ODZLA Beginnings

The One Drop Zendo of Los Angeles was formally opened by Shodo Harada Roshi on September 17, 1997, where for four months it remained an oasis for general meditation practice. At the beginning of 1998, the group was structured to follow the form practiced at Sogenji Monastery in Okayama, Japan and Tahoma Monastery on Whidbey Island. Since then, step by step we have added more protocol, following the template of longer existing models.