sesshinn.

Brit.

/sɛˈʃiːn/,

/sɛˈʃɪn/, U.S.

/sɛˈʃin/,

/sɛˈʃɪn/

Inflections: Plural sesshins, unchanged.

Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese sesshin.

Etymology: < Japanese sesshin (13th cent.; 8th cent. denoting a state in which the mind concentrates on an object undisturbed) < ses- , combining form of setsu to touch, come into contact with ( < Middle Chinese) + shin heart, mind, spirit, also as the name of a specific concept in Buddhism ( < Middle Chinese; compare Chinese xīn and the discussion at heart-mind n. at heart n., int., and adv. Compounds 3a).The Japanese word is also sometimes written with a different kanji in the first element, representing setsu to join, connect, to come into contact with ( < a different Middle Chinese verb).

In Zen Buddhism: an extended period (typically several days) of intensive meditation and practice; (now spec.) a meditation retreat.Used either as a count noun (as in a weeklong sesshin) or as a mass noun (as in during sesshin, the first day of sesshin).

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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > contemplation or meditation > [noun] > in Buddhism

vipassana1688

zazen1727

samatha1863

sitting meditation1906

sitting1913

sesshin1922

kinhin1954

walking meditation1961

1922 Eastern Buddhist (Japan) 2 46 There is a period in the monastic life, exclusively set apart for mental discipline... It is known as great ‘Sesshin’..and lasts a week... There is a kind of lecture every day during a ‘sesshin’.

1985 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 5 Jan. He's off to Cuernavaca, Mexico, for a sesshin during which he will meditate 11 hours a day.

2007 S. Hagen Meditation Now or Never xxii. 129 Sesshin gives us a chance to taste this mind of ongoing, undivided attention. In sesshin, we don't stop meditating when the bell rings, or when we leave the meditation hall, or when we go to sleep at night.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	sesshin
释义	sesshinn. Brit. /sɛˈʃiːn/, /sɛˈʃɪn/, U.S. /sɛˈʃin/, /sɛˈʃɪn/ Inflections: Plural sesshins, unchanged. Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese sesshin. Etymology: < Japanese sesshin (13th cent.; 8th cent. denoting a state in which the mind concentrates on an object undisturbed) < ses- , combining form of setsu to touch, come into contact with ( < Middle Chinese) + shin heart, mind, spirit, also as the name of a specific concept in Buddhism ( < Middle Chinese; compare Chinese xīn and the discussion at heart-mind n. at heart n., int., and adv. Compounds 3a).The Japanese word is also sometimes written with a different kanji in the first element, representing setsu to join, connect, to come into contact with ( < a different Middle Chinese verb). In Zen Buddhism: an extended period (typically several days) of intensive meditation and practice; (now spec.) a meditation retreat.Used either as a count noun (as in a weeklong sesshin) or as a mass noun (as in during sesshin, the first day of sesshin). ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > contemplation or meditation > [noun] > in Buddhism vipassana1688 zazen1727 samatha1863 sitting meditation1906 sitting1913 sesshin1922 kinhin1954 walking meditation1961 1922 Eastern Buddhist (Japan) 2 46 There is a period in the monastic life, exclusively set apart for mental discipline... It is known as great ‘Sesshin’..and lasts a week... There is a kind of lecture every day during a ‘sesshin’. 1985 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 5 Jan. He's off to Cuernavaca, Mexico, for a sesshin during which he will meditate 11 hours a day. 2007 S. Hagen Meditation Now or Never xxii. 129 Sesshin gives us a chance to taste this mind of ongoing, undivided attention. In sesshin, we don't stop meditating when the bell rings, or when we leave the meditation hall, or when we go to sleep at night. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1922
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