Street Retreats

Street Retreat Plunging on a Street Retreat is a rare and unique opportunity to blow your mind. Life doesn’t open in too many ways for us to get outside of our habitual routines and ideas about ourselves and who we think we are. The streets will take you on an adventure that will open up […]

Re-introducing ZPI Affiliate: Peacemakers Finland

To strengthen our planetary network, ZPI will feature newly affiliated groups.      Join us here at https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org  to explore some of the offerings of the organizations affiliated with ZPI. Sharing the peacemaking activities of a long-time ZPI affiliate group: Peacemakers Finland Peacemakers Finland (PF) is one of the regional Affiliate groups of Zen Peacemakers International operating in […]

Daily Practice

Daily Practice Teachings of Dogen Instructions on Meditation The Way of Council Rules and Precepts of Zen Peacemakers Gatha of Atonement Indra’s Net Mala Practice The Five Buddha Families The Gate of Sweet Nectar Essential Teachings of Dogen Buddha ancestors have said since ancient times, “Living for one hundred years does not compare with living for […]

Nollaig na mBan – Irish Women’s Christmas: Bearing Witness to Resilience and Sexual Violence

KIPPURE, IRELAND. Niamh Barrett, impacted by the injustices of sexual violence against female body, both current and historically, felt called to provide space to commemorate those who were harmed, to support discussion around the sensitive topic. What follows is Niamh’s personal reflection discussing a particular emotive event that offered her the necessary ‘ingredients’ to host a Bearing […]

Introducing ZPI Affiliate Groups: Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community

To strengthen our planetary network, ZPI will feature newly affiliated groups.  Join hive.zenpeacemakers.org to explore the offerings of the organizations affiliated with ZPI, and visit our website for a full list of these groups.  Following is an introduction to Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community in Vermont, United States.

Roshi Bernie Glassman Memorialized Around the World

Following the passing of Zen Peacemakers founder Roshi Bernie Glassman, many memorial ceremonies were conducted by ZPI affiliate groups, successors and the greater buddhist community around the world. Here we highlight a few.

Celebrating Bernie’s 79th Birthday

MONTAGUE, MASSACHUSETTS, USA. On Bernie’s 79th Birthday, let us all be grateful for the gifts he has offered and still does offer us in the form of his teachings, his spirit and his actions. Thank you, Bernie, and Mazel Tov!