Bernie Glassman Memorial – Bernie at Zen Center of Los Angeles

Join Roshi Anne Seisen Saunders, Brenda Chiko Hess, Sensei, and Roshi Paul Genki Kahn Celebrating Bernie Glassman’s life and legacy. This panel discussion will focus on Bernie’s work at the Zen Center of Los Angeles
Zen Peacemakers Europe – History and Heart

Join us for a panel discussion on how Bernie Glassman’s legacy lives in Europe and has many different facets, from the North to the South, from Sweden to Germany to Switzerland to Portugal…. Speakers: Undine Bissmeier, Barbara Salaam Wegmuller, Pake Hall, and Theo Barroquiero Duration: 90 minutes Format: Panel Discussion, followed by Q&A.
Jishu Memorial

25th Anniversary of ZPI Co-Founder Roshi Jishu Holmes’ Passing
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 were massacred. Lindsay Kyte reports on how retreatants are finding freedom from their ancestral pain. Approximately a million people died at the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau. It was the […]
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review – Zen Peacemakers Archive

We Happy Few: An Eternal Bond

November 2020. A member of my dissertation committee and the Buddhist Chaplaincy Department Chair at the University of the West, Dr. Jitsujo Gauthier had posted an open position at a non-profit organization called Zen Peacemakers International. I was finishing up a semester as an adjunct faculty at the university and had no classes or jobs […]
Zen Peacemakers International: 2021 Summary

2021 Summary In 2021, Zen Peacemakers created over 90 events with over 1,200 in attendance. Bearing Witness Retreats Zen Peacemakers – Race In American: An Intimate Plunge Zen Peacemakers – Native American Plunge Zen Peacemakers – Auschwitz: An Intimate Plunge Member Circle Events: (Links are to Video (“ZPI Shorts”) of Events) Painting Enlightenment: Healing […]
Ven. Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi – 26th Year Anniversary Memorial Service

Friday, May 14th, The White Plum Asanga, teachers in the lineage of Ven. Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi, and others, came together to honor Roshi’s passing twenty-six years ago. 114 attended this virtual presentation which included services, a tribute by Roshis Shinko Perez and Shishin Wick, a remembrance by Roshi Egyoku Nakao, a still film offered […]
ZPI Executive Director’s Message (Spring 2021)

Zen Peacemakers International Executive Director’s Note Spring 2021 Dear Members and Friends of Zen Peacemakers around the world, As we grow and expand our global community of social action based on and gently rooted in meditation and the Three Tenets, we deeply value and appreciate both your participation and your support. Thank you. We go […]
Gratitude for the Volunteers of 2019 Who Made our Year at ZPI Possible

It takes a village to generate the change we hope to encourage in the world. We would like to thank all of our volunteers for being apart of the co-creation & manifestation of the vision behind Zen Peacemaker.