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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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-01072 One-minute silence/meditation. Enjoy your breathing at that time. Wage peace. Ashoka story. Bodhi tree. Rice (?) to president campaign Peace, Silence, Practice Period, Offering, true dharma, Vows, Daily Life, Bell, Non-... |
Feb 09 2003 Green Gulch |
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2003.02.20-serial.00030 Continuous, Passions, Dragons, Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Silence, true dharma,... |
Feb 20 2003 |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-01101 Daigan's dream last night. Way to listen to a dharma talk. Practice period. Why people come. Things. Material things. Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Precepts, Buddha Ancestors, Delusion, Priest,... |
Feb 23 2003 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin Lecture Fox, Practice Period, Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Tassajara, Attachment, Karma,... |
Mar 2003 Tassajara |
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Zendo Lecture Bodhidharma, Ego, Repentance, Zazen, Hate, Practice Period, Faith, Karma, Delusion,... |
Mar 11 2003 Tassajara |
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March 15th, 2003, Serial No. 00132, Side B Bodhisattva Vow, Vows, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Priest, Practice Period, Beginners,... |
Mar 15 2003 |
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March 29th, 2003, Serial No. 00134, Side A Tassajara, Practice Period, War, Fox, confusion, Subject-and-Object, Fundraising,... |
Mar 29 2003 |
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April 24th, 2003, Serial No. 00296 Book of Serenity, Silent Illumination, Posture, Practice Period, Rinzai, Dragons,... |
Apr 24 2003 |
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May 1st, 2003, Serial No. 00295 Lotus Sutra, Teacher-and-Student, Religion, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Chanting... |
May 01 2003 |
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The Spirit of Practice PeriodSerial: BZ-01527B Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Practice Period, Aspects of Practice, Enemies, Lay, Commitment,... |
May 03 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 12th, 2003, Serial No. 00135, Side B Heart Sutra, Religion, Politics, Tassajara, Practice Period, Conversation, training,... |
May 12 2003 |
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May 14th, 2003, Serial No. 00138, Side A Culture, War, Liberation, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Building, Diversity,... |
May 14 2003 |
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May 15th, 2003, Serial No. 00294 Mindfulness, Anger, Daily Life, Four Foundations, Demons, Subject-and-Object, Observe... |
May 15 2003 |
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Dogen - Being Familiar With The Entire BodySerial: SF-00039 Sunday talk. realization, Buddha Ancestors, Delusion, Precepts, true dharma, Lotus Sutra, Oneness... |
May 18 2003 |
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May 24th, 2003, Serial No. 00136, Side B Practice Period, Hate, Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, soto, Vows, Culture, Describe,... |
May 24 2003 |
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June 7th, 2003, Serial No. 01107 Faith, Vows, Bodhisattva Vow, Suzuki Roshi, Patience, Forgiveness, Practice Period,... |
Jun 07 2003 Unknown |
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Equanimity and the Eternal MomentSerial: BZ-01346 Time and Transformation; Two Truths, Sesshin Day 4 Equanimity, Time, Two Truths, Equanimity, Attachment, Concentration, Karma, Intimacy... |
Jun 21 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zendo Lecture Oneness, Religion, realization, Observe, Practice Period, Instruction, Repentance,... |
Jul 02 2003 Tassajara |
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Wednesday LectureSerial: SF-00948 Buffalo passing through window koan. Farm and draft horses at GGF Tassajara, Commitment, Monastic Practice, confusion, Practice Period, Conversation,... |
Jul 09 2003 Green Gulch |
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2003.07.23-serial.00295 Tanka, Practice Period, Hate, Buddha Nature, Ceremony |
Jul 23 2003 |
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August 24th, 2003, Serial No. 00095 zen meditation, Evil, Money, Practice Period, Letting Go |
Aug 24 2003 |
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August 24th, 2003, Serial No. 00161 zen meditation, Evil, Practice Period, Letting Go, Politics |
Aug 24 2003 |
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2010.10.03-serial.00055 Practice Period, training, Conversation, Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Commitment... |
Oct 08 2003 |
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October 11th, 2003, Serial No. 00976 Mindfulness, Suzuki Roshi, Impermanence, Practice Period, Intimacy, Priest, Zazen,... |
Oct 11 2003 City Center |
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October 26th, 2003, Serial No. 01364 Big Mind, Aspects of Practice, Practice Period, Commitment, Addiction, Instruction,... |
Oct 26 2003 |
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Sesshin Lecture Four Noble Truths, Priest, Ordinary Mind, Intimacy, Hate, Delusion, Practice Period,... |
Oct 26 2003 Tassajara |
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Sesshin Lecture Practice Period, Greed, Sanctuary, Hate, Freedom, Chanting, Tassajara, Hindrances,... |
Oct 28 2003 Tassajara |
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Sesshin Lecture Precepts, Ceremony, Priest, Practice Period, Lay, Offering, Separation, Faith,... |
Oct 29 2003 Tassajara |
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OfferingsSerial: SF-00158 Sunday talk. Children's lecture. Offering, Ceremony, Emptiness, Emotions, Intuition, Practice Period, Precepts, Karma... |
Nov 02 2003 Green Gulch Farm |
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November 13th, 2003, Serial No. 01016, Side B Ordinary Mind, Hindrances, Practice Period, Rinzai, Dragons, Dharma Transmission,... |
Nov 13 2003 |
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November 15th, 2003, Serial No. 01367, Side B First Principle, Separation, Monastic Practice, Aspects of Practice, Bowing, Birth-... |
Nov 15 2003 |
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2003.11.16-serial.00181 training, zen meditation, Vows, Practice Period, Buddha Mind |
Nov 16 2003 |
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2003.11.16-serial.00020 training, zen meditation, Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen |
Nov 16 2003 |
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2003.11.16-serial.00182 training, zen meditation, Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen |
Nov 16 2003 |
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2003.11.16-serial.00183 training, zen meditation, Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen |
Nov 16 2003 |
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2003.11.16-serial.00300 training, zen meditation, Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen |
Nov 16 2003 |
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2003.11.19-serial.00156Serial: SF-00156 Wednesday talk. Karma, Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Echo, Ceremony, Buddha Ancestors, Ego,... |
Nov 19 2003 |
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The Practice of LoveSerial: BZ-01372A Rohatsu Day 3
Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Tassajara, Separation, Duality, Vows, Ego, Attachment,... |
Dec 03 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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HousekeepingSerial: SF-01024 Sunday Lecture: Children's Program. The Indian children who used to live here. Indian story about how the world was made. Staying home and accomplishing the way. Gateway into... New Year, Bodhisattva Precepts, Separation, Practice Period, Precepts, Mill Valley,... |
Feb 01 2004 Green Gulch |
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February 4th, 2004, Serial No. 04104 Practice Period, Chanting, Tassajara, Bell, Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Religion, Intuition... |
Feb 04 2004 City Center |
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February 14th, 2004, Serial No. 00979 Intimacy, Practice Period, Zendo, Zazen, Beginners, Birth-and-Death, Passions, Anger... |
Feb 14 2004 City Center |
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The Cross of Buddhism: Principles of PracticeSerial: BZ-01251 Stillness and Activity, Saturday Lecture Monastic Practice, Composure, Daily Life, Buddha Mind, Separation, Don't Know... |
Feb 21 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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February 28th, 2004, Serial No. 04328 Duality, Practice Period, Zazen Mind, Manjushri |
Feb 28 2004 |
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February 29th, 2004, Serial No. 00579 Observe, Buddha's Birthday, Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Offering,... |
Feb 29 2004 |
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Sunday Lecture Karma, Dream World, Aspects of Practice, New Year, Practice Period, training, Balance... |
Feb 29 2004 Green Gulch |
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March 3rd, 2004, Serial No. 04103 Practice Period, Sixth Patriarch, Nirvana Sutra, Daily Life, Birth-and-Death,... |
Mar 03 2004 City Center |
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March 17th, 2004, Serial No. 01108 Vows, Bodhisattva Vow, Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Delusion, Karma, Zazen, Heart... |
Mar 17 2004 City Center |
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March 24th, 2004, Serial No. 01039 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Ceremony, Tassajara, Intimacy... |
Mar 24 2004 City Center |
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March 27th, 2004, Serial No. 01257 Impermanence, Berkeley Zen Center, Silence, Diversity, Birth-and-Death, Practice... |
Mar 27 2004 |
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March 27th, 2004, Serial No. 04102 Practice Period, Zazen, Instruction, Zendo, Beginners, Impermanence, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Mar 27 2004 City Center |