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

Introducing New Affiliated Group: Sangha for Ukraine
To strengthen our planetary network, ZPI will feature newly affiliated groups. Join HERE to explore some of the offerings of the organizations affiliated with ZP, and visit here

HUMAN INSTRUMENTALITIES
January 23, 2025 ~ Eve Marko “In the present civil war it is quite possible that God’s purpose is something different from the purpose of either party—and

Zen Peacemakers Bearing Witness Retreat in Auschwitz 2024
by Barbara Wegmüller The security checks have intensified over the last few years. The numbers and names of all the international passports were given

OLD EGYPT ROAD
December 4, 2024 ~ Eve Marko I was in Takoma Park, Maryland, for the Thanksgiving holiday and returned home on Saturday. The following morning, I took

“Never again – for everyone!”
An interview with Zen Peacemaker Roshi, Barbara Salaam Wegmüller Roshi (Bern) and Cornelius von Collande Roshi (Würzburg), about the upcoming Auschwitz Retreat in November 2024

Using the Empty Chair to Move Beyond Us-and-Them Thinking
In a season of vitriol, council with an empty chair may help us all win. Updated April 23, 2024 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch At the 2012 Republican