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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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Which is the Real Shin?

Serial: SF-03135

Sunday Lecture - Seeing and understanding desire

Ceremony, Forgiveness, Addiction, Practice Period, Demons, confusion, Hate,...
Oct 27 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Including The Unincluded

Serial: SF-03136

Sunday Lecture - life, the path as the neverending journey of inclusiom that starts with ourselves where we are now, where we have been and from there just goes deep and deeper...

Forgiveness, Practice Period, Silence, Offering, Anger, Diversity, Ordination, Peace...
Oct 13 1996
Green Gulch Farm

The Eight Stages of Monastic Life

Serial: SF-03132

Sunday Lecture - monastic way of wholeness, a sacred way, a sacred place, a clear pace that lives at the bottom of our hearts and is reflected back to us in a religious life....

Monastic Practice, Lineage, Commitment, Letting Go, Practice Period, Renunciation,...
Sep 29 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Mindful Steps on the Bodhisattva Path

Practice Period, Study Period, Bodhisattva Way, Vow, Patience, Birth-and-Death,...
Sep 28 1996

Just This (Is It): Tozan’s Enlightenment

Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Culture, Intuition, Practice Period, Intimacy,...
Sep 21 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Zen Wisdom in Everyday Practice

Practice Period, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Nature, Building
Sep 1996

Wednesday Lecture

Hsin Hsin Ming, Zazen, Ordination, Practice Period, Obstacles, Mahayana, Anger,...
Aug 14 1996
Unknown

Unknown Title

Serial: BZ-00119

Lecture

First Principle, Practice Period, Observe, Teacher-and-Student, Tassajara Zen...
Jul 02 1996
Tassajara

Shosan and Shuso Ceremony Preparation

Serial: BZ-00800B

Appropriate Question and Respons, Sesshin Day 5

Shosan, Shuso, Ceremony, Practice Period, Karma, Commitment, Conversation, Ego,...
Jun 23 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Hui Neng's Instruction on Dhyana and Imperturbability

Serial: BZ-00800A

Rohatsu Day 4

Hui Neng, Dhyana, Imperturbability, Big Mind, Dream World, Discrimination, Samadhi,...
Jun 22 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Nonobjectivity

Serial: BZ-00801B

Sesshin Day 3 Lecture

Practice Period, Platform Sutra, Intimacy, Attachment, Buddha Nature, Composure,...
Jun 21 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Tozan’s Enlightenment

Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Oneness, Discrimination, Bell, Nirvana, Separation,...
Jun 08 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Tung Shan’s Poem

Serial: BZ-00803A

Shusho talk #1

Practice Period, Blue Cliff Record, Soto Zen, Lineage, Birth-and-Death, Offering,...
May 18 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Work Practice (Fushin Samu)

Serial: BZ-00804B

Saturday Lecture

Work, Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Samadhi, Concentration, Practice Period,...
May 11 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Open Heart, Enlightened Spirit

Repentance, Precepts, Zazen, Practice Period, Three Treasures, Ceremony, Monastic...
May 11 1996
Unknown

Way Seeking Mind

Serial: BZ-00804A

Shuso Talk

Practice Period, War, Impermanence, Happiness, Bell, Conversation, Offering, Posture...
May 06 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Setting the Tone for Practice Period

Serial: BZ-00805B

Saturday Lecture

Practice Period, Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Family Practice, Daily Life,...
May 05 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Work and Practice

Serial: BZ-00118

Lecture

Practice, Work, Parinirvana, Samadhi, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Continuous...
Apr 24 1996

Sunday Lecture

Serial: SF-03636

Cassette side B is labeled for a Sunday talk by Tenshin Reb Anderson on the same date - incorrect

Practice Period, Ordination, Perfect Wisdom, Emptiness, Ceremony, Monastic Practice,...
Mar 24 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Blue Cliff Record: Case #57

Serial: BZ-00748

Lecture

BCR-57, Attachment, Hsin Hsin Ming, Duality, Non-duality, Soto Zen, Practice Period,...
Jan 27 1996
Tassajara

Practice of Patience

Serial: SF-03225

Sunday Lecture

Global Warming, Patience, Practice Period, Ego, confusion, Emotions, Gratitude, Peace...
Jan 21 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Interview

Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Transmission, Practice Period, Soto Zen, Priest,...
Jan 21 1996
Unknown

Interview

Suzuki Roshi, Peace, Practice Period, Intuition, Instruction, Emotions, Gratitude,...
Jan 21 1996
Unknown

Sunday Lecture

Practice Period, Letting Go, Enthusiasm, Addiction, New Year, confusion, Patience,...
Jan 06 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Future Aspects to Focus On/Transition

Religion, New Year, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Teacher-and-Student, Practice...
Jan 04 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Effort Without Gain: The Zen Paradox

Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Hsin Hsin Ming, Non-duality, Non-...
Jan 03 1996
Unknown

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00816B

Rohatsu Day 5

Repentance, Precepts, Evil, Buddha Nature, Anger, Practice Period, Ordination, Vinaya...
Dec 07 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday Lecture

Serial: SF-03626

Our practice and our efforts that we make towards peace within ourselves and within our lives

Practice Period, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Emptiness, Giving-and-Taking, Zazen,...
Nov 05 1995
Green Gulch Farm

Bodhisattva Ceremony

Serial: BZ-00819B

Lecture

Bodhisattva Ceremony, Repentance, Sangha, Lineage, Right Speech, Duality, Lotus Sutra...
Nov 04 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Hungry Ghosts - Seijiki Ceremony

Serial: SF-03093

Sunday Lecture

Four Noble Truths, Ceremony, Letting Go, Peace, Vow, Commitment, Precepts, Don't...
Oct 29 1995
Green Gulch Farm

Zen Practice: Trust in Being

Faith, Vow, Hsin Hsin Ming, Continuous Practice, Buddha Mind, Bodhisattva Ceremony,...
Oct 14 1995
Unknown

Presence Beyond Preference in Zen

Practice Period, Practice, Time
Sep 23 1995
Unknown

Our Relationship with Form - Speech & Food

Serial: SF-00151

Wednesday dharma talk.

Practice Period, Conversation, Happiness, Ceremony, Silence, Funeral, Bowing, Heart...
Sep 06 1995
Green Gulch Farm

Five Attributes of a Teacher

Serial: SF-03218

One-day sitting

Book of Serenity, Teacher-and-Student, Humility, Blue Cliff Record, Letting Go,...
Jul 15 1995
Green Gulch Farm

Process and Parenting

Serial: BZ-00830A

Lecture

Family Practice, Culture, Building, Karma, Practice Period, Funeral, Separation,...
Jun 24 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Picking and Choosing

Practice Period, Teacher-and-Student, Instruction, Emotions, Funeral, Obstacles,...
Jun 18 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Hsin Hsin Ming IV

Serial: BZ-00978A

Sesshin Day 4

Hsin Hsin Ming, confusion, Oneness, Continuous Practice, Duality, Subject-and-Object...
Jun 17 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday Lecture

Practice Period, Ceremony, Religion, Suzuki Roshi, Commitment, Evil, Priest, Right...
Jun 04 1995
Green Gulch Farm

Sunday Lecture

Three Treasures, Greed, Practice Period, Delusion, Hate, Repentance, Sangha, Karma,...
May 28 1995
Green Gulch Farm

Letting Go of Preconceptions

Practice Period, Instruction, Birth-and-Death, Samsara, Silent Illumination, Book of...
May 20 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Shush’s Way Seeking Mind Talk

Instruction, Practice Period, Obstacles, Bowing, Hindrances, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
May 08 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Master Hongzhi/Three Bodies

Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Peace, Lay Practice, Buddha Mind, Subject-...
May 06 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Six Taints of Zen

Serial: BZ-00973A

Saturday Lecture

Practice Period, Demons, Commitment, Ordination, Lay Practice, Daily Life, Karma,...
Apr 29 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Hongzhi's Silent Illumination

Serial: BZ-00974A

Saturday Lecture

Hongzhi, Practice Period, Silent Illumination, Daily Life, Instruction, Offering,...
Apr 22 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Tassajara Practice Period

Serial: BZ-00909B

Saturday Lecture

Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Dharma Transmission, American, Practice Period,...
Apr 15 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Embracing Unity Beyond Preferences

Daily Life, Practice Period, Happiness, Hate, Addiction, Posture, Delusion
Apr 04 1995
Unknown

Zen Embodied: Journey to Non-Duality

Serial: RB-00933A

Sesshin

Practice, Buddhism, Practice Period
Apr 01 1995
Crestone Zen Mountain Center

Chiji Shinji and Metta Sutta: Shosan Replies

Serial: BZ-00765

Class 10 of 10

Culture, American, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Practice Period, Humility, Non-...
Mar 31 1995
10
Tassajara

Importance of Shikantaza

Serial: SF-03104

Description of Tokubetsu Sesshin

Ceremony, Lotus Sutra, Priest, Letting Go, Buddha's Birthday, Realization, Soto...
Mar 19 1995
Green Gulch Farm

Blue Cliff Record Case #1

Mindfulness, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Bodhidharma, Perfect Wisdom, Practice...
Mar 11 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

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