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An {{Nihongo|ango|安居|}}, or {{nihongo|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.Ford, 217 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.Hakeda, et al.; 165 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.Fischer-Schreiber, et al.; 13 Additionally, some monasteries and Zen centers hold just one ango per year.Prebish, 101Maezumi, 173

Concerning Zen practice in the United States, author Ellen Birx writes,

{{quote|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."Birx, 103-104 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."Leighton, 207}}

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  • {{cite book| last =Birx| first =Ellen| title =Waking Up Together: Intimate Partnership on the Spiritual Path| publisher =Wisdom Publications| date =2005| url =http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=0861713958&=Search&qt=owc_search| isbn = 0-86171-395-8}}
  • {{cite book| last =Fischer-Schreiber| first =Ingrid| author2 =Schuhmacher, Stephan| author3 =Woerner, Gert| title =The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion: Buddhism, Taoism, Zen, Hinduism| publisher =Shambhala Publications| date =1994| url =https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780877739807| isbn =0-87773-980-3}}
  • {{cite book| last =Ford| first =James Ishmael| author-link =James Ishmael Ford| title =Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen| publisher =Wisdom Publications| date =2006| url =https://archive.org/details/zenmasterwhoguid00jame| isbn =0-86171-509-8}}
  • {{cite book| last =Hakeda| first =Yoshito S.| author2 =Bankei| author2-link =Bankei| author3 =Haskel, Peter| title =Bankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei| publisher =Grove Press| date =1994| url =https://archive.org/details/bankeizentransla00yosh| isbn =0-8021-3184-0}}
  • {{cite book| last =Leighton| first =Taigen Dan| author-link =Taigen Dan Leighton| author2 =Okumura, Shohaku| author2-link =Shohaku Okumura|author3=Dogen|author3-link=Dogen| title = Dogen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community a Translation of the Eihei Shingi| publisher =State University of New York Press| date =1996| isbn = 0-585-04623-9| oclc =42854986}}
  • {{cite book| last =Maezumi| first =Taizan| author-link =Taizan Maezumi|author2=Glassman, Bernard |author-link2=Bernard Glassman | title =On Zen Practice: Body, Breath, Mind| publisher =Wisdom Publications| date =2002| url =http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=086171315X&=Search&qt=owc_search| isbn = 0-86171-315-X}}
  • {{cite book| last =Prebish| first =Charles S| title =Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America| publisher =University of California Press| date =1999| url =https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780520216976| isbn =0-520-21697-0| url-access =registration}}

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