One Heart Sangha

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  • Fall Events

    Fall Events

    We are having a busy fall at One Heart Sangha.

    On October 3, we will be bearing witness to the WWII Holocaust by visiting the National Holocaust Memorial Museum in downtown Washington DC. Bearing witness is an important step in the Zen Peacemakers Three Tenets of Engaged Buddhism. By not knowing, setting aside our fixed notions and ideas about the Holocaust, we can bear witness to what arises in our hearts and minds as we tour the museum. The event is free, but you must register in advance. Visit the event page to learn more.

    On October 10, we will be holding a Jukai ceremony after a shortened morning Zazenkai. We are delighted to have our biggest Jukai class yet this year. Our students who are taking vows have been studying, sewing rakusus, and working on their lineage charts all year. Please join us for the morning Zazenkai, Jukai ceremony, or both. Register here.

    Finally, on Sunday, November 10 Sensei Bob will be offering a Zen Brush Art workshop. Brush art is a Japanese art form typically featuring natural subjects, Japanese characters, or traditional shapes like the circular enso. Zen brush art emphasizes spontaneity and minimalism, contrasting black ink and white paper. Learn more and sign up on the event page.

  • Upcoming Local Sesshins

    Upcoming Local Sesshins

    Two Zen sesshins are coming up this fall and winter at the beautiful Wellspring Conference Center in Gaithersburg. Sesshin is an opportunity

    Joyful Mind Zen Community will be holding their fall sesshin on October 29 to November 1. Bruce Shiho Lindsay, Sensei from One Heart Sangha is co-organizing and teaching. The sesshin is 3 nights, with an option to attend 2 nights. There are a limited number of private rooms onsite, opportunities to commute daily, and an option to attend remotely on Saturday. General registration is currently open through JMZC. Lean More here.

    One Heart Sangha will be holding our winter sesshin on January 7-10, 2027. The sesshin is 3 nights, starting Thursday evening and ending the middle of the day Sunday. We have a few spaces for sitters to join us on Saturday at Wellspring for a zazenkai. We will have a preregistration for regular sitters at One Heart Sangha starting October 15. General registration will open November 1 and links will be posted to the event pages.

  • Joyful Mind Zen Movie Night Sept 4

    Joyful Mind Zen Movie Night Sept 4

    Please join our sister sangha, Joyful Mind Zen Community, for a movie night, snacks and discussion on Friday, September 4th. we will be screening The Diving Bell and the Butterfly from 6:30 PM-8:30 PM with pizza and snacks starting at 6:00 PM. Please bring any snack you wish to share. Enter the back door of Rockville United Church 355 Linthicum Street, Rockville (free parking)  and we will be watching the movie in the Zendo.

    For more information, contact Information@joyfulmindzendo.org.

  • Summer Mini Ango

    Summer Mini Ango

    It’s that time again! Sensei Bruce will be leading a Mini Ango from June 23 to July 21. During the Ango period, there will be weekly online Way of Council meetings for participants to share their experiences and receive encouragement.

    Ango periods provide a supportive structure to commit to an additional level of practice for a set period of time. The primary purpose is to deepen your practice, renew your commitment to the Dharma, and if you like, make a commitment to other aspects that can help make positive changes in your life.

    Learn more and sign up

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  • Thank You!

    Thank You!

    From Rebecca Museidō Hawes

    To my Sangha I bow in gratitude for your support and love as I pass through another gateless Dharma Entrance Gate. As a new Unsui (novice priest) in the White Plum Asanga, I bow to my ordaining teacher Rev. Roshi Ed Sangetsu, Oshō. As a Sensei, I continue to bow to my transmitting teacher, Bob Jingen, Sensei. To my family, my dharma siblings, my friends, the stream of ancestors and the numberless creations – I bow.

    While the ceremony Shukke Tokudo traditionally means “home leaving,” I remind everyone that you are still stuck with me at One Heart Sangha. I am neither arriving nor going anywhere.

    The priest name 恵門,（Emon）[é-mon], was chosen for me by Rev. Roshi Ed Sangetsu, Oshō and Rev. Sensei Jon Seichō (清調) McCollum, Oshō. In the ceremony Sangetsu Roshi explained that the name is meant, “…to honor the thread of listening and service that has woven through her life from its earliest moments. It means, “the gate through which grace enters the world.” Even as a two-year-old dreaming of becoming a “flying nun,” she carried an impulse to be helpful to others—a drive that later expressed itself in social work, research, and countless acts of care. Zen practice allowed her to recognize that the Bodhisattva vows were not distant ideals but the very path she had been living all along, guided by Avalokitesvara’s example of responding to the cries of the world. Over time, Museidō came to understand that she could never have enough “heads or arms” to hear and save all beings, yet that realization did not lessen her practice; rather, it revealed that hearing and doing are not personal achievements, but boundless gifts arising in each moment. 恵 (grace) reflects this sense of receiving and giving without self-aggrandizement, while 門 (gate) honors her openness, deep attentiveness, the quality that has shaped her life, her Zen practice, and her aspiration to serve as an unsui and, ultimately, as an interfaith chaplain.”

  • Joyful Mind Zen Potluck & Movie Night June 14

    Joyful Mind Zen Potluck & Movie Night June 14

    Joyful Mind Zendo, our sister sangha, is hosting their annual potluck and movie screening. They are graciously inviting sister sanghas in the area to join them.

    To learn more and register visit their website.

    The event is on June 14 Sunday, June 14th – 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM at Rockville United Church at 355 Linthicum Street, Rockville, MD 

    Omnivore, vegan, and vegetarian dishes are all welcome. All items should be labeled due to dietary restrictions like nut allergies, gluten free, vegan, etc.

    They will be screening the 2017 documentary, Walk With Me. Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, Walk With Me takes us deep inside the world-famous monastery of Zen Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh.