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Pinyin: shèxīn

Wade-Giles: she-hsin

Hangul: 섭심

Korean MC: seopsim

Korean MR: sŏpsim

Katakana: セッシン

Katakana: ショウシン

Hepburn: sesshin

Hepburn: shōshin

nhiếp tâm

concentrated mind

• To collect the mind, to focus; to concentrate one's attention. (Skt. saṃkṣiptāni cittāni, *citta-saṃgrahaṇa, hṛdaya-grahaṇa) 〔臨濟錄 T 1985.47.499b15〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura,Hirakawa, Yokoi]
• A period in the life of a Japanese Zen monastery, usually a week in length but sometimes just a few days, when the ordinary schedule of daily observance is adjusted to maximize the hours spent in zazen and reduce or eliminate time devoted to other routine activities such a communal labor and sleep. [resp. Griffith Foulk]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 630

Bulgyo sajeon, 463a

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.9-10)518c

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 663d

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 616

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 739c→せっしん, 下832b, 832b

Fo Guang Dictionary, 6845

Ding Fubao, {Digital Version}

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0567

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)2929b

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1035-2

Soothill, 483

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