Next Generation of ZPO

Rev. Joan Jiko Halifax asks Bernie what he wants to see for the next generation of the Zen Peacemakers Order. 2018
Financial Support
01 Cost Of Membership ZPO will need to sustain itself and cover the costs of its programs. Financial support is part of the practice field of all members. Current ZPI member dues of more than $18.00 per month or $180.00 per year qualify as ZPO membership dues. Those not current ZPI members are encouraged to […]
Roshi Bernie Glassman Recognizes New Zen Masters

MONTAGUE, MASSACHUSETTS, USA. On July 25, Roshi Bernie Glassman gave Inka, recognition as Zen Master, to five of his long-time students. Senseis Ken Tetsuji Byalin, Robert Sokan Lee, Francisco Genkoji « Paco » Lugoviña, Fleet Shinryu Maull, and Roland Yakushi Wegmüller all became Roshis.
Bernie Glassman Recognizes Grant Couch as Dharma Successor

(photo by Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao) On April 30th, 2016, after a ZPO International Governance Circle meeting, Bernie Glassman, who has been recovering from a stroke since January, performed a short ceremony to mark the recognition of Grant Couch as a dharma successor in his lineage. Grant Couch, sensei, worked for over 40 years in the financial services […]
Social Enterprise at the Symposium for Western Socially Engaged Buddhism
In the first days of the Symposium for Western Socially Engaged Buddhism, we discussed how the rich tradition of Buddhism has always taught people not only to wake up to the fact that we are all one, but to actualize our interconnectedness in the way we treat each other in personal relationships, families and in society as a whole…