Peacemaker Circle Podcast
A Conversation with Writer & Translator Bill Porter

Bill Porter, known by his pen name Red Pine, has spent decades translating classical Chinese poetry, Buddhist sutras, and Taoist writings. His work has not only preserved these ancient teachings but has also made them accessible to modern readers.
The Blue Cliff Record with David Hinton

David Hinton will discuss his new book published by Shambhala, The Blue-Cliff Record: A once-in-a-generation translation of the definitive Ch’an (Zen) koan collection. September 5, 2024
Mindfulness of Mind-Heart and the Five Conditions

When we project conditioning from our past onto the present, we turn a benign moment into something else. The Five Conditions model is a “user-friendly” version of the traditional 5 Aggregates/5 Skandhas system. It’s an extremely helpful tool in clarifying the distinction between our direct experience of reality and the mental projections we add to […]
Get Out of Your Head

When we project conditioning from our past onto the present, we turn a benign moment into something else. Understanding the “five conditions” can help us get back to reality. By Sean Murphy Like many others, I’ve always found traditional Buddhist formulations of the five “aggregates” (Skt., skandhas ) difficult to put into practice in […]
White Tara of Great Peace Practice Program

Join ROSHI ILIA SHINKO PEREZ for a presentation: Visualizing her light and purifying waters we will not only soothe our hearts and purify our karma but also that of others. Mantra Recitation: 108 recitations of her mantra.
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 […]
Gate of Sweet Nectar – Upaya Zen Center

Upaya Zen Center Liturgy: Gate of Sweet Nectar Sunday, August 22 with Roshi Bernie Glassman and Roshi Joan Halifax. Officiated by Joshin Brian Byrnes.
Gate Of Sweet Nectar: A Ritual for Justice

Gate Of Sweet Nectar with Rev. Dr. Jitsujo Gauthier and Rev. Dr. Victor Gabrie (May 13, 2021) The Gate of Sweet Nectar called Kan Ro Mon (甘露門) in Japanese, and Sur (“gsur”) in Tibetan, is a ceremony to feed the Hungry Ghosts. This ritual will be based on a Japanese Shingon and a Tibetan Buddhist […]
Zen Is Nothing Other Than The Ethical Life

In some circles Zen is viewed with suspicion. What solid ethical foundation can there be to this radical take on spirituality, which pulls the rug out from under our certainties? Leaving us nothing to hold on to, is Zen a morally neutral zone – where anything goes? At the same time, throughout the liturgy we […]
Zheng Daoge (Shodoka): Song of Liberation

This translation from Japanese was prepared by Mr Robert Aitken and Eido Shimano Sensei for the Diamond Sangha Zen Buddhist Society There is the leisurely one, Walking the Tao, beyond philosophy, Not avoiding fantasy, not seeking truth. The real nature of ignorance is the Buddha-nature itself; The empty delusory body is the very body of […]