Working from Vow: Discovering Your Bodhisattva Potential as a Professional

Is your professional work in line with your deepest spiritual aspirations? Are you wondering what work would create this alignment? This is a challenging koan for every one of us, intimately related to our personal karma, and complicated by our modern cultural-economic system that aggressively attempts to compartmentalize our spiritual, emotional and professional spheres.
Jishu Memorial

25th Anniversary of ZPI Co-Founder Roshi Jishu Holmes’ Passing
Bernie Glassman Memorial: “Bernie the Entrepreneur”

Bernie the Entrepreneur Presented by: Chuck Lief Zoketsu Norman Fischer Roshi Francisco Paco Lugoviña Roshi Ken Byalin This is the second session of a 4-part series celebrating Bernie Glassman’s life and legacy. This panel discussion will focus on Bernie’s work supporting local communities through business creations such as Greyston Bakery.
Bernie Glassman’s Dream is Alive and Well

As the new President and CEO of Greyston, which Bernie founded in 1982, Joe Kenner’s goal is to live out Greyston’s tagline, “We don’t hire people to bake brownies. We bake brownies to hire people.” Following Bernie Glassman’s vision, Joe firmly believes that business leaders need to refocus on how people are employed and where […]
ZEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP Ascending and Descending the Mountain, Part II

Zen Peacemakers is excited to welcome you to the launch of a new series on Zen Entrepreneurship with Roshi Francisco “Paco” Lugoviña, Roshi Ken Byalin, and Sensei Chris Panos.
ZEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP Ascending and Descending the Mountain, Part I

Zen Peacemakers is excited to welcome you to the launch of a new series on Zen Entrepreneurship with Roshi Francisco “Paco” Lugoviña, Roshi Ken Byalin, and Sensei Chris Panos. Come hear three Zen entrepreneurs share their perspectives. All are successors of Roshi Bernie Glassman. Beyond that commonality, their pathways have been very different.
For Everybody: The Story of the Stone Soup Café

At Stone Soup Café we are always cooking up ways to build community and solidarity. We are serving hundreds of hot, gourmet, from-scratch meals every Saturday. It’s like the best parts of a true thanksgiving celebration every weekend – we share a bountiful meal from many local sources, with love and gratitude for all who […]
A Reflection on a Day Trip to Greyston

Alexa Klein-Mayer shares about her Greyston trip with her classmates from Harvard’s “Engaged Zen Buddhism” class taught by Jitsujo T Gauthier, during their visit to New York City.
Harvard Divinity Class Visits Zen Peacemakers & Greyston

Rami Efal, Executive Director of Zen Peacemakers, shares about the interaction exchanged between Zen Peacemakers & Harvard Divinity School school students during their recent visit to New York City.
No Need to Choose: Educator, Social Entrepreneur and Zen Teacher Roshi Ken Byalin On Following Bernie’s Footsteps

For Roshi Bernie (then still Sensei), social action and spiritual practice were not pulling in opposite directions. His example has been decisive in my life. At the time I met him, Bernie was probably the most important American Zen teacher, enormously well-trained in the Japanese Soto tradition of his teacher Taizan Maezumi Roshi.