moment of zen meaning
moment of zen. This phrase is mostly commonly found at the end of every broadcast of The Daily Show, with Jon Stewart saying the tag line after the last commercial break, and throwing up a short video clip before the end credits. A moment of Zen is something which inspires in the same reaction as does contemplating Zen koans does. In Zen practice, deliberately irrational statements are sometimes used in Zen to jar persons into realizing the limits of the common uses of the intellect.