The Face I See Everywhere: Why Barbara WegmĂĽller Returns to Auschwitz
OSWIECIM, POLAND. "There is the face of a woman, looking at me, ever since I met her eyes for the first time. She is looking at me on one of the pictures in...
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Flowers on the Edges of Graves: Roland, 14 Years as the Auschwitz Bearing Witness Retreat Doctor
At the site of gruesome human medical experiments, Sensei Dr. Roland Yakushi WegmĂĽller has been serving and ministering the participants of the Zen Peacemakers Auschwitz-Birkenau Bearing Witness retreat for the past 14 years. In...
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Flowers on the Edges of Graves: Russell
This post is another in the series “Flowers on the Edges of Graves” – reflections from 20 years of participants in the Zen Peacemakers Auschwitz-Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreats since 1996. In this post, Russell...
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Standing People, Rooted People: Peacemaking Among the Indigenous Cultures of Southern Africa and Turtle Island
Drawing experiences from different corners of the world, two ZPO members, one from the United States, Roshi Grover Genro Gauntt and one from Finland, Mikko Ijäs, share their stories of being welcomed by #FirstNations...
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"DON’T LET ANYONE TELL YOU IT DOESN’T MATTER!"
Gen. Wesley Clark Jr., middle, and other veterans kneel in front of Leonard Crow Dog during a forgiveness ceremony at the Four Prairie Knights Casino & Resort on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on...
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2016 Zen Peacemakers Auschwitz Retreat Summary
'This is an opportunity to love, and to give up fear.’ Bernie called, spirited yet tender, from the middle of the auditorium on his way to his quarters after delivering his opening...
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Bernie Off to Poland
(in photo, Bernie exercising with Ari Setsudo Pliskin) By Roshi Eve Myonen Marko, ZPO MONTAGUE, MASSACHUSETTS, USA. Bernie goes off to Poland on Friday. Back in June, when he barely walked...
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Flowers on the Edges of Graves: Malgosia Roshi
 This post is another in the series “Flowers on the Edges of Graves” – reflections from 20 years of participants in the Zen Peacemakers Auschwitz/Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreats since 1996. How to...
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From War in Syria to Bearing Witness in Auschwitz
Story by Roshi Barbara WegmĂĽller, Switzerland, September 2016 BERN, SWITZERLAND. My friend Rabia is an extremely courageous woman and I am happy to share my story of how we met. It was in 2006,...
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Bernie Glassman to Join 2016 Zen Peacemakers Auschwitz-Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreat
Bernie Glassman, after eight months of post-stroke recovery, is determined to attend the upcoming retreat in Poland in October 2016. In two conversations, one in a video and another at the written interview below, he explains...
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