Definition

1. Verb:
   • To enter into meditation: "Tham thiền" specifically means to begin or engage in the practice of meditation, often in a formal, dedicated, and contemplative manner, typically within a Buddhist context. It implies a deep, focused effort to understand spiritual truths or achieve mental stillness.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Mỗi sáng, ông ấy dành một giờ để tham thiền. (Every morning, he spends an hour to enter into meditation.)
  • Các nhà sư thường tham thiền trong chánh điện. (Monks often enter into meditation in the main hall.)
  • Cô ấy học cách tham thiền để tìm sự bình an nội tâm. (She learned how to enter into meditation to find inner peace.)

Advanced Usage

• "Tham thiền nhập định": To enter deep meditation or a state of concentration (samadhi). This phrase emphasizes achieving a profound, absorbed state.
  • Sau nhiều năm tu tập, vị thiền sư có thể tham thiền nhập định. (After many years of practice, the Zen master can enter deep meditation.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thiền (n/verb): Meditation; to meditate. This is the root word.
  • Ngồi thiền: To sit in meditation.
• Thiền định (n): Meditation, the practice or state of meditation.
  • Tu tập thiền định: To cultivate/practice meditation.
• Thiền sư (n): Zen master, meditation master.

Synonyms

• Ngồi thiền: To sit in meditation. (This is a more general and common term for the physical act.)
• Tọa thiền: To sit in Zen meditation. (A more formal or literary synonym.)
• Nhập định: To enter a state of deep concentration/absorption (samadhi). (Describes a specific advanced stage.)

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As a single verb, "tham thiền" itself is typically used without common phrasal verb constructions. The action is modified by context or adjunct phrases (e.g., *tham thiền ở đâu, tham thiền bao lâu).*

Related Idioms

• "Tâm an định": A peaceful and settled mind. This is often described as a goal or result of "tham thiền."
  • Nhờ tham thiền đều đặn, anh ấy đạt được tâm an định. (Thanks to regular meditation, he attained a peaceful and settled mind.)

verb

1. to enter into meditation