Rami Efal Acknowledged as Dharma Holder in the Zen Peacemakers Lineage
On November 3, 2019, the night before the commencement of the 2019 Auschwitz-Birkenau bearing witness retreat and exactly one year since Bernie passed away, six successors of Bernie recognized Rami Avraham Mukyu Efal as...
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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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Roshi Bernie Glassman Memorialized Around the World
Following the passing of Zen Peacemakers founder Roshi Bernie Glassman, many memorial ceremonies were conducted by ZPI affiliate groups, successors and the greater buddhist community around the world. Here we highlight a few.
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Bernie Glassman Acknowledges New Zen Masters in His Lineage
KRAKOW, POLAND. Prior to plunging into 2017 Zen Peacemakers Auschwitz Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreat, Bernie conducted a ceremony recognizing Roland Wegmüller, Francisco Lugovina and Fleet Maull as Zen Masters in his lineage.
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Rags to Rakusus: Paco
YONKERS, NEW YORK STATE, USA. Lay practitioners of Zen Buddhist lineages who take refuge in the Buddhist precepts and vows prepare and wear a rakusu – a cloth garment around their neck – representing...
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Knowing When to Quit: Roshi Genro Reflects on 1999 New York City Street Retreat
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA. "...Once you’ve experienced a certain amount of difficulty as a group, and the group’s gone through a lot, sometimes you don't need four days on the street to get...
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Enlarging the Scope part 2: Dig Into Complexity
Interview with Roshi Bernie Glassman, Conducted in Montague, Massachusetts, USA in June 2016 Transcribed by Scott Harris Preface: Bernie requested to bring to view his questions, intentions and themes that were shaped by twenty years of co-leading Bearing...
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What’s in a Photo? Reflection by Roshi Eve Marko
MONTAGUE, MASSACHUSETTS, USA. By now there’s a sense that a lot of Bernie’s responses have met wide acceptance (it’s hard to find a Zen center now that has no social action involvement of any...
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June Ryushin Kaililani Tanoue Dharma Transmission by Roshi Robert Joshin Althouse
I am pleased to announce that I gave Dharma transmission to June Ryushin Kaililani Tanoue on October 11, 2014. She received full empowerment as a Zen Priest in a Denkai ceremony and full empowerment...
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MY REBBE IS GONE! by Bernie Glassman
Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi passed away peacefully on July 3. I’d planned to go to his 90th birthday celebration in Boulder, Colorado, in August, though I heard that he was weakening. And now he’s gone.
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