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

Małgosia Braunek’s “Be” Foundation – Ukraine Update
Dear ZPI Friends Today 1 year passes since the Russian full-scale invasion on Ukraine. As many of you know already on February 27, the first

Sister Mary 0’Sullivan: Gentle Sound
by Monika Jion Winkelmann In these three months of November 2022-2023, Sister Mary, the third person so dear to me, has died. Those who

I kept showing up…
by Judith Haran After staying at home for over two years during the pandemic with only a silent spouse and my cats, I was

Healing the Scars of History
Healing the Scars of History BY LINDSAY KYTE| FEBRUARY 9, 2023 Retreats are being held at Auschwitz, a former plantation, and a site where Indigenous people

Mourning the death of my friend Don Singer
Mourning the death of my friend Don Singer by Monika Winkelmann Don Singer has died! I almost want to say that he died “suddenly

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This Evening Gatha is chanted during a sesshin at the conclusion of each evening sitting. Let me respectfully remind you Life and death are of