Zen Peacemakers
Core Trainings

Many in our community belong to local practice centers in various traditions where training is available. Others have elected to join the Zen Peacemaker Order two-year training program. With our Zen Peacemaker Core Trainings offering, we want to make the very most important and fundamental Zen Peacemaker practices of meditation, Council, and the Three Tenets easily available to everyone. These Core Trainings are free, offered at different times to support work and school schedules, and repeated quarterly. These can be taken à la carte and repeated as you wish.

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グラントカウチ
The Three Tenets
In a 2010 Bearing Witness Retreat in Auschwitz, Grant Couch began working closely with Bernie Glassman. As a Zen Peacemaker Board Member, Grant is focused on finding a bi-partisan solution to the challenging nexus of energy and global warming while never taking his eyes off the need for America to face its racial history and trauma.
Core Training Instructor
Monday, March 11, 2024
Michel Engu Dobbs, Roshi
Introduction to Meditation
Engu is a Zen priest and Abbot at the Ocean Zendo in Sag Harbor, NY and Dharma heir of Peter Muryo Matthiessen Roshi. He has taught meditation to incarcerated minors at the Suffolk County Correctional Facility in Riverhead since 2012.
Michel Engu Dobbs, Roshi
Core Training Instructor
Monday April 8, 2024
kathleen battke
Introduction to the Way of Council
Hoêtsu has been practicing with the Zen Peacemakers since 2011. She is a Dharma holder for the Zen of the Circle, a member of the Zen Peacemaker Order, chairwoman of the association Peacemaker Community Germany e.V. Kathleen Hoêtsu writes/publishes, leads workshops and accompanies people/organizations in change.
Kathleen Hoetsu Battke
Core Training Instructor
Monday February 12, 2024

Core Trainings

Introduction to Meditation

Description

“Living for one hundred years does not compare with living for one day and arousing determination for the way.”

– Eihei Dōgen (永平道元)


We will offer a basic, introductory training in meditation, unattached to any specific tradition, that participants can put into personal practice immediately. It has been said, “Stillness answers every question.” Let’s explore that together. This class can be taken multiple times.

Introduction to
The Way of Council

Description

In this Introduction, we will briefly present the history of Council, explain the guidelines we use, and then experience a short Council session.

Council, as it is referred to in short, is a modern practice derived from indigenous traditions, most importantly Native American, and developed by the Ojai Foundation.

The Three Tenets

Description

In our hour-long session, we will present and describe the Three Tenets and have time to take your questions.

Introduction to Peacemaking

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In our hour-long session, we will present and describe our unique approach to peacemaking and have time to take your questions.

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