Video: talks by Symposium Presenter Bikkhu Bodhi on Integral Buddhism

Watch it at Danny fisher’s blog Bikkhu Bodhi, who is a leader of Buddhist Global Relief, will be participating in a panel and leading a discussion on the Roots of Socially Engaged Buddhism at the Symposium for Western Socially Engaged Buddhism in August. Buddhist Global Relief was inspired by Bikkhu Bodhi’s teachings and it works […]

Saffron Revolutionary Monks from Burma to Present at Symposium

The Symposium for Western Socially Engaged Buddhism will now include three monks who were major leaders of the Saffron Revolution, and who have cameo’s in the excellent Burma VJ (below), who now live in Utica, NY. These are mature monks with remarkable experience to share. They are working with Symposium presenter Alan Senauke and the […]

Introducing a ZPI Affiliate: Eighthwave

To strengthen our planetary network, ZPI will feature newly affiliated groups. Join us here on the Hive to explore some of the offerings of the organizations affiliated with ZPI. Introducing a new ZPI affiliate group: What is your organization’s name? EIGHTHWAVE What type of Affiliate would you like to be identified as in our ZPI […]

Bernie Glassman Interview

In this interview with Conscious Variety Bernie Glassman discusses where the temple really is, truths as opinions, and the importance of humor amidst suffering. Bernie Glassman, an accomplished Zen teacher and activist describes the inseparability of buddhism and humor, while reminding us to let go of the traditional view of religious structures, because the temple […]

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Our Story 1979 Zen Master Bernie Tetsugen Glassman (1939-2018), while then sensei at Zen Center of Los Angeles, moved to the Bronx, New York City in December 1979.  There, he was set on exploring the merging of spiritual training and social action, and in 1980 he incorporated the Zen Community of New York. A departure from […]

Despair and Empowerment in Our Watershed Moment

“How are we going to end polarization while we ourselves are polarized? How do we unpolarize ourselves from the people we want to blame and hate for this electoral disaster? How do we disarm ourselves of our own attitudes and prejudices? How do we do the inner work of self-transformation and simultaneously extend ourselves outward to organize and resist, which we absolutely must do?” By Paula Green A talk given at Traprock Center for Peace and Justice, December 7, 2016, in Northampton, Massachusetts. She has 40 years’ experience as a psychologist, peace educator, consultant, and mentor in intergroup relations and conflict resolution.

Let All Eat Cafes

Jeff Bridges, who has been fighting hunger for decades, teamed up with the Zen Peacemakers to create “Let All Eat” Cafés to feed their communities in ways tailored to each location.  Bridges met Zen Peacemakers founder Bernie Glassman in Santa Barbara in 1999.  Over the years, their friendship and partnership have developed.  At Zen Peacemakers’ […]