Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji

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Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji, or International Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji, is a Rinzai monastery and retreat center located in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. Maintained by the Zen Studies Society, Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji is led by Shinge-Shitsu Roko Sherry Chayat. Located on 1,400 acres (5.7 km²) near Beecher Lake^[1] in a deciduous forest region^[2], Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji was established on July 4, 1976.[1] The site offers daily services which include zazen, chanting and samu (work). Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji also offers traditional ango — "a three-month period of intensive spiritual training in a Zen monastery during the rainy season in summer"^[3] — in addition to weeklong sesshins and weekend retreats throughout the year.^[1] The monastery site is located atop a 2-mile (3.2 km) drive that passes through "Sangha Meadow", a cemetery for housing the cremated remains of deceased sangha members (including a portion of the ashes of Soen Nakagawa).^[2]

See also

• Eido Tai Shimano (co-founder of DBZ and abbott for over three decades)
• Buddhism in the United States
• Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States
• Sesshin
• Tenzo
• For an explanation of terms concerning Japanese Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist art, and Japanese Buddhist temple architecture, see the Glossary of Japanese Buddhism.

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References

• Fischer-Schreiber, Ingrid; Schuhmacher, Stephan; Woerner, Gert (1994). The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion: Buddhism, Taoism, Zen, Hinduism. Shambhala Publications. ISBN 0877739803. http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=0877739803. 
• Keenan, Terrance (2000). St. Nadie in Winter: Zen Encounters with Loneliness. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 158290071X. http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=158290071X&=Search&qt=owc_search. 
• Wilson, Jeff (2000). The Buddhist Guide to New York. Macmillan. ISBN 0312267150. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44089480&referer=one_hit.