Welcome. Come sit with us on Wednesdays at 7PM and experience silence in community.

We also offer Zoom Zazen M-F mornings and a seasonal Park Zendo in Greenbelt, MD as weather permits, day-long Zazenkai meditations most months, and 4-day Sesshin retreats in January, May, and September.

Orientation to our Zen forms and instruction in posture, breath and walking meditation, is offered in-person at the Silver Spring Zendo. Please feel free to write information@oneheartsangha.org if you would like a brief orientation before your first visit. You can also read about our Zen practice. Wear comfortable clothing. Come as you are. You may sit on a cushion or a chair. Feel free to bring your own cushion or bench if you wish.

In Zen, everyone is a beginner in each moment.

February 10, 2024 is or monthly DAY OF ZAZEN—”ZAZENKAI”

Contact and RSVP: information@oneheartsangha.org

Daily and Weekly Events

In Person: Wednesday Evenings at Silver Spring Zendo 7:00-8:30 p.m.

Arrive at 6:45 pm, be seated by 6:55. At 7:00 the opening bell rings for first sitting period. We sit three periods of 25-minutes of zazen with kinhin between. Chant practice is during the third sit. While we encourage you to sit zazen for all three periods, you may attend as many sitting periods as your schedule or comfort permits.

If you arrive late or leave early, please enter and/or leave the zendo during one of the kinhin (walking meditation) breaks. Feel free to sit with us in the lounge area just outside of the zendo.

Park Zendo: (on hiatus for the Winter Season) Wednesdays Greenbelt at the Park, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Meet outside at Buddy Attick Park, in historic Greenbelt, Maryland right off the Beltway exit. Bring a cushion or chair. Zazen, chants, kinhin. Get on the “Greenbelt at the Park” email list for updates. For information contact Valerie here.

Cloud Zendo: Monday thru Friday Mornings, Open Sitting, 6:30-8:00 a.m.

Open sitting zazen led by students. This is an opportunity to practice zazen with a sangha before heading off to work. You may come sit with us anytime during the sitting period. Please enter and depart the virtual zendo in silence. Request the link here.

Haiku Study on Sunday afternoons 4:30-5:30 p.m.

For more information, or to join Haiku study email list, contact Sensei Bob at RobertErtman@msn.com.

Special Events

Zazenkai - Day of Zazen

Monthly Saturday day of Zazen. Please visit our Zazenkai page for more details.

Sesshin - Residential Retreats

We hold quarterly Zen residential Sesshin, for an immersive period of silence and living in community.

They are generally held over weekends in January, May, and September. Please visit our Sesshin page for more details.