Welcome to Ashland Zen Center. 

We practice Soto Zen Buddhism in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. Our founding teachers Jintei Harold Little Roshi and Etsudo Patty Krahl Roshi brought this practice to the Rogue Valley in 1992.

Discover Zen Buddhism by directly experiencing zazen for yourself. Just show up and see what happens. Everyone is welcome. We sit zazen weekday mornings, Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings. 

Zen Buddhism is grounded in the daily practice of zazen and in the activities of everyday life. Maintaining a garden, working, cooking, raising children — these are rich fields for Zen practice. Nothing is excluded. 

Full Weekly Schedule

Our community is led by Kigetsu Ramana Waymire and Tendo Stacy Waymire. Our daily practice, sesshins, retreats and dharma are open to everyone living in the Rogue Valley and beyond. Ashland Zen Center is a place of spiritual discovery and refuge for real people living in the real world. 

We are located at 740 Tolman Creek Road in Ashland, Oregon.

Please do not come if you are sick.  May all beings live in safety and be free from suffering.

Zazen instruction

A beginner's welcome and introduction to Zen Practice is offered at Ashland Zen Center on Wednesday nights throughout the year.  Please let us know you are coming by registering.

Schedule

6:15 pm zazen instruction after which you join the Wednesday evening program

7:10 pm zazen

7:40 pm service

7:50 pm dharma talk followed by tea and treat

Anyone can meditate. Whether or not you are flexible, have the ability to sit cross-legged, or can get up and down off the floor on your knees does not limit you. If you wish to sit zazen, do it.

Register for zazen instruction

Ashland Zen Center

740 Tolman Creek Road

Ashland OR 97520

info@ashlandzencenter.org

Message phone: (541) 552-1175