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Jun 16, 2013 Travel to Zurich
Jun 18, 2013 Evening Talk in Zurich
Jun 19-23, 2013 Workshop at Felsentor, Rigi
Jun 24, 2013 Travel Home
Jul 11, 2013 Travel to Greyston, Yonkers, NY
Jul 11-12, 2013, Friends of Bernie, Journey to the Field, Greyston, Yonkers, NY
Jul 12 2013 Travel Home
Jul 25, 2013 Travel to Sweetwater Zen Center, SD
Jul 26: Talk, Jul 27: 1-Day Workshop, Making Peace: The World As One Body,
Sweetwater Zen Center, SD, CA
With talks that are equal parts touching and humorous, Bernie Glassman’s workshops will inspire you to live a life that matters by bearing witness to the wholeness of human experience. Bernie communicates decades of experience in down-to-earth language that connects with people of all backgrounds. As he teaches us to “make the best meal using the ingredients available,” he often includes the ingredients of each workshop: the participants. Starting with the questions of each particular crowd, he crafts a presentation unique to each group. Bernie will ruffle your feathers and send you off ready to take action to create a more compassionate world.
Bernie’s shares insights from:
Studying and teaching Zen for over 50 years, Leading Bearing Witness Retreats on the streets and Auschwitz, Initiating social enterprises and non-profits, Clowning in refuge camps, Peace work in the Middle East
Jul 28, 2013 Travel to Maui
Jul 28, 2013-Aug 6 Vacation in Maui
Aug 6, 2013 Travel to Zen Center of LA
Aug 8: Talk, Aug 10: 1-Day Workshop, Making Peace: The World As One Body,
Zen Center of LA, LA, CA
With talks that are equal parts touching and humorous, Bernie Glassman’s workshops will inspire you to live a life that matters by bearing witness to the wholeness of human experience. Bernie communicates decades of experience in down-to-earth language that connects with people of all backgrounds. As he teaches us to “make the best meal using the ingredients available,” he often includes the ingredients of each workshop: the participants. Starting with the questions of each particular crowd, he crafts a presentation unique to each group. Bernie will ruffle your feathers and send you off ready to take action to create a more compassionate world.
Bernie’s shares insights from:
Studying and teaching Zen for over 50 years, Leading Bearing Witness Retreats on the streets and Auschwitz, Initiating social enterprises and non-profits, Clowning in refuge camps, Peace work in the Middle East
Aug 11, 2013 Travel Home
Aug 13, 2013 Travel to Greyston, Yonkers, NY
Aug 13-14, 2013, Friends of Bernie, Journey to the Field, Greyston, Yonkers, NY
Aug 14, 2013 Travel Home
Aug 16-18, 2013, Making Peace: The World As One Body, Upaya Zen Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
With talks that are equal parts touching and humorous, Bernie Glassman’s workshops will inspire you to live a life that matters by bearing witness to the wholeness of human experience. Bernie communicates decades of experience in down-to-earth language that connects with people of all backgrounds. As he teaches us to “make the best meal using the ingredients available,” he often includes the ingredients of each workshop: the participants. Starting with the questions of each particular crowd, he crafts a presentation unique to each group. Bernie will ruffle your feathers and send you off ready to take action to create a more compassionate world.
Bernie’s shares insights from:
Studying and teaching Zen for over 50 years, Leading Bearing Witness Retreats on the streets and Auschwitz, Initiating social enterprises and non-profits, Clowning in refuge camps, Peace work in the Middle East
Aug 19, 2013 Travel Home
Sep 5 Travel to Maitreya Abbey, Berthoud, CO
Sep 6: Talk, Sep 7: 1-Day Workshop, Making Peace: The World As One Body,
Talk in Boulder, CO, Workshop in Maitreya Abbey, Berthoud, CO
With talks that are equal parts touching and humorous, Bernie Glassman’s workshops will inspire you to live a life that matters by bearing witness to the wholeness of human experience. Bernie communicates decades of experience in down-to-earth language that connects with people of all backgrounds. As he teaches us to “make the best meal using the ingredients available,” he often includes the ingredients of each workshop: the participants. Starting with the questions of each particular crowd, he crafts a presentation unique to each group. Bernie will ruffle your feathers and send you off ready to take action to create a more compassionate world.
Bernie’s shares insights from:
Studying and teaching Zen for over 50 years, Leading Bearing Witness Retreats on the streets and Auschwitz, Initiating social enterprises and non-profits, Clowning in refuge camps, Peace work in the Middle East
Sep 9, 2013 Travel Home
Sep 19, 2013 Travel to Greyston, Yonkers, NY
Sep 20, 2013, Friends of Bernie, Journey to the Field, Greyston, Yonkers, NY
Sep 21: 1-Day Workshop, Making Peace: The World As One Body,
Zen Center of Staten Island, Staten Island NY
With talks that are equal parts touching and humorous, Bernie Glassman’s workshops will inspire you to live a life that matters by bearing witness to the wholeness of human experience. Bernie communicates decades of experience in down-to-earth language that connects with people of all backgrounds. As he teaches us to “make the best meal using the ingredients available,” he often includes the ingredients of each workshop: the participants. Starting with the questions of each particular crowd, he crafts a presentation unique to each group. Bernie will ruffle your feathers and send you off ready to take action to create a more compassionate world.
Bernie’s shares insights from:
Studying and teaching Zen for over 50 years, Leading Bearing Witness Retreats on the streets and Auschwitz, Initiating social enterprises and non-profits, Clowning in refuge camps, Peace work in the Middle East
Sep 22, 2013 Talk at Wagner College
Sep 22, 2013 Travel Home
Oct 14, 2013 Travel to Greyston, Yonkers, NY
Oct 14-15, 2013, Friends of Bernie, Journey to the Field, Greyston, Yonkers, NY
Oct 15, 2013 Travel Home
Oct 31-Nov 1, 2013 Travel to Krakow, Poland
Oct 31-Nov 1, 2013 Travel to Krakow, Poland
Nov 2-3, 2013, Council Training
Nov 4-8, 2013, Auschwitz Bearing Witness Retreat, Auschwitz/Birkenau, Oświęcim, Poland
Most of each day is spent sitting by the train tracks at Birkenau, both in silence and in chanting the names of the dead. There is time to walk through the vast camps, do vigils inside womens and childrens barracks, and memorial services. Prayer Services from various religious traditions are offered daily. Participants meet daily in small Council groups designed to create a safe place for people to share their inner experiences. The whole group meets in the evenings to bear witness to oneness in diversity. Although Auschwitz, the Place, is the main Teacher for this retreat, experienced Spirit Holders meet each day to reflect on the retreat flow, schedule, events and make appropriate modifications if necessary. The Spirit Holders for this retreat will include: Ohad Ezrahi, from Israel, Bernie Glassman, from USA, (co-founder of Auschwitz/Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreats), Andrzej Krajewski, from Poland, Eve Marko, from USA, (co-founder of Auschwitz/Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreats), Fleet Maull, from USA, Ginni Stern, from USA, and Barbara Wegmüller, from Switzerland……read more and/or register
Nov 10, 2013 Travel Home
Nov 18, 2013 Travel to Greyston, Yonkers, NY
Nov 18-19, 2013, Friends of Bernie, Journey to the Field, Greyston, Yonkers, NY
Nov 19, 2013 Travel Home
Dec 2, 2013 Travel to Greyston, Yonkers, NY
Dec 2-3, 2013, Friends of Bernie, Journey to the Field, Greyston, Yonkers, NY
Dec 3, 2013 Travel Home
2014
Jan 16, 2014 Travel to SF
Jan 17-18, Attend LZTA Meeting
Jan 18, Travel to Mexico
Jan 18-25, At Rancho la Puerta, Mexico
Jan 25, Travel Home
Feb 16, 2014 Travel to Paradise Island, Nassau
Feb 16-19, 2014, Teach in Paradise
Feb 20-21 , 2014 Vacation in Paradise
Feb 22, 2014 Travel Home
April 11 – 12, 2014 Fly to Rwanda
April 14 – 19, 2014 Bearing Witness Retreat in Rwanda
April 6, 1994 marked the beginning of the genocide in Rwanda, in which Rwandan Hutus killed over 1 million Rwandan Tutsis over a period of 100 days, at an average rate of over 10,000 people a day.
Twenty years later, in April 2014, Zen Masters Bernie Glassman and Grover Genro Gauntt will go to Rwanda to bear witness to that genocide. You are invited to join them for this Bearing Witness Retreat, sponsored by the Rwandan organization, Memos: Learning From History, the Hudson River Peacemaker Center and the Zen Peacemakers.
April 21 – 22, 2014 Fly Home
Jun 6 Travel to Greyston, Yonkers, NY
Jun 6-7, 2014, Friends of Bernie, Journey to the Field, Greyston, Yonkers, NY
Jun 6: Talk, Jun 7: 1-Day Workshop, Making Peace: The World As One Body,
Village Zendo, NY, NY
With talks that are equal parts touching and humorous, Bernie Glassman’s workshops will inspire you to live a life that matters by bearing witness to the wholeness of human experience. Bernie communicates decades of experience in down-to-earth language that connects with people of all backgrounds. As he teaches us to “make the best meal using the ingredients available,” he often includes the ingredients of each workshop: the participants. Starting with the questions of each particular crowd, he crafts a presentation unique to each group. Bernie will ruffle your feathers and send you off ready to take action to create a more compassionate world.
Bernie’s shares insights from:
Studying and teaching Zen for over 50 years, Leading Bearing Witness Retreats on the streets and Auschwitz, Initiating social enterprises and non-profits, Clowning in refuge camps, Peace work in the Middle East
Jun 8, 2014 Travel Home
Jul 10, 2013 Travel to Sweetwater Zen Center, SD
Jul 11: Talk, Jul 12: 1-Day Workshop, Making Peace: The World As One Body,
Sweetwater Zen Center, SD, CA
With talks that are equal parts touching and humorous, Bernie Glassman’s workshops will inspire you to live a life that matters by bearing witness to the wholeness of human experience. Bernie communicates decades of experience in down-to-earth language that connects with people of all backgrounds. As he teaches us to “make the best meal using the ingredients available,” he often includes the ingredients of each workshop: the participants. Starting with the questions of each particular crowd, he crafts a presentation unique to each group. Bernie will ruffle your feathers and send you off ready to take action to create a more compassionate world.
Bernie’s shares insights from:
Studying and teaching Zen for over 50 years, Leading Bearing Witness Retreats on the streets and Auschwitz, Initiating social enterprises and non-profits, Clowning in refuge camps, Peace work in the Middle East
Jul 13, 2014 Travel Home
Jul 19, 2014 Travel to Zurich
Jul 21, 2014 Morning Talk in Lasalle House
Jul 22, 2014 Evening Talk in Zurich
Jul 23-27, 2014 Workshop at Felsentor, Rigi
Jul 28, 2014 Travel Home
Oct 15, 2014 Travel to Denver Oct 16-19, Teach at Naropa Oct 20, 2014 Travel Home
Oct 30-31, 2014 Travel to Krakow, Poland
Nov 1-2, 2014, Council Training
Nov 3-7, 2014, Auschwitz Bearing Witness Retreat, Auschwitz/Birkenau, Oświęcim, Poland
Most of each day is spent sitting by the train tracks at Birkenau, both in silence and in chanting the names of the dead. There is time to walk through the vast camps, do vigils inside womens and childrens barracks, and memorial services. Prayer Services from various religious traditions are offered daily. Participants meet daily in small Council groups designed to create a safe place for people to share their inner experiences. The whole group meets in the evenings to bear witness to oneness in diversity. Although Auschwitz, the Place, is the main Teacher for this retreat, experienced Spirit Holders meet each day to reflect on the retreat flow, schedule, events and make appropriate modifications if necessary. The Spirit Holders for this retreat will include: Ohad Ezrahi, from Israel, Bernie Glassman, from USA, (co-founder of Auschwitz/Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreats), Andrzej Krajewski, from Poland, Eve Marko, from USA, (co-founder of Auschwitz/Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreats), Fleet Maull, from USA, Ginni Stern, from USA, and Barbara Wegmüller, from Switzerland……read more
Nov 10, 2014 Travel Home
Nov 18, 2014 Travel to Greyston, Yonkers, NY
Nov 18-19, 2014, Friends of Bernie, Journey to the Field, Greyston, Yonkers, NY
Nov 19, 2014 Travel Home
2015
Mar 12, 2015 Travel to Paradise Island, Nassau
Mar 12-15, 2015, Teach and ZPS Gathering in Paradise
Mar 16-17 , 2015 Vacation in Paradise
Mar 18, 2015 Travel Home
Oct 30-31, 2015 Travel to Krakow, Poland
Oct 31-Nov 1, 2015, Council Training
Nov 2-6, 2015, Auschwitz Bearing Witness Retreat, Auschwitz/Birkenau, Oświęcim, Poland
Most of each day is spent sitting by the train tracks at Birkenau, both in silence and in chanting the names of the dead. There is time to walk through the vast camps, do vigils inside womens and childrens barracks, and memorial services. Prayer Services from various religious traditions are offered daily. Participants meet daily in small Council groups designed to create a safe place for people to share their inner experiences. The whole group meets in the evenings to bear witness to oneness in diversity. Although Auschwitz, the Place, is the main Teacher for this retreat, experienced Spirit Holders meet each day to reflect on the retreat flow, schedule, events and make appropriate modifications if necessary. The Spirit Holders for this retreat will include: Ohad Ezrahi, from Israel, Bernie Glassman, from USA, (co-founder of Auschwitz/Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreats), Andrzej Krajewski, from Poland, Eve Marko, from USA, (co-founder of Auschwitz/Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreats), Fleet Maull, from USA, Ginni Stern, from USA, and Barbara Wegmüller, from Switzerland……read more
Nov 8, 2015 Travel Home
Nov 18, 2015 Travel to Greyston, Yonkers, NY
Nov 18-19, 2015, Friends of Bernie, Journey to the Field, Greyston, Yonkers, NY
Nov 19, 2015 Travel Home
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Auschwitz Bearing Witness Retreat in Nov 2013
Bernie Glassman and the Zen Peace Makers are returning for the 18th year to the concentration camps of Auschwitz, in Poland.
Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat in Apr 2014
For the twentieth anniversary of the Genocide, Bernie Glassman and Grover Genro Gauntt will go to Rwanda to bear witness to that genocide. You are invited to join them for this Retreat, sponsored by the Rwandan organization, Memos: Learning From History, the Hudson River Peacemaker Center and the Zen Peacemakers.