My Seven Intense Days Of Silent Meditation, Mindful Eating, and Work
<p>As you read this, I am on the first day of a seven-day Zen Buddhist Rohatsu Sesshin at the San Francisco Zen Center. Sesshins are daunting challenges, painful or beautiful depending on your state of mind.</p>
<p>Forty other Zen students and I will not speak, use our smartphones, read, watch TV, listen to music, eat meat, drink wine, text, email, or enjoy exciting conversations for the next seven days.</p>
<p>“And you do this voluntarily?” you might ask.</p>
<p>Yes. I have done a number of these Rohatsu Sesshins — I’d say about twelve. They are all challenging; they are all different, and each one is a Rorschach test on the state of my mind at the time. I sometimes call these sessions retreats, as most people are unfamiliar with the term sesshin. But a sesshin is not a retreat from life.</p>
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