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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BEARING WITNESS TO EARTH: The Power of the “Glocal”
Elizabeth Debold, organizer of the One World Bearing Witness Online vigil, illuminates readers the world of interconnectivity that COVID-19 is shinning a light on, opening the world to a great sense of wholeness.Â
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Zen Peacemakers Retreat in Westerbork – A Reflection
 Dina Awwad-Srour, a Palestinian, and Emma Sham-ba Ayalon, an Israeli, are friends who bonded over their appreciation of Etty Hillesum, a Dutch Jewish author of confessional diaries, killed during the Jewish holocaust. After Dina...
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Sangha in the Time of Covid-19
Our friend, Sandy Seiju Hockenbury from Eon Zen Center in Boulder, Colorado USA, kindly shared a short piece on the sangha support efforts that the Eon Zen Center has been engaged in as a response...
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Small Practices For Uncertain Times
Our friend Bonnie Myotai Treace, Spiritual Director at Hermitage Heart Zen near Black Mountain, North Carolina, shared these simple practices for these days of rapid change, uncertainty and fear.
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The Way of Council
The Way of Council is a core practice with the Zen Peacemakers, along with meditation, the Three Tenets, and social action. It is a staple practice in our Bearing Witness retreats. The Circle invites...
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Mala Practice
The Mala practice of the Zen Peacemakers continues two legacies - the old Buddhist practice of alms-begging, and Bernie Glassman's creative, maverick entrepreneurship.  Whether you raise funds for your tuition on one of ZPI Bearing Witness...
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Characteristics of the Five Buddha Families Chart
The Five Buddha Families is a Buddhist teaching that suggests the view of existence as a mandala, a composite of five main energies or ‘families’ of Buddhas. Each family is unique, indispensable and...
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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...
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Three Tenets Koans
Koans based on the Zen Peacemakers Three Tenets: Not Knowing, Bearing Witness and Taking Action.
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