Some Kind of Artist
Lisa Gakyo Schaewe artist, counselor and practitioner at Eon Zen Center in Boulder, Colorado USA, shares a story about the role creation and art plays in connecting one’s self back to a soul’s purpose....
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The Rites Preparatory to the Commencement of a Journey
Stephen Billias, published author & former student on Bernie Glassman's at HOOP, shares a poem with ZPI, starting with what lead to his musings on the piece.
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The Dudes Abide: The Friendship of Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman
Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman met in the late 1990s. Here we provide a showcase of their friendship and work together.
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Announcing BuddhaFest Online! Watch Talks, Films & Music
BuddhaFest is an annual celebration of Buddhist teachings, organized by Eric Forbes and inspired by his appreciation of Bernie Glassman. This year BuddhaFest donated 50% of proceeds from its opening night to ZPI....
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The Aim of Meditation, to Listen Everywhere: Palestinian and Israeli Peacebuilders Reflect on the Wisdom of Holocaust writer Etty Hillesum, Captured in Cards.
An interview with Palestinian Dina Awwad-Srour and Israeli Emma Sham-ba Ayalon, two friends inspired by Etty Hillesum, an author and victim of the Jewish Holocaust. After Dina attended the Zen Peacemakers Auschwitz-Birkenau Bearing...
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Love Song for the Whole Earth: Interview with Finn Artist Maija Kaunismaa on Buddhist Practice, Climate Action and Creativity
Peacemakers Finland premiered a new piece of music on Youtube on May 7, 2019. It's a reworking of Reino Helismaa's classic Finnish love song “Onni jonka annoin pois,” recomposed to raise awareness for the...
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You Are the Answer To the Dreams of Your Ancestors: by Ando Kineret Yardena, dedicated to Bernie Glassman
To come home again, / and coming home, make whole / all the way forward / all the way back, / for all the ones / across space and time / still out wandering...
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Summer at Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation
LA PLANT, SOUTH DAKOTA, USA. Zen Peacemakers International has an ongoing goal to develop relations with and support the indigenous Lakota community of Turtle Island. Since 2015, Bearing Witness retreats and plunges have occurred...
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The Story Goes Right In: MuZen’s Performance Art Applies Attention, Empathy and Play to Social Change
NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS, USA. Interview with Beth Fairservis and Stephen Katz of MuZen Mindful Creative Theater, a group working at the intersection of contemplative practice, activism, and theater art.
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On Clown, Zen and Spontaneity
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA. "What struck me...was how the stillness of meditation adds to the vitality of our spontaneity, and opens our capacity to improvise. Although these two qualities may seem like opposites, when...
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