The Supreme Meal Group Koan Study with Roshi Ken Byalin (Sept 26, 2024)
The Blue Cliff Record with David Hinton
David Hinton will discuss his new book published by Shambhala, The Blue-Cliff Record: A once-in-a-generation translation of the definitive Ch’an (Zen) koan collection. September 5, 2024
Together Apart – Building Beloved Community Behind and Beyond Bars
With Erin Parish & Sita Lozoff What if our criminal legal system was made of communities of curious and creative people working together to get well? Our current system works to disconnect communities and makes it hard for people to build healthy, helpful, and nurturing communities within this structure. The desire to connect and create, however, […]
The Supreme Meal – Group Koan Study with Roshi Ken Byalin (Sept 9, 2024)
Illuminating Our True Nature
Learn how to dissolve hurtful patterns and emotional hardship through the five yogic points of suffering, or kleshas. Her work includes powerful and practical meditations, mantras, asanas, reflection questions, and more, to reduce our suffering—and the suffering of others. Michelle Cassandra Johnson will offer practices and share from her new book (Shambhala Publications), Illuminating Our […]
Fearless Hearts: Women Leaders in Contemplative Social Action with Ella Reznikova
As part of our Women’s Leadership series, translator, meditation teacher and conflict mediator, Ella Reznikova will talk about her work with Compassion for Ukraine whose mission is to radiate compassion to those in Ukraine who suffer from the unjust and unjustified invasion by Russia.
Politics as Practice (August 2024)
The polarization of the political systems in many of the world’s countries is a part of our shared Duḥkha (suffering and unease). Grant Couch, in addition to being a Board member of ZP has been lobbying the US Congress over the last 10 years to advocate meaningful, bipartisan national policies to address global warming. Just like all other […]
Working from Vow: Discovering Your Bodhisattva Potential as a Professional
Is your professional work in line with your deepest spiritual aspirations? Are you wondering what work would create this alignment? This is a challenging koan for every one of us, intimately related to our personal karma, and complicated by our modern cultural-economic system that aggressively attempts to compartmentalize our spiritual, emotional and professional spheres.
Core Training: Introduction to Way of Council with Roshi Barbara Salaam Wegmuller
Council is one of our most important core Zen Peacemaker practices. We share Council during our Bearing Witness retreats most every day. In Council we come together in a small group in a profound way. We create a shared liminal space that is safe, confidential, and perhaps sacred. We each listen and speak from the […]
Introduction to Zen Peacemaking Core Trainings with Dr. Iris Dotan Katz
Iris Dotan Katz presents an introduction to Zen Peacemaking as the fourth edition to our Core Training classes
