Practice Period Talks
An ango (安居), or kessei (結制), is a Japanese term for a three-month period of intense training for students of Zen Buddhism, lasting anywhere from 90 to 100 days. The practice during ango consists of meditation (zazen), study, and work (samu (作務)).
Ango is typically held twice a year, the first period from spring to summer and the second period from fall to winter. The word ango literally translates as "dwelling in peace"; the summer ango is referred to as ge-ango and the winter period is u-ango. Additionally, some monasteries and Zen centers hold just one ango per year.
Concerning Zen practice in the United States, author Ellen Birx writes,
Many centers now allow members to attend retreats on a part-time basis. Many have ango, a three-month-long period of intensified practice, that members can participate in while continuing to go off to work during the day." Taigen Dan Leighton writes a more traditional definition, "These are ninety-day training periods of concentrated practice without leaving the monastic enclosure (except for monks going out for necessary temple business). They date back to the summer rainy season retreats of Shakyamuni's time. In Japan, they have been held twice a year, summer and winter."
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One-day Sitting Lecture Suzuki Roshi, training, Letting Go, Nirvana Sutra, Vows, Ceremony, Monastic Practice... |
Feb 27 1999 Green Gulch |
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1999.03.03-serial.00147Serial: SF-00147 Wednesday night dharma talk Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Fundraising, Daily Life, Impermanence, Monastic... |
Mar 03 1999 Green Gulch Farm |
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April 11th, 1999, Serial No. 00072, Side A Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Chanting, Sangha, Aspects of Practice, Transmission... |
Apr 11 1999 |
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1999.08.02-serial.00143 Freedom, Hate, Ordinary Mind, Practice Period, Rumi |
Aug 02 1999 |
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1999.08.09-serial.00244 Posture, Practice Period, Harmonizing, Freedom, Daily Life |
Aug 09 1999 |
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Sunday Lecture Birth-and-Death, Teacher-and-Student, Lineage, Letting Go, Suzuki Roshi, Mill Valley... |
Aug 29 1999 Green Gulch |
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Wednesday Lecture Practice Period, Hate, Fasting, Nirvana, Conversation, Freedom, training |
Oct 06 1999 Green Gulch |
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October 9th, 1999, Serial No. 00196, Side A Monastic Practice, Half-Smile, Passions, Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Dharma... |
Oct 09 1999 |
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October 14th, 1999, Serial No. 00859 Five Ranks, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Zazen Mind, Ego, Absolute-and-... |
Oct 14 1999 |
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October 14th, 1999, Serial No. 01543 Five Ranks, Practice Period, Zazen Mind, Buddha Nature, Ego, Absolute-and-Relative,... |
Oct 14 1999 |
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Branching Streams Flow in the DarknessSerial: BZ-00197A The Spirit of Practice Period, Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Branching Streams, Practice Period, Tassajara, Ego, Precepts,... |
Oct 16 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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October 21st, 1999, Serial No. 00931 Five Ranks, Precious Mirror, Ego, Dependent Origination, Evil, Duality, Big Mind,... |
Oct 21 1999 |
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October 21st, 1999, Serial No. 01544 Five Ranks, Precious Mirror, Dependent Origination, Ego, Continuous, Evil, Duality,... |
Oct 21 1999 |
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October 28th, 1999, Serial No. 01545 Precious Mirror, Big Mind, Karma, confusion, Ego, Five Ranks, Harmonizing, Absolute-... |
Oct 28 1999 |
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Fall Practice Period -- Secret PracticeSerial: BZ-00199A Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Practice Period, Commitment, Monastic Practice, Study Period, Daily... |
Oct 30 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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December 3rd, 1999, Serial No. 00200, Side B Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Patience, Buddha Mind, Ego, Transmission, Bell, Practice... |
Dec 03 1999 |
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1999.12.05-serial.00064Serial: SF-00064 Sunday dharma talk. Letting Go, Peace, Attachment, Freedom, Practice Period, Hindrances, Nirvana, Doubt,... |
Dec 05 1999 |
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December 9th, 1999, Serial No. 03949 Separation, Practice Period, Patience, Tassajara, Silence, Precepts, Zendo, Emotions... |
Dec 09 1999 City Center |
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Sunday Lecture Emptiness, Emotions, Practice Period, Ceremony, Passions, Letting Go, Enthusiasm,... |
Jan 09 2000 Green Gulch |
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January Practice Period Class Karmic Consciousness, Heart Sutra, realization, Birth-and-Death, Platform Sutra,... |
Jan 11 2000 Green Gulch |
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February 3rd, 2000, Serial No. 00926 Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Karma, Transmission, Teacher-and-... |
Feb 03 2000 |
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February 5th, 2000, Serial No. 00203 Impermanence, Attachment, Four Noble Truths, Happiness, Practice Period, Tassajara,... |
Feb 05 2000 |
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Sunday Lecture Ceremony, Instruction, Letting Go, Practice Period, Delusion, Zazen, Family Practice... |
Feb 20 2000 Green Gulch |
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Fukanzazengi ClassSerial: SF-03661 Monday Class Ceremony, soto, true dharma, Instruction, Soto Zen, realization, Practice Period,... |
Feb 21 2000 Green Gulch |
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Wednesday Lecture Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Mindfulness, Buddha Mind, Nirvana Sutra, Ceremony... |
Feb 23 2000 Green Gulch |
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One-day Sitting Lecture realization, Buddha Ancestors, Demons, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Bell, Suzuki... |
Feb 26 2000 Green Gulch |
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March 18th, 2000, Serial No. 00206, Side A Practice Period, Tassajara, Bell, Doubt, training, Silence, Continuous |
Mar 18 2000 |
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March 24th, 2000, Serial No. 06953 Practice Period, Tassajara, Buddha Ancestors, Impermanence, Bell |
Mar 24 2000 |
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2000.03.28-serial.00007 Beginners, Emptiness, Blue Cliff Record, Practice Period, Priest |
Mar 28 2000 |
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April 2nd, 2000, Serial No. 00527 Ego, Practice Period, Addiction, Attachment, Sangha, Gratitude, Commitment, Interview... |
Apr 02 2000 |
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Sesshin Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Zazen, Monkey Mind, Chanting, Tassajara, uchiyama,... |
Apr 10 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin Lecture Perfect Wisdom, Practice Period, training, Bell, Intimacy, Emptiness, Birth-and-Death... |
Apr 12 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Zendo, Composure, Practice Period, Interview, true dharma, Chanting,... |
Apr 13 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin Lecture Precepts, Karma, Don't Know Mind, Confession-and-Repentance, Repentance,... |
Apr 14 2000 Green Gulch |
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April 15th, 2000, Serial No. 00163, Side A Daily Life, Separation, Precepts, true dharma, Buddha Nature, Posture, Commitment,... |
Apr 15 2000 |
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Sesshin Lecture Six Realms, Practice Period, Karma, Suzuki Roshi, Triple Treasure, Buddha Mind,... |
Apr 15 2000 Green Gulch |
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Surangama Sutra Class Big Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Practice Period, Faith, Triple Treasure, Emptiness,... |
May 16 2000 Green Gulch |
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June 17th, 2000, Serial No. 03920 Practice Period, Forgiveness, Right Speech, Precepts, Emotions, resistance, Evil,... |
Jun 17 2000 City Center |
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July 6th, 2000, Serial No. 00854 Lotus Sutra, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Monastic Practice, Lay, Intimacy, Practice... |
Jul 06 2000 |
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Women Ancestors Class Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Lay, Ceremony, Silence, Freedom, Practice Period,... |
Aug 15 2000 Unknown |
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The Whole World Is MedicineSerial: SF-00078 "The Four Nourishments" Practice Period, Teacher-and-Student, Samadhi, Continuous, Commitment, Passions,... |
Sep 30 2000 |
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Recommendations for Fall Practice PeriodSerial: BZ-00120A Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Practice Period, Birth-and-Death, Ego, Intimacy, Commitment,... |
Sep 30 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tenzo Kyokun Class true dharma, Practice Period, Instruction, soto, Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Big Mind,... |
Oct 24 2000 Green Gulch |
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Abhidharma, Six Factors, Two AspectsSerial: BZ-00121B Saturday Lecture Abhidharma, Intuition, Practice Period, Composure, Hate, Building, Anger, Samadhi,... |
Oct 28 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sunday Lecture Big Mind, Six Realms, Ceremony, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Ancestors, Soto... |
Oct 29 2000 Green Gulch |
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Tenzo Kyokun Class realization, Practice Period, Skandas, Buddha Ancestors, Zendo, Beginners, Ceremony,... |
Oct 31 2000 Green Gulch |
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Tenzo Kyokun Class Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Don't Know Mind, Mindfulness, realization, Mill... |
Nov 07 2000 Green Gulch |
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November 22nd, 2000, Serial No. 03936 Ceremony, Gratitude, Emptiness, Separation, Practice Period, Tassajara, Suzuki Roshi... |
Nov 22 2000 City Center |
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November 25th, 2000, Serial No. 00124, Side A Practice Period, Giving-and-Taking, Four Noble Truths, Liberation, soto, Building,... |
Nov 25 2000 |
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Tenzo Kyokun Class Practice Period, Attachment, Offering, Letting Go, Bodhisattva Way, Emptiness,... |
Nov 28 2000 Green Gulch |