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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June 13th, 1973, Serial No. 00133 Separation, Practice Period, Breath, Describe, training |
Jun 13 1973 |
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May 19th, 1973, Serial No. 00126 Anger, Delusion, Practice Period, Freedom, Greed |
May 19 1973 |
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May 19th, 1973, Serial No. 00148 Anger, Delusion, Practice Period, Freedom, Greed |
May 19 1973 |
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May 12th, 1973, Serial No. 00124 Mindfulness, Big Mind, Practice Period, Sangha, Samadhi |
May 12 1973 |
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May 12th, 1973, Serial No. 00146 Mindfulness, Big Mind, Practice Period, Sangha, Samadhi |
May 12 1973 |
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May 5th, 1973, Serial No. 00122 Faith, Mindfulness, Right Speech, Practice Period, Intuition |
May 05 1973 |
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May 5th, 1973, Serial No. 00326 Faith, Mindfulness, Right Speech, Practice Period, Intuition |
May 05 1973 |
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April 14th, 1973, Serial No. 00118 Practice Period, Sekito Kisen, Don't Know Mind, Sixth Patriarch, Samadhi... |
Apr 14 1973 |
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April 14th, 1973, Serial No. 00293 Practice Period, Sekito Kisen, Samadhi, Sixth Patriarch, Observe |
Apr 14 1973 |
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April 10th, 1973, Serial No. 00108 Practice Period, Letting Go, Samadhi, Concentration, Balance |
Apr 10 1973 |
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April 8th, 1973, Serial No. 00107 Balance, resistance, Big Mind, Practice Period, Avalokiteshvara |
Apr 08 1973 |
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April 3rd, 1973, Serial No. 00111 Baso, Obstacles, Zendo, Practice Period, Vinaya |
Apr 03 1973 |
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April 3rd, 1973, Serial No. 00328 Yakusan, Baso, Hyakujo, Obstacles, Practice Period |
Apr 03 1973 |
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April 3rd, 1973, Serial No. 00329 Baso, Hyakujo, Obstacles, Zendo, Practice Period |
Apr 03 1973 |
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January 18th, 1973, Serial No. 00082 Way-Seeking Mind, Practice Period, Breath |
Jan 18 1973 |
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January 15th, 1973, Serial No. 00081 Lineage, Practice Period, Rinzai, Commitment, Lay |
Jan 15 1973 |
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December 16th, 1972, Serial No. 00245 Practice Period, Mandala, Anger, Love, Nirmanakaya |
Dec 16 1972 |
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October 6th, 1972, Serial No. 00482 Practice Period, Posture, Breath, Chanting, Bowing |
Oct 06 1972 |
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October 1st, 1972, Serial No. 00481 Practice Period, Priest, Dokusan, soto, Tozan |
Oct 01 1972 |
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March 26th, 1972, Serial No. 00450 First Principle, Commitment, Practice Period, Priest |
Mar 26 1972 |
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February 26th, 1972, Serial No. 00445 Money, Community, Practice Period, Priest, Sangha |
Feb 26 1972 |
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KPFA Radio Interview with Elsa Knight ThompsonSerial: SF-05115 Monday, November 6, 1967 KPFA RADIO INTERVIEW WITH ELSA KNIGHT THOMPSON Interview, Don't Know Mind, Nirvana, Monastic Practice, Evil, Samsara, Practice... |
Nov 06 1967 KPFA Berkeley |
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OLD - The Need for Training in Buddhism without Self-Seeking MindSerial: SF-05838 This had been labeled as A - transript matches B. temporary audio from this date hidden - SDH Saturday, December 17, 1966 DECEMBER ONE-DAY SESSHIN LECTURE:... Sesshin, Dogen, training, New Year, Don't Know Mind, Buddha Nature, Practice... |
Dec 17 1966 B Sokoji |
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YYYY.01.19-serial.00034 Practice Period, training, Silence, Family Practice, Oneness, Buddha Nature, Lineage... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00188, Side B Doubt, Practice Period, Emotions, Interview, War, Enemies, Describe, Conversation,... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00529, Side A Mindfulness, Daily Life, Practice Period, Composure, Aspects of Practice, Posture,... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00757, Side B Practice Period, Attachment, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Karma, Non-duality,... |
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Way-Seeking Mind TalksSerial: SF-03089B Student talks, should not be published Religion, Practice Period, Priest, Gratitude, Lineage, Zendo, training |
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Way-Seeking Mind TalksSerial: SF-03089C Student talks, should not be published Practice Period, Priest, Monastic Practice, Bodhisattva Vow, Conversation, Vows,... |
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Tassajara |
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Way-Seeking Mind TalksSerial: SF-03089D Student talks, should not be published Practice Period, Tassajara, Religion, Interview, Separation, Emotions, Freedom... |
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Tassajara |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00298 Practice Period, New Year, Tassajara, Building, Gratitude, Zendo, Lay, lecture,... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00393 Subject-and-Object, Culture, Mindfulness, realization, Compassion, Heart Sutra,... |
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Hozan Alan Senauke Blanche Hartman This Little Light Ordinary Mind, Berkeley Zen Center, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara, Dharma Transmission... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00649, Side B Practice Period, Sangha, Bell, Posture, Truth |
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YYYY.03.04-serial.00207 Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Interview, Buddha Nature, Community |
Mar 04 |
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YYYY.06.25-serial.00301 Ego, Big Mind, Intention, Practice Period, Lay |
Jun 25 |
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YYYY.06.28-serial.00209 Delusion, Practice Period, confusion, Buddha Nature |
Jun 28 |
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Unknown year,September talk, Serial 01771 Practice Period, Peace, Tassajara, Instruction, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Politics,... |
Sep 11 Unknown |