{"id":384,"date":"2022-09-01T20:17:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T20:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/?page_id=384"},"modified":"2022-09-01T20:28:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T20:28:45","slug":"how-do-you-actually-practice-your-faith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/?page_id=384","title":{"rendered":"What is sesshin training"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='clear'><\/div><div id='sub_menu1'  class='av-submenu-container av-jy7zs-46dc574b2a7ebc97c7659fd924a648e8 main_color  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  av-sticky-submenu container_wrap sidebar_right' style='z-index:301' ><div class='container av-menu-mobile-disabled av-submenu-pos-center'><ul id=\"menu-about-menu\" class=\"av-subnav-menu\" role=\"menu\"><li role=\"menuitem\" id=\"menu-item-381\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/?page_id=379\" itemprop=\"url\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">What is Buddhism<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li role=\"menuitem\" id=\"menu-item-386\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/?page_id=382\" itemprop=\"url\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">What is Shinnyo-en<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li role=\"menuitem\" id=\"menu-item-387\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/?page_id=383\" itemprop=\"url\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">How did Shinnyo-en begin<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li role=\"menuitem\" id=\"menu-item-390\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/?page_id=388\" itemprop=\"url\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">How Do Your Practice<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li role=\"menuitem\" id=\"menu-item-389\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/?page_id=384\" itemprop=\"url\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">What is sesshin training<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class='sticky_placeholder'><\/div>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-f00sy-536493753f8f930cd211d0df2c36b622 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_submenu  avia-builder-el-last  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-384'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-752ui-c6864555594e70644c3dcb98096a9b62 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-l7aqlrgi-0dd18f7e38cfc1c80e37355c91f8f39d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>WHAT IS SESSHIN TRAINING?<\/h1>\n<article id=\"post-1319\" class=\"post-1319 page type-page status-publish hentry\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Sesshin, which means \u201cto touch the essence\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0in Japanese, is Shinnyo-en\u2019s meditative training to help each individual nurture their buddha nature.<\/p>\n<p>There are two types of sesshin in Shinnyo-en. One is \u201cstructured\u201d (uso) sesshin, which consists of brief, face-to-face guidance between specially trained spiritual guides and members. This kind of training is given only at a Shinnyo-en temple and helps members to understand themselves in light of Buddhist concepts.<\/p>\n<p>Then, that insight is to be applied and consciously taken further in daily life outside the temple through reflection on everyday circumstances. This outside effort is called \u201cunstructured\u201d (muso) sesshin. The Zen tradition also has a meditative method called sesshin. 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