Stay together friends. Don't scatter and sleep.

Our friendship is made of being awake. -- Rumi

To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.

To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things. To be enlightened by all things

                      is to remove the barriers between one's self and others. --Dogen Zenji

Welcome to Silver Spring Zendo/ One Heart Sangha.

The One Heart Sangha is a multifaith community of Zen students who sit together on a regular basis to support one another in staying awake, moment-by-moment, in all of life. Our being awake together becomes both the expression of our oneness with all and our shared compassionate action. Our lineage is that of the White Plum Asanga which was established by Taizan Maezumi Roshi and draws heavily on the teachings of the Soto School of Zen, founded by Dogen Zenji in the 13th century.

Silver Spring Zendo/One Heart Sangha is a non-profit organization. Council officers are: Martine Palmiter, President; Susan Efird, Vice President; David Novello, Treasurer; Chris Austin-Lane, Secretary. Webmaster: Val Finnell. 

We are affiliated with the Zen Peacemakers Sangha, founded by Roshi Bernie Glassman. Its members are individuals, groups and organizations dedicated to realizing and actualizing the interconnectedness of life.

TEACHER: Rose Mary Myoan Dougherty, SSND, Sensei; Dharma successor of Janet Jinne Richardson, csjp, of the White Plum Asanga, co-founder of the Zen Community of Baltimore/Clare Sangha, with Sensei Rosalie Jishin McQuaide, csjp. Rose Mary studied first with Charlotte Joko Beck, and later with Roshi Janet Jinne Richardson who called her forth as dharma holder in 2004.

Upcoming:

May 10 - all-day sit and Council meeting

September 11-14 - sesshin at Holy Trinity Spiritual Center, Pikesville, Md.

January 2-4, 2009 - New Year's sesshin at Holy Trinity Spiritual Center, Pikesville, Md.