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Special Note: Starting June 24, the group will relocate to Stella's house for several weeks.

All activities will take place at:

2805 Millers Way Drive
Ellicott City, MD 21043

Directions here:



Practice Schedule      (To view the schedule in calendar format, click here).

Feel free to join us for as much or as little of the practice schedule as you would like. Please arrive on time for all periods of zazen so that you are settled into your seat before the sitting period begins. Please do not enter or exit the sitting room during a period of zazen.

We welcome newcomers, but we are not set up to accommodate drop-in first time visitors. To schedule your first visit, please call Jeff at 410.419.4659.

Every Thursday evening (exceptions noted below):

7:25 be in your seat
7:30 zazen (sitting meditation)
8:00 kinhin (walking meditation)
8:10 zazen
8:40 tea

No sitting on Jul 22, Jul 29

Monthly Sunday sitting and Dharma Talk (Jun 27, Aug 29, Sept 26, Oct 31, Nov 28, Dec 19):

Please note: there will be no Sunday program in July

 9:55 be in your seat
10:00 zazen
10:25 kinhin
10:35 zazen
11:00 kinhin
11:10 recorded Dharma Talk by Steve Hagen
12:00 tea

For a few words on Steve Hagen's Dharma talks and a link to an excerpt from a talk, click here.



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