Welcome to Zen DownEast  ​​
​Our resident teacher is Diane Shoshin Fitzgerald, a Soto Zen priest. She is a member of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association. Our Assistant Teachers are Mary Awaremu Downing and Willy Kosan Heineman. Our schedule includes daily and weekly sittings, Dogen, sutras and precepts classes, day-long and multi-day retreats and ongoing activities in support of our EcoSattva vow to care for the earth and all beings.
What's going on​
​Please consider joining us for our Morning Sittings (Mondays through Fridays, 7:00-7:45 am) and Tuesday Evening Sittings (6:30-7:30 pm).  If you are interested in our Dogen Classes (Tuesdays, 5:30-6:20 pm), Sutras Classes (first Thursdays, 5:30-6:20 pm), EcoSattva Gatherings (first Tuesdays, 5:30-6:20 pm) or Precepts Studies (periodically during the year), please contact us for more information.  These sittings and classes take place on Zoom.
Zen DownEast is a nonprofit, tax-exempt religious organization incorporated in Maine.  We meet online and also in-person at the Morgan Bay Zendo in Surry, Maine (www.morganbayzendo.org). We are committed to creating an inclusive sangha, welcoming people of all races, ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities, classes, religions, abilities, and ages.
Student Gallery - A changing collection of sangha members' artistic compositions as they travel the Bodhisattva Path, dedicated to the compassionate and dynamic actualization of the truth that we are not separate.
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