Zen Peacemakers
Welcome
OUR MISSION is to realize our oneness and relieve suffering through contemplative social action.
Zen Peacemakers
What We Do
Events
Programs, Events, Retreats,
and Education
Zen Peacemakers International is able to provide our online programs and events, retreats, education and ongoing support to our global membership by way of the kindness and generosity of our community’s contributions.
Read MoreBearing Witness Programs
Bearing Witness to the joy and
suffering of the world
When you Bear Witness you open to the uniqueness of whatever is arising and meet it just as it is. When combined with not-knowing, bearing witness can strengthen your capacity for spaciousness, thus enabling you to be present to the very things that make you feel as if you have lost your center.
Read MoreThe Three Tenets
Not Knowing, Bearing Witness,
Taking Action
The Three Tenets of the Zen Peacemakers were first developed and articulated by Roshi Bernie Glassman in 1994. Since then, they have been studied and practiced by many people, including non-Zen Buddhists, and presented by many Zen Teachers.
Read MoreCore Trainings
Council Practice, the Three Tenets,
Meditation, our History, and more.
As part of our efforts to make Zen Peacemakers accessible and valuable to all, we have recently launched Core Trainings. These trainings encompass knowledge about Council Practice, the Three Tenets, Meditation, our History, and more.
Coming SoonZen Peacemaker Order
An expression of Buddhist vows to live an
awakened life and alleviate suffering
Zen Peacemaker Order (ZPO) is dedicated to training those living a committed life aligned with the vision and teachings of the Zen Peacemakers and the Three Tenets
Read MoreMedia Library
Enjoy Our ZPI Journal
and Event Recordings
Original content covering event videos, dharma talks, news, retreat reflections and reports.
Read MoreTo see ourself as Other and Other as ourself

Our Journal

A Pilgrimage to Rüdesheim
Eine Pilgerfahrt zu Hildegard von Bingen rund um meinen Geburtstag: 13.-15.4.2023 von Monika Winkelmann | 20. Aug 2023 | 0 Kommentare Die Heilige Hildegard von Bingen – Erste Deutsche

Everything is Practice
Dharma Talk 24/07/23 – Richard Warner For the Dharma talk this week I wanted to take up a phrase teacher Richard Herps used in his

Slow Walking
Camino de Santiago, Astorga, Spain (26.06.2023) On pilgrimage, on walkabout, the destination isn’t really the point. There’s no goal. It’s a conversation with the land,

Fury & Faith
Fury & Faith by Amanda Gorman You will be told this is not a problem, Not your problem. You will be told now is not the time

Taking Action with Eon Zen
Serving Dinner at the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless Serving and engaging in community is fundamental to Zen practice. The Third Tenet of the Zen

Memories of Maezumi Roshi
by Bernie GlassmanI first met Maezumi Roshi in 1963. At that time, he was a young Soto monk working in Los Angeles at Zenshuji under