This is a Teisho given by Gillian Coote during December 2009 Rohatsu Sesshin, this is the week between 1st and 8th of December, A sesshin literally “touching the heart-mind”, is a period of intensive zazen The custom has its roots in the Buddha’s own attainment of enlightenment after the Buddha’s own meditation that lasted for a week. Following the example of the Buddha, the Zen monks as well as lay practitioners such as in the Sydney Zen Centre participate in this week of intensive zazen.

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