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Sesshin

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A Popular Dictionary of Buddhism

Sesshin (Jap.)

Period of intensive meditation in a Rinzai Zen monastery, sometimes lasting a week, during which the monks sit in meditation for a large proportion of the day and night with frequent visits to the Rōshi (q.v.) for San-Zen (q.v.).

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Sesshin from A Popular Dictionary of Buddhism. ISBN: 0-203-98616-4. Published: 12-16-1997. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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