Indra’s Net
When we realize that we are all bright pearls in Indra’s Net, we see that within each one of us the whole body of the universe is contained. Since we are all already connected in Indra’s Net, there are no limits to the possibilities of connecting with other people in our lives and our work.
NPR Interview of Bernie Glassman, 2014
Host: And now for a fuller picture of Zen Buddhism, we turn to the man known as the grandfather of socially engaged Buddhism, Bernie Glassman. He says Zen Buddhism is indeed focused on looking inward, but it’s also about helping the world around you. He’s been a practicing Zen Buddhist for nearly sixty years. […]
NPR Interview with Peter Matthiessen, 1989
TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. The publication of Peter Matthiessen’s final novel “In Paradise” is coinciding with his obituary. He died Saturday at the age of 86. We’re going to listen back to an excerpt of my interview with him. Matthiessen was a naturalist, as well as writer, and his fiction and nonfiction […]
Three Tenets Koans
Koans based on the Zen Peacemakers Three Tenets: Not Knowing, Bearing Witness and Taking Action.
Bernie Glassman Dharma Talk: Partnership Beyond Death
A dharma talk and reflection by Roshi Bernie, on his bearing witness to the loss of his wife, Sandra Jishu Holmes.
Bernie Glassman Sees No Boundaries- Interview with Shambhala Sun
YONKERS, NEW YORK, USA. In the inner city of Yonkers, New York, Roshi Bernard Glassman has a big vision, big ambition and a big vow to help all beings in need. If his audacious experiment works, he hopes (with a smile) it will replicate all over the universe.
Bernie Glassman Dharma Talk: Forgiveness
by Bernie Glassman In thinking about the possibility for forgiveness, my first thought was that I don’t have the power to forgive anyone; in fact, it’s hubris for me to think that I can forgive someone else. At the same time, as a Zen Buddhist teacher, I believe that we are all one body, that […]
Harvard Divinity School Lectures (Fall 2007) Lecture 3 – Bearing Witness
by Roshi Bernie Glassman given on October 1, 2007We will start with the beginning of the”Home Street Home” video to open up your questions. (video..) Let’s use the energy of this film! Does anyone want to say or ask anything? Did anything come up for you? Student: There is not much writing by spiritual teachers […]
The Gift of Fearlessness
by Roshi Eve Myonen Marko (From a talk given on the Dana Paramita on September 12, 2009.) Recently I read a brief talk by Sharon Salzberg, in which she said, “There is always trauma in the room.” You don’t have to be a war veteran or a survivor of abuse, trauma is in the room. […]
Eve Marko Dharma Talk: The Search for Meaning
“We’re all doing koan practice. Whether we’re dealing with health issues, relationships, family or work, we’re all working on the koans of our lives…”
