- A
sesshin (接心, or also 摂心/攝心
literally "touching the heart-mind") is a
period of
intensive meditation (zazen)
retreat in a ****anese Zen monastery, or...
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during one of the
sesshin trainings. Oishi,
director of the
Federation of New
Religious Organisations of ****an,
testified that
sesshin training does not...
- one of the most
demanding positions. The
Tenzo prepares meal
plans for
Sesshin,
making sure all the
ingredients are present. The vast
majority of food...
-
referred to as a zen-dō. In some temples,
meals are
eaten in the
zendo during sesshin.
Three meals a day are served.
Breakfast is
served in the
early morning...
- Yaza is a Zen
Buddhist term for a
sitting time
during sesshin that is
above and
beyond the
normal daily routine. It is
generally encouraged because it...
-
serious Zen practitioners. In the ****anese language, this
practice is
called sesshin.
While the
daily routine may
require monks to
meditate for
several hours...
- in Zen
practice through example. In
December Suzuki sat his
first true
sesshin for 7 days, an
ordeal that was
challenging initially but
proved rewarding...
- a
commitment to run
every regularly scheduled sitting and each
monthly sesshin. In Sōtō the
jikido is the one person,
other than the Teacher, who faces...
- is
typically held
twice a day in a monastery,
though during a w****-long
sesshin sanzen may take
place as
often as four
times in one day.
Jikido Jikijitsu...
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practicing meditation, and the
holiday is
often preceded by an
intensive sesshin. It is
observed on the
Gregorian date of
December 8 as a
result of the...
