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Sesshin logo #10101) Buddhist practice 2) Zen Buddhist terminology
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Sesshin

Sesshin logo #21000 A sesshin (接心, or also 摂心/攝心 literally `touching the heart-mind`) is a period of intensive meditation (zazen) in a Zen monastery. It is frequently mistranslated in Western Zen centers as `gathering the mind`. While the daily routine in the monastery requires the monks to meditate several hours a day, during a sesshin they devote th...
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