Des Moines Zen Center

Love this place. I attend every Sunday that I can get down to the Plaza. They do an incredible job here. Worth attending any time you can make it!

My spiritual home since 2008. Beautiful sangha full of loving people on the Buddhist path. A depth of dharma teaching. Wonderful and wise Buddhist teachers, many classes both ongoing weekly, monthly, and one time. Perfect place for those who are brand new with no experience, and for those with years or decades of practice. Victor Dougherty, our Executive Director, is a wise, skilled, gifted, talented, and wonderful teacher and friend.

Victor is an amazing Dharma teacher offering a heart centered place to experience transformation in the most compassionate way. I'm so very grateful for all he does for the Buddhist Center but more so for all that he is in this world for so many searching souls.

Where else can you go for a meditation service so peaceful that the only sound you hear is the sound of your own breath? Vic Dougherty does a masterful job of shepherding this service at 900a & 1030a on Sunday mornings.

Had my first experience of this type and it was great. The people are super nice, helpful, and very welcoming to all. I would recommend this to anyone wanting to just experience something new and different.