Category Archives: sesshin

Two Wings to Fly Free: 自由に飛翔する為の両翼

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Rosan Daido

  Good morning!   Sesshin is embracing and touching the heart. We are usually drawn to the outside world, scarcely turning our heart inside itself. Thus, we are ensnared by the sense world and enslaved by our own karma, scarcely … Continue reading →

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Sesshin Striving: 接心精進

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Rosan Daido

  Good morning!   We are in sesshin today. Sesshin means embracing and touching the heart/mind (摂心・接心). Usually our heart/minds go outward, but now we turn inward. The Ten Ox-herding Pictures show how to seek, find, tether, ride on the … Continue reading →

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Sesshin Serves and Saves

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Rosan Daido

    Good morning!   Sesshin (摂心・接心) means embracing and touching our hearts and minds. If we sit and still our minds, stilling our conceptions, emotions, volitions, and even perceptions, advancing in the four stages of zen, we can eventually … Continue reading →

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