Welcome!

One Heart Sangha is a community of individuals who come together for Zen practice in the downtown Silver Spring, Maryland area.

We invite you to our weekly Wednesday evening Zen practice at our zendo near Downtown Silver Spring. We also offer monthly ”Days of Zazen“ (zazenkai), retreats, practice intensives, and a range of other programs and events.

We welcome all who wish to practice Zen meditation. As a meditation community or sangha, we are friends on the path. People of different faiths (or of no faith) find Zen practice helps to deepen their own traditions, build connections, and to practice more contemplative ways of living.

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Sangha News

Zen Brush Art Workshop Nov 8

Don’t miss our Zen brush art workshop on Sunday November 8. The workshop will be in the main hall at Washington Ethical Society. Sensei Bob JinGen Ertman, who has studied brush art and calligraphy extensively with Japanese masters, will be…

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Winter Sesshin Registration is Open

General registration for our three night residential Zen retreat January 7-10 at the beautiful Wellspring Conference Center is open. Visit our Sesshin event page for more details and to register. January zazenkai will also be at Wellspring. Visit the January…

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