Instructions to the Cook
“Day and night, the work for preparing the meals must be done without wasting a moment. If you do this and everything that you do whole-heartedly, this nourishes the seeds of Awakening and brings...
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Breakfast at Bernie’s
ZPI encourages reflections from retreat participants, staff, members & others touched by our work and doing similar work from around the world, as part of the practice of bearing witness. In this article, ZPI Affiliate Anthony...
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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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Stringed Together: on the Zen Peacemakers’ Mala Practice and Being a Good Relative
Rami Efal, former Executive Director of Zen Peacemakers & current Rabbinical Student, discusses a bit about the ZPI Mala Raising practice and reflects on how it's lessons have impacted other areas of  his life.
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Why Bernie Kept Going Back to Auschwitz-Birkenau?
The article that follows was a blog post originally written by ZPI founder Bernie Glassman on October 5th, 2013, right before the  Zen Peacemaker's 19th global, multi-faith Bearing Witness retreat at Auschwitz.
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Summary Report: 2019 Zen Peacemakers Auschwitz-Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreat
The Auschwitz retreat, for the 23nd year, is an effort towards spiritual healing, peacebuilding across cultural, political, religious, and other divides, and a plunge into extremes of human nature: its darkest cruelty and most...
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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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Everything Is Always With Oneself at Any Time: a Letter from Maezumi Roshi to Bernie, with Reflection by Roshi Marko
They loved the dharma, they loved Buddhism, they loved Zen; there was nothing they wouldn’t do to help it take root and flower. In fact, they were in love with it like a young...
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Memorial Ceremony held for Roshi Bernie Glassman in Yonkers, February 17 2019
On February 17, 2019, a memorial ceremony was held for Bernie Glassman at Greyston in Yonkers, NY. Here we share a selection of photos outlining the course of the program.Â
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