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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 near Beecher Lake〔Wilson, 146–147〕 in a deciduous forest region,〔Keenan, xiii–xiv; 192〕 Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji was established on July 4, 1976.() 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"〔Fischer-Schreiber, et al.; 13〕 — in addition to weeklong sesshins and weekend retreats throughout the year.〔 The monastery site is located atop a 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).〔 ==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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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