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	Sesshin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A sesshin (攝心) is a period of intensive meditation (zazen) in a Zen monastery.
		During the sesshin period, the intense meditation is occasionally interrupted by the master giving public talks (teisho) and individual direction in private meetings (which may be called dokusan, daisan, or sanzen) with the monks.
		Sesshin can lead to deep experiences of awakening that may at times be somewhat traumatic, akin to a 'spiritual emergency' or kundalini symptoms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sesshin (513 words)

	Windhorse Zen Community - windhorsezen.org
		Sesshin is a period of intensified Zen training, usually lasting from 4-7 days.
		The primary inspiration for sesshin, in fact, lies in the example of the Buddha himself, sitting beneath the Bo tree for 7 days and nights, in his final great exertion to realize Full Enlightenment for the sake of all beings.
		As these terms suggest, sesshin is a time dedicated to collecting and unifying the normally scattered mind in order to focus it inward, like a powerful laser beam, to discover the deepest truth of one’s own Self-nature, the source of all wisdom and compassion.
	www.windhorsezen.org /sesshin.asp (204 words)

	Zen Center of Denver : Members Training - Sesshin
		Sesshin may well be the most intense form of spiritual inquiry practiced in the world today, wherein self-transformation is possible in degree and speed unknown in any other mode of practice.
		The dates of sesshins are established one year in advance; they are posted on the bulletin board and published in the newsletters and in the current calendar.
		Anyone whose sesshin application includes partial-day attendance must use the sesshin fee and partial attendance schedule chart, checking every square on the chart for which they will be attending if accepted.
	www.zencenterofdenver.org /MembersTraining/sesshin.html (317 words)

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		The forms and procedures which follow are designed to establish an optimum setting for true Zen training for everyone attending sesshin, a structure which supports each of us in giving full attention to the matter at hand.
		Sesshin is a wonderful opportunity to concentrate solely on the matter at hand.
		The term "sesshin" means "to settle the mind, to touch the mind, to convey the mind".
	www.sacred-texts.com /bud/zen/sesshina.txt (2768 words)

	Zen Teachings-Sesshin For Newcomers
		Usually sesshin is literally translated to touch the mind, but it also means to receive the mind, to convey the mind.
		Sometimes I hear people say after sesshin, "Well, I certainly worked through a lot of things during that sesshin," and I think to myself, "That wasn't such a good sesshin for you." Sesshin is not a time to work things through.
		Sesshin is a time to focus wholeheartedly on one thing, just that count, just that koan, nothing else.
	www.zenproject.faithweb.com /zen_teachings/sesshin_newcomers.html (2219 words)

	welcome to the Montreal Zen Center
		A sesshin - the orchestration of twenty-five minds; the coming together of yearnings and strivings, piercing questions and dumb perplexity; the pooling of patience, pain; the sacrifice of exertion to attain one knows not what for one knows not why.
		Led by Roger Brouillette, the two-day sesshins are «introduction sesshins».
		They allow participants to get acquainted with all facets of a sesshin: the schedule of activities, various rituals, chanting, the work period when cooking and cleaning work needed for the running of the sesshin is done, and to experience the atmosphere of wholehearted commitment so typical of sesshins.
	www.zenmontreal.ca /en/center/sesshins.htm (1232 words)

	Still Mind Zendo
		During sesshin the basic teaching devices and methods of Zen--that is, zazen, Dharma talk, and daisan (private instruction)--are coordinated into a meaningful whole.
		The sesshin itself begins with the ringing of the 108 bells in the zendo at 7:15, followed by a full sitting period.
		The sesshin is open to anyone who has had experience in Zen, both those currently engaged in a Zen practice and those who may wish to renew their commitment.
	www.stillmindzendo.org /sesshins.htm (628 words)

	ASZC: 2006 sesshins and retreats
		Sesshin, literally "to unify the mind", is an intensive meditation retreat offered periodically to deepen our practice.
		Characterized by deep introspection and silence, sesshin is a wonderful opportunity to receive personal guidance in private interviews with the teachers, to draw from the strength of the sangha practicing together, and to experience the deep stillness that lies within each one of us.
		Weekend sesshin is offered every month at the in-town center and longer sesshin retreats are offered periodically both at the in-town center and at nearby retreat locations with overnight accommodations and the ability to completely immerse your self in the sesshin practice.
	www.aszc.org /sesshin/index.html (555 words)

	Zendo procedure
		After you have arrived for a sesshin and found your room, you can go to the zendo and, when seats are not assigned, choose a seat.
		As this is a chance to attempt to clear some of that excess clutter from your mind, we recommend to neither read nor write anything else for the remainder of the sesshin-unless instructed by the teacher to do so.
		During sesshin everyone from beginners to lay practitioners to monks all practice together.
	www.zenriver.nl /Shingi.htm (4739 words)

	ZCLA Sesshin 2005
		Held in the heart of the City, sesshin is the practice of clearly seeing the One Mind through the interrelationship of participants.
		Sesshin consist of a full daily schedule, allowing participants to sink into their practice.
		ZCLA uses two basic schedules during sesshin: a regular schedule based on 35 minute zazen periods; and Bodhidharma’s Wall-Gazing schedule based on 50 minute zazen periods.
	www.zencenter.org /news/Sesshin_2005.html (301 words)

	Sesshin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sesshins at the Possum Creek Zendo usually last four or five days, although many Zen groups conduct sesshins lasting seven days, fourteen days, and even longer.
		Before attending a sesshin, it's good to be comfortable with the three rounds of sitting held every Sunday morning.
		The schedule may vary a little for each sesshin, but this is a typical sesshin schedule.
	www.clearwaterzen.com /sesshin.htm (554 words)

	Rohatsu Sesshin
		The numerous 20-50 minute long meditation periods are interweaved with walking meditation (kinhinn), rest breaks, meals, and short periods of work (Japanese: samu) or caretaker practice, all performed with the same mindfulness; nightly sleep is kept to a minimum, usually 7 hours or less.
		During Sesshin, the intense meditation is occasionally interrupted by the master (Roshi) giving public talks (Teisho) and individual direction in private meetings (Dokusan) students and the Roshi.
		Sesshin can lead to deep experiences of awakening or insights (kensho), but most certainly offers the opportunity to leave the world behind and enter into a special place where the mind, body, and heart can connect with their deepest longing - Freedom!
	www.jizo-an.org /rohatsu_details.htm (266 words)

	What is Sesshin? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sesshin is an extended meditation that includes sitting meditation, chanting, oryoki (a formal, meditative way of eating), Dharma talks by the sesshin leader and a work period.
		Sesshin literally means "collecting the mind." During sesshin, or at any time in our daily lives, turning our full attention to the activity of the moment is to collect the mind.
		Sesshin is an opportunity to cultivate concentration and awareness.
	www.dharmafield.org /whatissesshin.htm (257 words)

	PZI Retreat Information
		One type of overnight retreat we offer is sesshin, which means 'to touch the heart-mind.' It is a time when we deepen and refresh ourselves through spiritual practice.
		In sesshin we do meditation in silence to free ourselves from the hindrances and difficulties we might be carrying about from day to day.
		The sesshin environment is structured to enable participants to go deep into meditation, and this meditation practice is further supported through instruction and private interviews with teachers.
	pacificzen.org /pages/RetreatInfo.html (509 words)

	Gift of No Fear - Dharma Talk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sesshin means "unite the mind." So much of the time we are extremely focused, pulled in many directions, scattered, at times overwhelmed.
		Sesshin creates a time set apart in an environment that is simple and in community.
		As we slow down, what often emerges is a deep appreciation of the sound of the bell, of the taste of food, of sleep, of movement, of creativity, of being with others, of the sunlight and clouds and trees and wind against the skin.
	www.ttzc.org /talks/gift_of_no_fear.htm (404 words)

	CD Baby: SESSHIN: sesshin
		While Sesshin is smooth, and it is jazz, I hesitate to call it "smooth jazz," the overproduced, reverb-heavy, synthetic drumming garbage played late at night on most public radio stations.
		Sesshin is a one-time offering showcasing the wide range of Charlottesville's musical talent.
		Enlisting a who's who from a wide range of genres from traditional jazz to bluegrass to roots rock to funk, McLaughlin opened his Mountain Records studio to create "Sesshin," a new album that blends a creative twist of styles and offers a time capsule concoction of Central Virginia's home grown music scene.
	www.cdbaby.com /sesshin (989 words)

	Sesshin
		All sesshin are held at the Prairie Zen Center, 515 S. Prospect in Champaign unless otherwise indicated.
		Except as noted, all sesshin begin at 7:30pm the first evening and end at 12:00pm the last day followed by an informal lunch.
		Individuals may, when necessary, pay 50% of the sesshin cost at the time of application and enclose a second check, dated the starting date of the sesshin, for the remaining 50%.
	www.prairiezen.org /sesshin.htm (315 words)

	Sesshin Guidelines (Diamond Sangha) - Dharmaweb
		At sesshin, we separate ourselves from our daily affairs and sink deeply into the question, "What is my essential nature?" In these special circumstances, we hold the conviction, "I, too, a human being like Shakyamuni Buddha and all succeeding founding teachers, may attain to my own fullest potential as an enlightened person."
		If you do, we will be obliged to search for you to be sure that you are all right, or even to suspend the sesshin so that everyone may look for you.
		During sesshin in hot weather it is most important that you drink enough water to prevent dehydration.
	www.dharmaweb.org /index.php/Sesshin_Guidelines_(Diamond_Sangha) (2661 words)

	Zen Center of Los Angeles - Water Wheel, January/February 2004
		During sesshin, you can go through a whole range of emotions in a short period of time.
		So sesshin practice and the Sangha give us the chance for a long, clear look at who we are.
		Sesshin is the container that gives expression to that self that just arises effortlessly, when we can get out of our own way.
	www.zencenter.org /news/SanghaLetters/janfeb04/sl_2.html (1381 words)

	Zen Institute of New Zealand - Jan 2006
		Characterised by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training and deepening their meditation practice.
		Sesshin is an opportunity to receive personal guidance in private meetings with the teacher, to draw from the tremendous strength of the sangha practicing together, and to experience the deep stillness that lies within each one of us.
		Because sesshin is a very intensive retreat, those wishing to attend should have prior experience with intensive meditation practice.
	www.mro.org /smr/zenz/zenz_events.html (949 words)

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		ENDING OF SESSHIN: On the last day of sesshin after sosan there will be a closing ceremony.
		Old timers should also consider pacing their dokusan particularly if the sesshin is full and there may not be time for everyone.
		Sosan: The first, last and on occasion middle dokusan of each sesshin is compulsory dokusan, or sosan (pron: shosan).
	www.sacred-texts.com /bud/zen/sesshin-.txt (3357 words)

	DailyOM - Sesshin (Japanese Zen Retreats)
		Sesshin is a silent retreat that can last from three to eight days, is a time when people prepared for a deep level of meditation place their cares aside, forget the world, and focus on their own Zen practice in the context of the universal.
		In this way, a sesshin is an opportunity to find harmony between the mind and body and between the self and the world.
		Sesshin is a choice for a variety of people who practice Zen, not only monks.
	www.dailyom.com /articles/2004/262.html (434 words)

	Bay Zen Center - Activities
		Sesshins, or retreats, offer us the opportunity to deepen our meditation practice and strengthen the awareness we carry into our everyday activities by setting aside time away from work, family, and other commitments to simply sit in silent meditation.
		Newcomers are sometimes apprehensive about attending a multi-day sesshin, but if you have done a one day, it is not so different to do a multi-day— just do it one day at a time.
		Sometimes it is impossible to take time off from work and family to attend sesshins full time, so we are opening our sesshins so that people may join and sit with sesshin participants for a few periods.
	www.bayzen.org /activities.htm (712 words)

	Honolulu Diamond Sangha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The balance of your sesshin fee is due on or before the Start Day of sesshin.
		If the sesshin fills and a waiting list develops, priority will be given to any full-time participants on the waiting list in the order in which applications were received.
		Sesshin ends at around 3:00 PM on the last date after the closing ceremony, tea, an informal noon meal, and cleanup.
	www.diamondsangha.org /sessapp.htm (812 words)

	Zen Mountain Center \| Regular Events
		A less rigorous schedule designed for beginners gives you the basics of a sesshin plus a Dharma talk, interviews with a teacher, yoga, hiking in the beauty of the San Jacinto mountains, and the company of other beginners and experienced leaders.
		Sesshin is the best way to deepen practice and to make real the benefits it offers.
		Sesshin literally means "to unify the mind." It is a silent meditation retreat designed for those ready to do concentrated practice.
	www.zmc.org /regular_events/index.html (805 words)

	Toronto Zen Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		One of these head-in-the-hands, "oy vay" moments occurred the morning the April sesshin in Toronto was to start: two sesshin participants casually remarked that the night before they had gone out to a movie together.
		In the same way, when you come to sesshin, you need to dress correctly, you need to know a few terms, and you need to know what is expected of you.
		It was written by her mother, and said that everyone in her family was praying for her soul so that she would be able to free herself from the demonic clutches of the cult into which she had fallen prey.
	www.torontozen.org /tzc_sensei_shortcutstosesshin.htm (1044 words)

	Chapin Mill - Sesshin
		For any sesshin participant, the advantages of a retreat center at Chapin Mill are obvious: more quiet, more light, more room, greater accessibility and a deeper connection with the natural world.
		The dining room will be large enough for everyone to sit on chairs and have plenty of elbow-room, and a spacious and better-equipped kitchen will be located far enough away from the zendo that noise from meal preparations will not reach the zendo.
		And as the deep peace of nature guides our sesshins, we will grow closer to the land and all of its inhabitants: rocks, trees, animals, and ourselves.
	www.rzc.org /html/chapinmill/casesesshin.shtml (270 words)

	Zen Center of Syracuse
		Sesshin, the traditional intensive meditation retreat, is offered four times a year at Hoen-ji and six times a year at International Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji, the Zen Center's home monastery in the Catskill Mountains.
		During sesshin, frequent dokusan and daily teisho are offered, in addition to a rigorous schedule of sitting, chanting, work practice, and formal meals.
		Sesshin fee is due two weeks before the starting date.
	www.zencenterofsyracuse.org /sesshin.html (129 words)

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