (software) , computer Go software
Asus Zen UI , a front-end touch interface developed by ASUS with partners
Zen Cart , an open-source online store management system
Zen Coding , a set of plug-ins for text editors
ZEN Vision:M , a portable media player developed by Creative Technology, launched 2005
ZEN Vision W , a portable media player, developed by Creative Technology, released 2006
Zerknüllt (German: zen gene), a Hox gene in the Antennapedia complex
Yandex Zen , a personal recommendations service
Enterprises and organizations
ZEN (department store) , a defunct upmarket Thai department store chain owned by Central Group
Zen 49 , a group of German artists who came together in Munich in July 1949
Zen Internet , an Internet service provider based in Rochdale, England
Zen Studios (formerly Rubik Interactive), a Hungarian software development company based in Budapest
Zen-Noh , National Federation of Agricultural Co-operative Associations in Japan
Zen-On Music Company Ltd , a music publishing company based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, in Japan.
Transportation and vehicles
Maruti Zen , a car sold in the Indian market by Maruti Suzuki
ZENN , an electric vehicle
Other uses
See also
Topics referred to by the same term