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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 (夏安居) or u-ango (雨安居) and the winter period is referred to as tō-ango (冬安居) or setsu-ango (雪安居). 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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Title	Speaker	Date
Harmony Beyond Self in Zen Serial: SF-12275 Talk by Ed Sattizahn at City Center on 2017-10-04 Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony	Rinso Ed Sattizahn	Oct 04 2017 City Center
Old Persons' Zazen Serial: SF-10361 9/13/2017, Jamie Howell dharma talk at City Center. Zazen, Practice Period	Kogen Jamie Howell	Sep 13 2017 City Center
Women Ancestors Serial: SF-10460 8/12/2017, Zenshin Greg Fain dharma talk at Tassajara. Practice Period	Zenshin Greg Fain	Aug 12 2017 Tassajara
Ordinary Mind is the Way Serial: SF-10497 6/21/2017, Rinso Ed Sattizahn dharma talk at Tassajara. Practice Period	Rinso Ed Sattizahn	Jun 21 2017 Tassajara
Silent Expressions of Noble Truth Serial: SF-12244 Talk by Linda Cutts at City Center on 2017-06-10 Koan, Practice Period	Eijun Linda Cutts	Jun 10 2017 City Center
Cultivating Compassion Through Kind Speech Serial: SF-12151 Talk by Ed Sattizahn at City Center on 2017-05-13 Practice Period, Dogen, Zazen	Rinso Ed Sattizahn	May 13 2017 City Center
Winter at Tassajara Serial: SF-10330 5/10/2017, Rinso Ed Sattizahn dharma talk at City Center. Practice Period	Rinso Ed Sattizahn	May 10 2017 City Center
Manifesting This Mind Serial: SF-10365 3/15/2017, Ryushin Paul Haller dharma talk at City Center. Practice Period	Ryushin Paul Haller	Mar 15 2017 City Center
How to Save All Beings Serial: SF-10395 1/27/2017, Kyosho Valorie Beer dharma talk at Tassajara. Practice Period, Karma	Kyosho Valorie Beer	Jan 27 2017 Tassajara
Are You Able To Say Something? Serial: SF-12006 12/14/2016, Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts dharma talk at Tassajara. Practice Period	Eijun Linda Cutts	Dec 14 2016 Tassajara
Unity in Practice: Zen's Timeless Harmony Serial: SF-12017 Talk by Tmzc Eijun Linda Ruth on 2016-10-22 Practice Period	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 22 2016
Harmony in Zen: Milk and Water Serial: SF-12078 Talk by Tmzc Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts on 2016-10-22 Practice Period	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 22 2016
The Trickster Bodhisattva Serial: SF-12002 8/20/2016, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis dharma talk at City Center. Practice Period	Kyoshin Wendy Lewis	Aug 20 2016 City Center
Embracing Stillness: Zen's Silent Symphony Serial: SF-12129 Talk by Tmzc Greg Fain on 2016-07-16 Practice Period, Koan	Zenshin Greg Fain	Jul 16 2016
Sitting For Our Lives Serial: SF-12013 6/11/2016, Jisan Tova Green dharma talk at City Center. Practice Period	Jisan Tova Green	Jun 11 2016 City Center
Living Zen: Practice Over Theory Serial: SF-12096 Talk by Tmzc Ed Sattizahn on 2016-06-08 Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi	Rinso Ed Sattizahn	Jun 08 2016
Embracing Identity Through Radical Trust Serial: SF-12039 Talk by Kazan David Zimmerman at City Center on 2016-06-04 Practice Period	Tenzen David Zimmerman	Jun 04 2016 City Center
Non-Dual Awareness Serial: SF-12102 6/4/2016, Tenzen David Zimmerman dharma talk at City Center. Practice Period	Tenzen David Zimmerman	Jun 04 2016 City Center
Big Mind is All Encompassing Serial: SF-11947 5/25/2016, Jisan Tova Green dharma talk at City Center. Compassion, Equanimity, Practice Period	Jisan Tova Green	May 25 2016 City Center
Humanity First in Buddhist Ethics Serial: SF-12101 Talk by Tmzc Furyu Schroeder on 2016-05-20 Practice Period	Fu Schroeder	May 20 2016
An Introduction to Trust in Mind Serial: SF-12063 5/4/2016, Jisan Tova Green and Tenzen David Zimmerman dharma talk at City Center. Practice Period	Tenzen David Zimmerman, Jisan Tova Green	May 04 2016 City Center
Winter 2016 Sesshin Talks - Day 7: Awakening as a Verb Serial: SF-12114 2016-03-26, Ryushin Paul Haller, dharma talk at City Center. Practice Period	Ryushin Paul Haller	Mar 26 2016 City Center
Stillness in the Midst of the Hurly Burly Serial: SF-11959 2/21/2016, Catherine Gammon dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Practice Period	Catherine Gammon	Feb 21 2016 Green Gulch Farm
Practicing at City Center Serial: SF-11893 1/6/2016, Myoju Erin Merk dharma talk at City Center. Practice Period	Myoju Erin Merk	Jan 06 2016 City Center
Undoing Reality Serial: SF-09031 12/10/2015, Ryushin Paul Haller dharma talk at Tassajara. Practice Period	Ryushin Paul Haller	Dec 10 2015 Tassajara
Paris: The Benefit of Zen Serial: SF-09147 11/14/2015, Zenshin Greg Fain dharma talk at Tassajara. Practice Period	Zenshin Greg Fain	Nov 14 2015 Tassajara
Zen: Community as Practice Path Serial: SF-09059 Talk by Curtis Fabens at City Center on 2015-10-28 Community, Practice Period	Curtis Fabens	Oct 28 2015 City Center
Non-Judgmental Approach to Practice Serial: SF-09094 10/21/2015, Ryushin Paul Haller dharma talk at Tassajara. Practice Period	Ryushin Paul Haller	Oct 21 2015 Tassajara
Waking Up With The Whole Wide World Serial: SF-09079 10/17/2015, Shosan Victoria Austin dharma talk at City Center. Practice Period	Shosan Victoria Austin	Oct 17 2015 City Center
Inner and Outer Shingi Serial: SF-09081 10/4/2015, Ryushin Paul Haller dharma talk at Tassajara. Shingi, Practice Period	Ryushin Paul Haller	Oct 04 2015 Tassajara
Unfolding Presence: Living the Way Serial: SF-09228 Talk by Leslie James at Tassajara on 2015-06-10 Practice Period	Leslie James	Jun 10 2015 Tassajara
Finding Our Deepest Intention Serial: SF-09015 5/6/2015, Anshin Rosalie Curtis dharma talk at City Center. Practice Period	Anshin Rosalie Curtis	May 06 2015 City Center
The Oak Tree in the Courtyard Serial: SF-09091 4/18/2015, Rinso Ed Sattizahn dharma talk at City Center. Practice Period	Rinso Ed Sattizahn	Apr 18 2015 City Center
Finding Freedom in Emotional Responses Serial: SF-09210 2/21/2015, Ryushin Paul Haller dharma talk at City Center. Practice Period	Ryushin Paul Haller	Feb 21 2015 City Center
Against the Stream: The Practice of Resilience Serial: SF-09044 2/15/2015, Wendy Johnson dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Practice Period	Wendy Johnson	Feb 15 2015 Green Gulch Farm
Aligning With Practice Serial: SF-09125 2/4/2015, Ryushin Paul Haller dharma talk at City Center. Dogen, Practice Period	Ryushin Paul Haller	Feb 04 2015 City Center
Abundant in Each Person Serial: SF-09004 1/27/2015, Leslie James dharma talk at Tassajara. Practice Period	Leslie James	Jan 27 2015 Tassajara
Inner and Outer Alignment Serial: SF-09043 1/21/2015, Ryushin Paul Haller dharma talk at City Center. Practice Period	Ryushin Paul Haller	Jan 21 2015 City Center
Just This Serial: SF-07570 2014-10-12, Norman Fischer, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Practice Period	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 12 2014 Green Gulch Farm
Intimacy Serial: SF-07617 9/10/2014, Marsha Angus dharma talk at City Center. Zazen, Practice Period	Dainin Marsha Angus	Sep 10 2014 City Center
Sesshin Day 3: It Is Just Us: The Mirror Serial: SF-07751 6/21/2014, Shosan Victoria Austin dharma talk at City Center. Compassion, Practice Period	Shosan Victoria Austin	Jun 21 2014 City Center
Sesshin Day 1: Being Yourself Serial: SF-07728 6/19/2014, Anshin Rosalie Curtis dharma talk at City Center. Practice Period	Anshin Rosalie Curtis	Jun 19 2014 City Center
What Is It That Thus Comes? Serial: SF-07579 6/11/2014, Tenzen David Zimmerman dharma talk at City Center. Practice Period	Tenzen David Zimmerman	Jun 11 2014 City Center
Don't Look Elsewhere Serial: SF-07549 6/4/2014, Zenshin Greg Fain dharma talk at Tassajara. Practice Period, Samadhi	Zenshin Greg Fain	Jun 04 2014 Tassajara
Sharing your Heart and your Life Together Serial: SF-07674 5/31/2014, Mark Lancaster dharma talk at City Center. Practice Period	Mark Lancaster	May 31 2014 City Center
Practice Like a Fool Serial: SF-07548 4/23/2014, Gendo Lucy Xiao dharma talk at City Center. Practice Period	Gendo Lucy Xiao 玄道	Apr 23 2014 City Center
Dedicating the Merit, Sharing Our lives Serial: SF-07755 3/27/2014, Anshin Rosalie Curtis, dharma talk at City Center. Practice Period	Anshin Rosalie Curtis	Mar 27 2014 City Center
Transition Serial: SF-07665 2/16/2014, Ryushin Paul Haller dharma talk at Tassajara. Practice Period, Soto Zen	Ryushin Paul Haller	Feb 16 2014 Tassajara
Ango Serial: SF-07753 2/16/2014, Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Practice Period	Eijun Linda Cutts	Feb 16 2014 Green Gulch Farm
Renouncing Unhappiness Serial: SF-07573 2/2/2014, Zenshin Greg Fain, dharma talk at Tassajara. Practice Period	Zenshin Greg Fain	Feb 02 2014 Tassajara

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