• Buddha statue in a forest

    Welcome to ZCNS

    With intention and awareness, Zen Center North Shore offers refuge to all. The Zen Center is built on the foundation of the wisdom and compassion of the Buddha's teachings.

    Our primary practice is zazen - just sitting. We sit zazen to express our true nature, bright and awake. We offer a sanctuary to those who wish to find connection, purpose, and equanimity in the midst of our complex human lives.

  • Community Zen at the Beverly Public Library

    We are offering a dedicated time for connection with others to discover the basics of meditation practice and make contact with our own stability and sanity.

Join us at our practice place in Amesbury, MA!

Join us for daily meditation sessions as a way to ground yourself in sanity, solidarity, and stability in turbulent times.

For in-person practice at Zen Center North Shore at 21 Woodman Rd in Amesbury: Enter up the back stairs of the parking lot through the sliding glass door to the kitchen, where you can leave your shoes and other belongings. Please silence your phone or leave it in the car. The door will be open ½ hour before the time of zazen. Please plan to arrive anytime from then up til five minutes before zazen. If the door is locked when you arrive, please proceed down the stairs to the back yard to the sliding glass door of the zendo and someone will let you in.

New to Zen? Start here.

A note on neighborliness: If you’re driving to Zen Center, please keep your speed to 25 mph max along Woodman Rd.

Highlighted Events

Monthly Hikes

Join us for quiet contemplation and engagement with the natural world.

Community Zen

Meet us at the Beverly Public Library for a dedicated time for connection.

Monthly Sesshin

Join us as we gather for an evening and full day of zazen practice.

Zen Center North Shore could not exist without you.

Your donation makes possible the continued presence of the Dharma in the world.