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 Gesner (born 1970), an American television and movie actor
Zen Kajihara (born 1966), a Japanese theatre actor
Zen Luzniak, a U.S. soccer defender
Zen Paradox, an electronic music artist, primarily techno/experimental, from Melbourne, Australia
Aurelio Zen, a fictional detective
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

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
Zen (TV series), a 2011 TV drama series based on the Aurelio Zen novels by Michael Dibdin

Zen and the Art of Mayhem, a generic role-playing game system simulating anime, tokusatsu, and action genre worlds
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 (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 that arose out of the ashes 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

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

(Alphabetical by author's surname, then title)

Zen of Assembly Language, a computer programming book by Michael Abrash
Zen of Code Optimization, a computer programming book by Michael Abrash
Zen of Graphics Programming, a computer programming book by Michael Abrash
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

Zen Coding, ultrafast way of making HTML code
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
Zen Cart, an open-source online store management system
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

ZEN (department store), an 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.