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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 Japanese Zen monastery, or in a Zen monastery or Zen center that belongs to one of the Japanese Zen traditions outside of Japan.
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| Sesshin | related to A typical sesshin day | West | 0.60 | section |
| Sesshin | related to A typical sesshin day | Traditional | 0.60 | section |
| Sesshin | related to A typical sesshin day | Meals | 0.60 | section |
| Sesshin | related to A typical sesshin day | Work | 0.60 | section |
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| Sesshin | related to External links | Traditional Zen Sesshin | 0.60 | section |
| Sesshin | related to External links | Dai Bosatsu MonasteryDiary | 0.60 | section |
| Sesshin | related to External links | Bodhidhrama's Shoe | 0.60 | section |
| Sesshin | related to External links | Joshu Sasaki Roshi | 0.60 | section |
| Sesshin | related to External links | Tom Davenport | 0.60 | section |
| Sesshin | related to Psychological aspects | Some | 0.60 | section |
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