The Three Tenets Core Trainings with Sensei Jim Daikan Bastien

Bernie Glassman articulated the Three Tenets of the Zen Peacemakers early in the evolution of the organization: I will embody Not Knowing, thereby giving up fixed ideas. I will Bear Witness, opening my heart to the joy and suffering of life. I will take Loving Action arising out of not-knowing and bearing witness. We can […]
The Three Tenets Core Trainings with Sensei Jim Daikan Bastien

Bernie Glassman articulated the Three Tenets of the Zen Peacemakers early in the evolution of the organization. But these three, simple, profound, vows or commitments can also be taken as a complete practice for our life: I will embody Not Knowing, thereby giving up fixed ideas. I will Bear Witness, opening my heart to the […]
Core Training: The Three Tenets with Sensei Jim Daikan Bastien

Bernie Glassman articulated the Three Tenets of the Zen Peacemakers early in the organization’s evolution. But these three, simple, profound, vows or commitments can also be taken as a complete practice for our life: Not-Knowing, Bearing Witness, and Taking Action
Everything Changes; Everything is Connected; Pay Attention

A Conversation with Jane Hirshfield Jane Hirshfield and Geoff Shōun O’Keeffe will be talking about the Three Tenets, the way poems carry the values of right speech in their marrow, right action in the realms of both biosphere and social compact, and compassionate attention as the ground of change.
The Three Tenets Core Trainings with Sensei Grant Fuku Couch

March 11, 2024
Taking Action with Eon Zen

Serving Dinner at the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless Serving and engaging in community is fundamental to Zen practice. The Third Tenet of the Zen Peacemakers is taking action. The action that arises from this practice is a caring action that serves everyone and everything, including yourself, in the whole situation. Through the practice of […]
Opening to Oneness With the Zen Precepts

Oneness with others as well as with ethical precepts frees us from shoulds and should-nots. This enables us to become true peacemakers and not just “fixers” of discord. The Zen Peacemakers Three Tenets can help take us there. NANCY MUJO BAKER is the founding teacher of the No Traces Sangha in the lineage of Maezumi Roshi’s White Plum […]
The Village Zendo People of Color Group

Willie J. Smith from from ZPI Affiliate Village Zendo in New York shares about the People of Color Group at their center.
A Worldwide Plunge into Not Knowing! A statement by Barbara Salaam Wegmüller, Roshi

ZPI Board Member, Barbara Salaam Angyo Wegmüller, Roshi shares a statement she made to the Zen Peacemakers special meeting with the ZPI Board of Directors and staff, March 26, 2020.
The Practice of Not-Knowing: Relief, Intimacy, and Ground for Effective Action by Domyo

“…Not-knowing isn’t a cop-out; it’s a tool or medicine we apply when we’re getting attached to our own opinions, caught in judgment or hatred, stressed, or overwhelmed. As long as we don’t simply attach to not-knowing instead of knowing, the practice can actually help us be more responsible, responsive, compassionate, and effective.”