Where does “sesshin” come from?
sesshin (English) comes from Japanese 接心, from Japanese 心, from Old Japanese 心, from Proto-Japonic *kəkərə.
sesshin (English): A period of intensive zazen meditation in a...
Definitions
- A period of intensive zazen meditation in a...
Ancestry of “sesshin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 接心 | — |
| 2 | Japanese | 心 | mind, heart, spirit, soul; thoughts, ideas;... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 心 | heart, mind, spirit; emotion, feeling; heart,... |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | *kəkərə | — |