Zen (disambiguation)

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

Fictional entities

 * Zen, a sentient computer from the television serial Blake's 7
 * Aurelio Zen, Italian police detective and title character of the book series by Michael Dibdin
 * Zen the Intergalactic Ninja, a comic book character
 * Zen, one of the stepsiblings of the title character in Jacqueline Wilson's novel The Suitcase Kid

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

 * Zen Bound, a puzzle game for the iPhone OS developed by Secret Exit
 * Zen of Sudoku, a Sudoku-based computer game
 * Zen Pinball, a 3D pinball game for the PlayStation
 * Zen: Intergalactic Ninja, a 1993 video game from Konami

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

 * Zen (DJ Krush album), the ninth album released by DJ Krush
 * Zen (Zazie album)
 * Zen Arcade, the third studio album from the American punk rock band Hüsker Dü, released 1984
 * Zen: The Music of Fred Katz, 1957 album by Fred Katz
 * Zen-Nippon East Waste Tour '91, video album produced by the Japanese band The Blue Hearts

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)


 * Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness (1998), a book by James H. Austin
 * Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity (1990), a collection of essays by Ray Bradbury
 * Zen: The Religion of the Samurai (1991), a book by Julius Evola
 * Zen in the Art of Archery (1948), a short book by Eugen Herrigel
 * Zen Shorts (2005), a children's picture book by Jon J. Muth
 * Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), a philosophical novel by Robert M. Pirsig
 * Zen at War (1998), a book by Brian Daizen Victoria

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

 * Chen (surname), romanized as 'Zen' in Wu Chinese
 * Zen, collateral form of Zeus
 * ZEN (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling stable in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
 * FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, abbreviation