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Ango 2019

NEXT ANGO INTENSIVE TRAINING PERIOD at Dharma River Zen Community in Winona, MN

February 16 to May 19

Head Trainee: Dharma Holder Trish Kojindo Johnson

Theme: I Vow To Show Up!

Shuso Hossen/Dharma Combat: will be held at the end of the June 2019 sesshin

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-ango-tickets-54526359810

NEXT ANGO INTENSIVE TRAINING PERIOD at Zen Garland NY-NJ Sangha in Mahwah, NJ

March 10 to June 2, 2019

Theme:

Registration: senseikanno@gmail.com

Zen Garland holds 1 Ango, Intense Training Periods, each year. Practice at Zen Garland is not based on a monastic model, but on the discipline of worldly life, where we must remain present and balanced while serving multiple roles and responsibilities. Our Teachers work with each individual to develop a personal Ango plan that deepens practice in harmony with life demands. We serve local community, visiting practitioners here full time in residence, and staff.

Ango begins with a weekend retreat and ends with a 7-day retreat. We hold a formal Entry Ceremony at the beginning in which each practitioner makes a commitment to an intensified practice schedule. At that ceremony a Head Trainee is installed. At the end of the Ango we hold a Closing Ceremony (Shuso Hossen) in which the Head Trainee gives their first official public teaching, then challenges their fellow students to debate in issues raised in the teaching.

History

Gautama Shakyamuni Buddha ordered his monks 
and nuns to travel and not remain in
 any single place more than three
 days, But the monsoon season proved dangerous. Lives were lost and crops damaged by the tread of the Shakyamuni’s growing numbers of peripatetic mendicants.
Shakyamuni then decided to allow his disciples to band together in
 dwellings and practice intensely during the three month monsoon period
 each year. In the Zen tradition, Ango has come to mean a 90-day 
period of intensified Zen practice.

NEWS!

Next event: Zen Focusing Online Seminar beginning February 23. Series of 7 sessions!

The Desert Bone Zendo in Cornville will be open for Meditation practice beginning on March 14th, 2019! SAVE YOUR WEEKLY MEDITATION TIME!

Summer Sesshin in Minnesota June 5-9, 2019 - We will keep you updated!

Rohatsu 2019 at Desert Bone Zendo & Sanctuary: Dec 3-Dec 8, 2019. Save the Date!

Upcoming Events

  • Zen Focusing Online Seminar-Series of 7 Classes
    • February 23, 2019 - April 6, 2019
      8:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • Zen Focusing Online Seminar for our German-speaking Sangha
    • March 13, 2019 - April 17, 2019
      11:30 am - 1:30 pm
  • Desert Bone Zendo Schedule
    • Desert Bone Zendo Meditation practice
      March 14, 2019
      6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  • JUNE Nature Sesshin in Winona MN!
    • June 5, 2019 - June 9, 2019
      5:00 pm

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