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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.^[3] 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"^[4] — in addition to weeklong sesshins and weekend retreats throughout the year.^[1] Those students who wish to ordain with Shinge-Shitsu Roko Sherry Chayat must live at the monastery for 1,000 days, after which they have the option of staying or going back out into the secular world. 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]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Wilson, 146–147
^ ^a ^b Keenan, xiii–xiv; 192
^ http://www.daibosatsu.org/dbzindex.html
^ Fischer-Schreiber, et al.; 13

References

Fischer-Schreiber, Ingrid; Schuhmacher, Stephan; Woerner, Gert (1994). The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion: Buddhism, Taoism, Zen, Hinduism. Shambhala Publications. ISBN 0-87773-980-3.
Keenan, Terrance (2000). St. Nadie in Winter: Zen Encounters with Loneliness. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 1-58290-071-X.
Wilson, Jeff (2000). The Buddhist Guide to New York. Macmillan. ISBN 0-312-26715-0.

[wilson-1] Wilson, 146–147

[keenan-2] Keenan, xiii–xiv; 192

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[4] Fischer-Schreiber, et al.; 13

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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 {{convert|1400|acre|km2}} near Beecher Lake<ref name="wilson">Wilson, 146–147</ref> in a [[deciduous forest]] region,<ref name="keenan">Keenan, xiii–xiv; 192</ref> Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji was established on July 4, 1976.<ref>http://www.daibosatsu.org/dbzindex.html</ref> 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"<ref>Fischer-Schreiber, et al.; 13</ref> — in addition to weeklong [[sesshin]]s and weekend retreats throughout the year.<ref name="wilson"/> The monastery site is located atop a {{convert|2|mi|km|sing=on}} drive that passes through "Sangha Meadow", a [[cemetery]] for housing the [[cremation|cremated]] remains of deceased [[sangha]] members (including a portion of the ashes of [[Soen Nakagawa]]).<ref name="keenan"/>
+'''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 {{convert|1400|acre|km2}} near Beecher Lake<ref name="wilson">Wilson, 146–147</ref> in a [[deciduous forest]] region,<ref name="keenan">Keenan, xiii–xiv; 192</ref> Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji was established on July 4, 1976.<ref>http://www.daibosatsu.org/dbzindex.html</ref> 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"<ref>Fischer-Schreiber, et al.; 13</ref> — in addition to weeklong [[sesshin]]s and weekend retreats throughout the year.<ref name="wilson"/> Those students who wish to ordain with Shinge-Shitsu Roko [[Sherry Chayat]] must live at the monastery for 1,000 days, after which they have the option of staying or going back out into the secular world. The monastery site is located atop a {{convert|2|mi|km|sing=on}} drive that passes through "Sangha Meadow", a [[cemetery]] for housing the [[cremation|cremated]] remains of deceased [[sangha]] members (including a portion of the ashes of [[Soen Nakagawa]]).<ref name="keenan"/>
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