<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Zen Peacemakers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our mission is to realize our oneness and relieve suffering through contemplative social action, based on our Three Tenets: Not-knowing, Bearing Witness, and Loving Actions.]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cbRE!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F824cbca9-ec22-4c1f-8fc8-e940d219f3d5_1280x1280.png</url><title>Zen 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Eastern]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/ecosattva-council-with-kathleen-hoetsu</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/ecosattva-council-with-kathleen-hoetsu</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zen Peacemakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:28:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ob-p!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd101d584-c5ac-427f-a85e-5e0857700a56_1080x1350.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ob-p!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd101d584-c5ac-427f-a85e-5e0857700a56_1080x1350.png" 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It is a staple practice in our Bearing Witness retreats. Uniquely, <strong>Ecosattva Councils </strong>focus on bearing witness to and dealing with ecological crises and climate change. Everyone is invited to join, listen and share, especially those active in eco projects as their social engagements. <strong>Ecosattva Council </strong>will be facilitated by <strong>ZP Member Kathleen Ho&#234;tsu Battke.</strong></p></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/215125&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Reserve your Spot&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/215125"><span>Reserve your Spot</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class="pullquote"><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pJNU!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pJNU!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pJNU!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pJNU!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pJNU!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pJNU!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp" width="205" height="233.23691460055096" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1239,&quot;width&quot;:1089,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:205,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pJNU!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pJNU!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pJNU!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pJNU!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>Kathleen H&#244;etsu Battke</strong> has been offering and facilitating Circles in the field of social activism and professional environments for more than 30 years. Studying with the ZenPeacemakers since 2011, she was among the first to organize online Councils from 2015 on. In 2016, she was appointed Dharmaholder of Circle Zen by Barbara Wegmueller Roshi. Today, she co-hosts the German Peacemaker Community, offers Council, Meditation, Writing practice and Ecosattva action.</p></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bearing Witness to Being Human]]></title><description><![CDATA[June 11, 2026 - Peter Pierson]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/bearing-witness-to-being-human</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/bearing-witness-to-being-human</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zen Peacemakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 07:25:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fDzt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7c77d9c8-4f72-4e9d-ae99-acc274e323eb_776x580.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">While I was working there some years ago, you&#8217;d have a hard time finding my employer, a remote Alaskan gold mining and processing facility, on a map. Today you may still have to sort out some cartographic ambiguities when you look for it on Google Maps. It was, during my time there, one of the highest producing gold mines in North America, producing up to 1,200 ounces of milled and poured gold a day&#8212;and its remoteness, tucked in a steep, narrow valley north and east of the Alaska Range along with those cartographic ambiguities were its primary elements of security. An isolated facility housing up to 500 employees at any given time on rotations of two weeks on/one week off or four weeks on/two weeks off. I was employed there as a remote intensive care paramedic. During my rotations, I was it. I was the only emergency medical provider&#8212;with the nearest emergency room in Fairbanks over one hundred miles away via, for a good part of those miles, a long, one-lane gravel resource road or an irregularly accessible air strip. I was suited for the role. Before Alaska, as a paramedic in northern Minnesota, we&#8217;d often respond to 9-1-1 calls over forty miles away. I&#8217;d long ago let go of any sense of stressful urgency in my work and had become rather accepting to the simple realities of death and dying&#8212;and with that, of life.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Late one authentic interior Alaska summer afternoon, our radios crackled with frantic communication. One of our helicopters had gone down. The helicopters were used during the summer months to shuttle equipment and crews to and from the even more remote exploratory drilling sites across the region. The calls were coming from one of those crews who had witnessed the crash near a landing site on the ridgeline high above the main camp. There were no other helicopters on-site. There were no roads, not even trails, beyond the main camp.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xQz7!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a42231d-baab-4655-9a0d-2365041b91bb_770x580.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xQz7!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a42231d-baab-4655-9a0d-2365041b91bb_770x580.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xQz7!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a42231d-baab-4655-9a0d-2365041b91bb_770x580.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xQz7!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a42231d-baab-4655-9a0d-2365041b91bb_770x580.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xQz7!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a42231d-baab-4655-9a0d-2365041b91bb_770x580.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xQz7!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a42231d-baab-4655-9a0d-2365041b91bb_770x580.jpeg" width="505" height="380.38961038961037" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6a42231d-baab-4655-9a0d-2365041b91bb_770x580.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:580,&quot;width&quot;:770,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:505,&quot;bytes&quot;:173602,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/i/201561690?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a42231d-baab-4655-9a0d-2365041b91bb_770x580.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xQz7!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a42231d-baab-4655-9a0d-2365041b91bb_770x580.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xQz7!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a42231d-baab-4655-9a0d-2365041b91bb_770x580.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xQz7!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a42231d-baab-4655-9a0d-2365041b91bb_770x580.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xQz7!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a42231d-baab-4655-9a0d-2365041b91bb_770x580.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p style="text-align: justify;">We gathered and shuttled personnel and gear up to the end of a tailings haul road. Fire and rescue teams made up of miners, millwrights, and other staff started up the steep, brush- and spruce-tangled slope on foot. Without bearings to an exact crash location, we spread out and followed the occasional shotgun blast from the crew at the scene&#8212;shotguns a necessity given the arctic grizzlies in the area. After twenty or thirty minutes, one of the responders radioed they were on scene. CPR in-progress. The rest of us followed their whistles and shouts to the scene.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I arrived with several others with some of the medical gear. The pilot had been pulled from the remnants of the helicopter by the crew he was picking up. Mangled wreckage was scattered through broken trees and brush. They had been doing CPR all that time. Given the extent of the trauma, I knew there was little we could do&#8212;but we did it anyway. I felt and listened for any signs of cardiac activity&#8212;the cardiac monitor lagging behind with whoever was carrying it up. There were none. I intubated and started an I.V. and rotated responders in and out of the CPR cycles&#8212;most of whom I had taught basic life support skills at the mine. A few rounds of I.V. epinephrine, a medication that can enhance CPR and, in some cases, prompt electrical activity in the heart. After some time, I called it. We stopped.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Without the focus and immediacy of the emergency care we&#8217;d been administering, a silence set in. The responders, now numbering more than twenty, awkwardly gathered themselves. The stillness, after what we&#8217;d been doing the last forty-five minutes or more, was both pensive and overwhelming. Bird song&#8212;a series of two slow, widely-spaces ethereal multi-tonal notes, came from the denser spruce below us. Varied Thrush, I thought to myself. I brushed the dirt out of the victim&#8217;s hair and face. One of my cohorts knelt and took one of the victim&#8217;s hands in his. I looked up at the crowd of people that, by a rich human mix of choices and chance, found themselves in that moment, in that place.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fDzt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7c77d9c8-4f72-4e9d-ae99-acc274e323eb_776x580.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fDzt!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7c77d9c8-4f72-4e9d-ae99-acc274e323eb_776x580.jpeg 424w, 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pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p style="text-align: justify;">I stood and found some words. &#8220;We are here&#8212;right here, right now,&#8221; I said. &#8220;Take a moment, and just take it in. And I invite any of you, if you might wish, to acknowledge this&#8212;all of this&#8212;in whatever ways that seem right for you.&#8221;</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Some stepped forward and knelt beside the victim. Some laid their hands, gently, on him. One soaked a bandana in water from his drinking bottle and wiped off the victim&#8217;s face. Some knelt with their hands in prayer. Others brushed the mosquitoes and black flies from the victim&#8217;s skin and blood. Unspoken, but expressed and felt, each in their own way&#8212;&#8220;We are here.&#8221;</p><p style="text-align: center;">------------</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Just being present. This &#8220;just,&#8221; as a descriptive adverb, arises throughout Zen teachings. D&#333;gen and his successors have found endless ways of teaching that zazen is <em>just </em>sitting, that Zen is the practice of <em>just</em> being present in the moment as it arises, right here right now. What we are called to do in moments such as the one we experienced at the scene of a fatal helicopter crash above a remote mining facility southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, at its core, may be <em>just </em>being present and responding to and in the moment&#8212;<em>just</em> showing up, <em>just</em> being human.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This <em>just</em>, though, is not the diminishing descriptive we often place on it in our language and our culture. This is an expansive <em>just</em>&#8212;an opening, not a closing. This expansive just, this &#8220;boundaryless, empty awareness,&#8221; as Peter Coyote reflected in a 2025 Zen Peacemakers podcast, opens ourselves to our &#8220;deepest, truest nature,&#8221; and all that might flow through and from this original self. This just being present, this emptiness, &#8220;doesn&#8217;t mean nothingness,&#8221; Coyote offers. &#8220;Emptiness means boundlessness.&#8221;</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In a spontaneous, authentic engagement in and with the world and those with whom we share it, we often do not have the platitudes that customarily follow the &#8220;We are gathered here today&#8221; found in many, if not most, more conventional Western religious traditions. In the moments requiring unrehearsed, spontaneous response, the acts of gathering attention and mindfully choosing the words occur before dualities and discrimination, when one does not perceive the mountains walking or not walking. To find the words, or the absence of words, we need to settle in with the attention and mindfulness fostered by authentic practice.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We need to practice this just being present. We need to just sit.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>References:</strong></p><p>Coyote, Peter. <em>The Three Tenets of Current Affairs</em>. Peacemakers Podcast. Zen Peacemakers. May 29, 2025. <a href="https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/the-three-tenets-of-current-affairs">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/the-three-tenets-of-current-affairs</a>.</p><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p><strong>Bio:</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">An alumnus of the Zen Peacemakers (ZP) Bearing Witness Native American Retreat program, Peter Pierson worked 20+ years as an advanced life support paramedic in northern Minnesota, North Dakota, northern Arizona, and remote arctic Alaska&#8212;and for part of that time also as a Unitarian Universalist lay minister and regional emergency services chaplain.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!phkk!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9dcb1c5b-3cc5-4860-9bcb-0bdd483ca70d_528x757.jpeg" 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His work has been featured previously in ZPI&#8217;s <em>Journal</em> and with Natural History Institute&#8217;s <em>Real Ground</em>, Minnesota Historical Society Press&#8217; <em>Voices for the Land</em>, <em>Vertical Jones</em>, <em>The Climbing Art</em>, and other venues. He and his partner now live in the Kansas City area where, as a graduate of the Upaya Zen Center Chaplaincy Training program, serves as a volunteer chaplain in the Kansas State Correctional Facility-Lansing.</p></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bearing Witness at Auschwitz-Birkenau]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peacemakers Podcast]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/bearing-witness-at-auschwitz-birkenau</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/bearing-witness-at-auschwitz-birkenau</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zen Peacemakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:35:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/201476534/60113d78c0ae0eb3248ca88ed348cf7f.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is a difference between knowing a thing and being changed by it.</p><p>In this episode of <strong>The Peacemakers Podcast</strong>, we enter the heart of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreat, held each November by Zen Peacemakers. Through the voices of Barbara Wegm&#252;ller, Bernie Glassman, Fleet Maull, Genro Gauntt, Tani, and Jishu Holmes, this episode explores what it means to sit at the selection site, read the names of those who were killed, and allow the place itself to become the teacher.</p><p>This is not simply an episode about history, memory, or the past. It is about what happens when we stop holding suffering at a distance and allow it to change us. Again and again, the voices in this episode point toward the same realization: Auschwitz is not only about what happened then. It is about what lives in us now.</p><p>Bernie Glassman reminds us that to remember is &#8220;to make whole again,&#8221; and this conversation becomes an invitation into that difficult and necessary work of remembrance. Not as an idea, not as blame, and not as despair, but as a practice of presence.</p><div><hr></div><p>If this conversation moves you, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. You&#8217;ll get access to all of our content&#8212;podcasts, articles, event recordings, and more&#8212;and help sustain the work of Zen Peacemakers.<br><br>Learn more at <a href="http://www.zenpeacemakers.org/">www.zenpeacemakers.org</a></p><p>We invite you to support this work. <strong>Become a paying subscriber to the Peacemakers Podcast</strong> or join the Zen Peacemakers community as a member.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Show Credits:</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Speakers: </strong>Barbara Wegm&#252;ller, Bernie Glassman, Fleet Maull, Genro Gauntt, Tani, and Jishu Holmes</p></li><li><p><strong>Publication Date</strong>: June 10, 2026</p></li><li><p><strong>Host:</strong> Jim H&#333;den Fricker</p></li><li><p><strong>Audio &amp; Video Editing/Engineering:</strong> Jim H&#333;den Fricker</p></li></ul>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[It calls into question everything]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peacemaker Newsletter (June 9nd, 2026)]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/it-calls-into-question-everything</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/it-calls-into-question-everything</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:01:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!v_US!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd3f72ced-9748-4cc7-a20c-0a5a2fe28e03_1141x966.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!v_US!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd3f72ced-9748-4cc7-a20c-0a5a2fe28e03_1141x966.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p style="text-align: justify;">All those doctors of law or medicine or theology, all those lovers of art and poetry, of Bach and Goethe, who coldly, deliberately ordered the massacres and participated in them. What did their metamorphosis signify? Could anything explain their loss of ethical, cultural and religious memory? How could we ever understand the passivity of the onlookers and &#8211; yes &#8211; the silence of the Allies? And question of questions: Where was God in all this? It seemed as impossible to conceive of Auschwitz with God as to conceive of Auschwitz without God. Therefore, everything had to be reassessed because everything had changed. With one stroke, mankind&#8217;s achievements seemed to have been erased. Was Auschwitz a consequence or an aberration of &#8220;civilization&#8221; ? All we know is that Auschwitz called that civilization into question as it called into question everything that had preceded Auschwitz. Scientific abstraction, social and economic contention, nationalism, xenophobia, religious fanaticism, racism, mass hysteria. All found their ultimate expression in Auschwitz.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The next question had to be, why go on? If memory continually brought us back to this, why build a home? Why bring children into a world in which God and man betrayed their trust in one another?</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Of course we could try to forget the past. Why not? Is it not natural for a human being to repress what causes him pain, what causes him shame? Like the body, memory protects its wounds. When day breaks after a sleepless night, one&#8217;s ghosts must withdraw; the dead are ordered back to their graves. But for the first time in history, we could not bury our dead. We bear their graves within ourselves.<br></p><p><strong>Elie Wiesel</strong><br>Nobel Prize lecture (December 11, 1986)</p></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kpUt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F951ad952-89fc-482d-9f2b-5a0d95dd38fd_1254x1254.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kpUt!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F951ad952-89fc-482d-9f2b-5a0d95dd38fd_1254x1254.png 424w, 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We share Council during our Bearing Witness retreats almost every day. In Council, we come together in a small group in a profound way. We create a shared liminal space that is safe, confidential, and perhaps sacred. We each listen and speak from the heart, encountering and experiencing one another gently and with awareness. We are not solving problems, debating issues, or making plans. We are making a healing space for each of us to hear and be heard, see and be seen.</em></p><h5>UPCOMING COUNCILS <strong>(click on title to learn more &amp; register)</strong></h5><p>Friday, June 19th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/210997">Women Only Council</a><br>Monday, June 22nd - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/210998">Mental Health Professionals &amp; Caregivers - Council</a><br>Tuesday, June 30th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/210999">Way of Council</a></p></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>Core Training</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IU-s!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10dcd71e-4cbd-483f-8982-95237c0abbf5_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Bernie Glassman articulated the Three Tenets of the Zen Peacemakers early in the evolution of the organization. But these three, simple, profound, vows or commitments can also be taken as a complete practice for our life:</p><ul><li><p>I will embody Not Knowing, thereby giving up fixed ideas.</p></li><li><p>I will Bear Witness, opening my heart to the joy and suffering of life.</p></li><li><p>I will take Loving Action arising out of not-knowing and bearing witness.</p></li></ul><p>We can practice and manifest our true selves in every situation and with everything that arises, using the Three Tenets. This is a lifelong practice, one we never complete on our hourlong session we will present and describe the Three Tenets and have time to take your questions.</p><p>Duration: 60 minutes - Format: Presentation</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/211000&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Reserve your Spot&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/211000"><span>Reserve your Spot</span></a></p><p></p></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>A PRAYER FOR PEACE</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp" 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Our dear Lakota relative, Violet Catches, would like to invite Zen Peacemakers from all around the world to join on the Fourth Friday of the month at 1:00 pm US Eastern Time, to offer prayers for peace. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Participants will be encouraged to offer prayers from their faith tradition, culture, and in their language.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Zoom: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89008592778">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89008592778</a></p></div><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/page/events&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Click Here to View All Upcoming Events&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/page/events"><span>Click Here to View All Upcoming Events</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>TAKING ACTION</p><p>Spiritual traditions are many, yet the divisions we experience are not only between them, they are also within us, in the ways we hold views and define what is &#8220;true&#8221; or &#8220;other.&#8221; Through the Three Tenets, we begin here. Not-Knowing invites us to loosen our attachment to fixed ideas about religion and belief. Bearing Witness brings us into direct relationship with the practices, rituals, and lived experiences of others. Taking Action arises within this encounter, not from agreement, but from staying present in difference.As we engage across traditions, in dialogue, shared practice, or collaboration, we begin to notice our own assumptions, our preferences, our subtle habits of separation. In that moment, there is an opportunity to remain present and meet one another more openly.This may look like participating in interfaith initiatives, building relationships across traditions, or working together to address shared needs. The work is not about resolving difference, but about how we meet it.<em><br>Learn more here: https://zenpeacemakers.org/taking-action-home/taking-action-interfaith</em></p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;61144ee2-d51c-482d-b65d-ebddb89a4037&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>&#10024; <strong>Explore the Taking Action initiative</strong> &#8212; discover how you can serve, connect, and be inspired by the work already unfolding in your communities.<br>&#128073; <a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/taking-action-home">Explore More</a></p><p>&#10084;&#65039; <strong>Your gift helps bring the Three Tenets to life.</strong><br>&#128073; <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/donations/general_fund">Donate Here</a></p></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>ZAZEN</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png" width="304" height="202.73626373626374" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:971,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:304,&quot;bytes&quot;:1707818,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/i/182847064?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Experience a connection with your personal&nbsp;landscape through the transformative power of online meditation sessions with the Zen Peacemakers. Whether you're part of a local sangha or other spiritual community, we invite you to join us in this virtual space where we can gather across geographies&nbsp;and time zones.</p><p>Join us for these online meditation sessions and experience the profound benefits of collective mindfulness. The Zen Peacemakers are here to support you on this transformative journey.</p><p><strong>Monday - Friday<br>10:00 - 10:40&nbsp;am US Eastern</strong><br><a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/32778">MORE INFO HERE</a></p></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>HAIKU</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!28ZW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!28ZW!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!28ZW!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!28ZW!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!28ZW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!28ZW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png" width="299" height="199.40178571428572" 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Monthly Haiku Page<br>Please participate in our Haiku Poetry&nbsp;Challenge</p><p><a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/haiku-page/">ENTER HERE</a></p></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hMC2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d875259-e1b0-400e-a4d2-b3b485aca6f2_1200x1200.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hMC2!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d875259-e1b0-400e-a4d2-b3b485aca6f2_1200x1200.png 424w, 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We all have our opinions about Roshi Bernie Glassman.&nbsp;&nbsp;To some of us, he is the stern head monk at Zen Center of LA; to others, he is the socially engaged Buddhist who built up the Greyston Bakery and Foundation.&nbsp;&nbsp;To others he is the founder of Zen Peacemakers International and the instigator of bearing witness plunges on the city streets and at Auschwitz and to others he is the clown, the founder of the Order of Disorder.&nbsp;&nbsp;He is all of these and more.&nbsp;&nbsp;As the stories in the book show, he is Bernie, the mensch, who spent his life feeding the hungry ghosts of society and teaching that Zen is to realize the oneness and interconnectedness of life.</em><br>&nbsp;<br>-Gerry Shishin Wick, grateful Dharma brother and disciple of Roshi Bernie</p><p><a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/store/bernie-koans/">PURCHASE HERE</a></p></div><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zenpeacemakers.substack.com/&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Click Here To See Our Substack Page&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zenpeacemakers.substack.com/"><span>Click Here To See Our Substack Page</span></a></p><p>Thank you for reading this week's Zen Peacemakers newsletter.<br><br>We look forward to connecting at upcoming events, on social media, and via email.<br><br>With gratitude,</p><p><em>The Zen Peacemakers Team</em></p><p><a href="mailto:info@zenpeacemakers.org">info@zenpeacemakers.org</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Core Training: Introduction to the Way of Council]]></title><description><![CDATA[Monday June 8, 2026 US Eastern]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/core-training-introduction-to-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/core-training-introduction-to-the</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zen Peacemakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:06:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8-hc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F570b0314-10e3-4ac2-b709-e3ebb5d782db_1080x1350.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8-hc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F570b0314-10e3-4ac2-b709-e3ebb5d782db_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8-hc!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F570b0314-10e3-4ac2-b709-e3ebb5d782db_1080x1350.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8-hc!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F570b0314-10e3-4ac2-b709-e3ebb5d782db_1080x1350.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8-hc!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F570b0314-10e3-4ac2-b709-e3ebb5d782db_1080x1350.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8-hc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F570b0314-10e3-4ac2-b709-e3ebb5d782db_1080x1350.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8-hc!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F570b0314-10e3-4ac2-b709-e3ebb5d782db_1080x1350.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8-hc!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F570b0314-10e3-4ac2-b709-e3ebb5d782db_1080x1350.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8-hc!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F570b0314-10e3-4ac2-b709-e3ebb5d782db_1080x1350.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8-hc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F570b0314-10e3-4ac2-b709-e3ebb5d782db_1080x1350.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>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 heart, encountering and experiencing one another gently and with awareness. We are not solving problems or debating issues or making plans. We are making a healing space for each of us to hear and be heard, see and be seen. In this Introduction, we will briefly present the history of Council, explain the guidelines we use, and then experience a short Council session.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pJNU!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pJNU!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pJNU!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pJNU!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pJNU!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pJNU!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp" width="221" height="251.44077134986225" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1239,&quot;width&quot;:1089,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:221,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pJNU!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pJNU!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pJNU!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pJNU!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F419f1922-476f-4f25-adb2-787601ea0e0e_1089x1239.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><br><strong>Kathleen H&#244;etsu Battke</strong> has been offering and facilitating Circles in the field of social activism and professional environments for more than 30 years. Studying with the ZenPeacemakers since 2011, she was among the first to organize online Councils from 2015 on. In 2016, she was appointed Dharmaholder of Circle Zen by Barbara Wegmueller Roshi. Today, she co-hosts the German Peacemaker Community, offers Council, Meditation, Writing practice and Ecosattva action.</p></div><p>Duration: 60 minutes - Format: Presentation</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/210996&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Register for free&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/210996"><span>Register for free</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Face I See Everywhere]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peacemaker Newsletter (June 2nd, 2026)]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/the-face-i-see-everywhere</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/the-face-i-see-everywhere</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:55:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_6yx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F467b4675-2bf6-4f28-84f2-92f3c61e7470_640x464.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_6yx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F467b4675-2bf6-4f28-84f2-92f3c61e7470_640x464.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_6yx!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F467b4675-2bf6-4f28-84f2-92f3c61e7470_640x464.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_6yx!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F467b4675-2bf6-4f28-84f2-92f3c61e7470_640x464.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_6yx!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F467b4675-2bf6-4f28-84f2-92f3c61e7470_640x464.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_6yx!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F467b4675-2bf6-4f28-84f2-92f3c61e7470_640x464.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_6yx!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F467b4675-2bf6-4f28-84f2-92f3c61e7470_640x464.jpeg" width="640" height="464" 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">THE FACE I SEE EVERYWHERE</h3><p style="text-align: center;">Why Barbara Wegm&#252;ller Returns to Auschwitz</p><p></p><p>There is the face of a woman, looking at me, ever since I met her eyes for the first time. She is looking at me in one of the pictures in a memorial hall in Auschwitz I, the original camp. The photo shows her as she is waiting with her children and a group of women at the selection site. Her face shows disgust, fear, distress, and she seems to know what will happen to her and her children as she looks into the camera.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Her face appears so clearly in my heartmind. I see her face when I am listening to the stories of a woman living in Kongo today, giving a interview to a western journalist. Also in the family arriving as refugees, exhausted, on the shores of Italy, coming from Eritrea. I see it in the activist couple who escaped from a prison in Turkey. From the mother whose whole family was killed, now speaking out at the tribunal in Den Haag, telling what happened to them during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. I see her face as well in the women remembered at the Ravensbr&#252;ck museum, and in the faces of my friends who still treasure the key to their house in Palestine that they had to leave so long ago.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Bearing Witness at Auschwitz has made me much more aware, personal and political. I feel the energy of this woman as my own, when I stand for human rights, writing letters to bring refugees to a safer place, open my door to people who escaped from dangerous places, and when I beg for relief projects for people in need.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I also follow the call to just listen, to listen to the voices of all the courageous people who join in a group with the wish to drop deeply into the essence, what it means to be a human among humans, looking at what we are as individuals and as a collective.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The retreat also gives me the gift of listening to the voices of the earth, of the sky and the wind. This deep listening reminds me of my duty, to take my place humbly in the circle of life and be present and open for what is, moment by moment. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IUZv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F168bcd27-b4fb-44fa-866f-e883bc8fb73e_353x341.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IUZv!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F168bcd27-b4fb-44fa-866f-e883bc8fb73e_353x341.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IUZv!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F168bcd27-b4fb-44fa-866f-e883bc8fb73e_353x341.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IUZv!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F168bcd27-b4fb-44fa-866f-e883bc8fb73e_353x341.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IUZv!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F168bcd27-b4fb-44fa-866f-e883bc8fb73e_353x341.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IUZv!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F168bcd27-b4fb-44fa-866f-e883bc8fb73e_353x341.png" width="221" height="213.4872521246459" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/168bcd27-b4fb-44fa-866f-e883bc8fb73e_353x341.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:341,&quot;width&quot;:353,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:221,&quot;bytes&quot;:220525,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/i/200079304?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F168bcd27-b4fb-44fa-866f-e883bc8fb73e_353x341.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IUZv!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F168bcd27-b4fb-44fa-866f-e883bc8fb73e_353x341.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IUZv!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F168bcd27-b4fb-44fa-866f-e883bc8fb73e_353x341.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IUZv!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F168bcd27-b4fb-44fa-866f-e883bc8fb73e_353x341.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IUZv!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F168bcd27-b4fb-44fa-866f-e883bc8fb73e_353x341.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Roshi Barbara Salaam Wegm&#252;ller has been a student of dreamwork, Sufism, Zen and Tibetan Buddhism and dharma successor of Bernie Glassman. Barbara has been a spirit holder at Zen Peacemakers Auschwitz-Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreat as well as a leader and participant in the Zen Peacemakers retreats in Rwanda (2014), the Black Hills (2015) and Bosnia-Herzegovina (2016)</figcaption></figure></div></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kpUt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F951ad952-89fc-482d-9f2b-5a0d95dd38fd_1254x1254.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kpUt!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F951ad952-89fc-482d-9f2b-5a0d95dd38fd_1254x1254.png 424w, 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data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/programs/auschwitz-birkenau-bearing-witness/"><span>MORE INFO HERE</span></a></p></div><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;f0f0d842-c0d1-4220-ba81-f6c431fe20e7&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>WAY OF COUNCIL</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RItI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><em>Council is one of our most important core Zen Peacemaker practices. We share Council during our Bearing Witness retreats almost 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 heart, encountering and experiencing one another gently and with awareness. We are not solving problems, debating issues, or making plans. We are making a healing space for each of us to hear and be heard, see and be seen.</em></p><h5>UPCOMING COUNCILS <strong>(click on title to learn more &amp; register)</strong></h5><p>Friday, June 19th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/210997">Women Only Council</a><br>Monday, June 22nd - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/210998">Mental Health Professionals &amp; Caregivers - Council</a><br>Tuesday, June 30th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/210999">Way of Council</a></p></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>A PRAYER FOR PEACE</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp" width="338" height="174.4198250728863" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:531,&quot;width&quot;:1029,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:338,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Our dear Lakota relative, Violet Catches, would like to invite Zen Peacemakers from all around the world to join on the Fourth Friday of the month at 1:00 pm US Eastern Time, to offer prayers for peace. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Participants will be encouraged to offer prayers from their faith tradition, culture, and in their language.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Zoom: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89008592778">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89008592778</a></p></div><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/page/events&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Click Here to View All Upcoming Events&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/page/events"><span>Click Here to View All Upcoming Events</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>FRIENDS OF ZEN PEACEMAKERS</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Vyfv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F59ec779f-e411-4ab6-a08b-a6e4d1727b51_1421x345.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Vyfv!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F59ec779f-e411-4ab6-a08b-a6e4d1727b51_1421x345.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Vyfv!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F59ec779f-e411-4ab6-a08b-a6e4d1727b51_1421x345.png 848w, 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>The Sacredness of Life , An Online Course Inspired by Etty Hillesum<br>Thursdays, June 4, 11, 18 &amp; 25, 2026 &#183; 19:30&#8211;21:30 Palestine/Israel Time</strong></p><p>This course asks one of the most radical questions of our time: how do we hold the sacredness of life when life itself is under threat?</p><p>Etty Hillesum was murdered in Auschwitz in 1943, at the age of 29. She witnessed deportations, humiliation, and the systematic destruction of her people &#8212; and yet she refused to let horror have the final word. Not out of denial, but out of a profound and hard-won devotion to life in its fullest sense. She teaches us that to affirm the sacredness of life in the darkest of times is not weakness &#8212; it is an act of the deepest courage and the deepest faith.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bDpprYCmChAW_glC1YDfoVimfG1Uswl_2c0xohJx6hY/viewform?edit_requested=true&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;More Info Here&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bDpprYCmChAW_glC1YDfoVimfG1Uswl_2c0xohJx6hY/viewform?edit_requested=true"><span>More Info Here</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>TAKING ACTION</p><p>Spiritual traditions are many, yet the divisions we experience are not only between them, they are also within us, in the ways we hold views and define what is &#8220;true&#8221; or &#8220;other.&#8221; Through the Three Tenets, we begin here. Not-Knowing invites us to loosen our attachment to fixed ideas about religion and belief. Bearing Witness brings us into direct relationship with the practices, rituals, and lived experiences of others. Taking Action arises within this encounter, not from agreement, but from staying present in difference.As we engage across traditions, in dialogue, shared practice, or collaboration, we begin to notice our own assumptions, our preferences, our subtle habits of separation. In that moment, there is an opportunity to remain present and meet one another more openly.This may look like participating in interfaith initiatives, building relationships across traditions, or working together to address shared needs. The work is not about resolving difference, but about how we meet it.<em><br>Learn more here: https://zenpeacemakers.org/taking-action-home/taking-action-interfaith</em></p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;61144ee2-d51c-482d-b65d-ebddb89a4037&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>&#10024; <strong>Explore the Taking Action initiative</strong> &#8212; discover how you can serve, connect, and be inspired by the work already unfolding in your communities.<br>&#128073; <a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/taking-action-home">Explore More</a></p><p>&#10084;&#65039; <strong>Your gift helps bring the Three Tenets to life.</strong><br>&#128073; <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/donations/general_fund">Donate Here</a></p></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>ZAZEN</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png" width="304" height="202.73626373626374" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:971,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:304,&quot;bytes&quot;:1707818,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/i/182847064?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Experience a connection with your personal&nbsp;landscape through the transformative power of online meditation sessions with the Zen Peacemakers. Whether you're part of a local sangha or other spiritual community, we invite you to join us in this virtual space where we can gather across geographies&nbsp;and time zones.</p><p>Join us for these online meditation sessions and experience the profound benefits of collective mindfulness. The Zen Peacemakers are here to support you on this transformative journey.</p><p><strong>Monday - Friday<br>10:00 - 10:40&nbsp;am US Eastern</strong><br><a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/32778">MORE INFO HERE</a></p></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>HAIKU</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!28ZW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!28ZW!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png 424w, 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Monthly Haiku Page<br>Please participate in our Haiku Poetry&nbsp;Challenge</p><p><a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/haiku-page/">ENTER HERE</a></p></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hMC2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d875259-e1b0-400e-a4d2-b3b485aca6f2_1200x1200.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hMC2!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d875259-e1b0-400e-a4d2-b3b485aca6f2_1200x1200.png 424w, 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We all have our opinions about Roshi Bernie Glassman.&nbsp;&nbsp;To some of us, he is the stern head monk at Zen Center of LA; to others, he is the socially engaged Buddhist who built up the Greyston Bakery and Foundation.&nbsp;&nbsp;To others he is the founder of Zen Peacemakers International and the instigator of bearing witness plunges on the city streets and at Auschwitz and to others he is the clown, the founder of the Order of Disorder.&nbsp;&nbsp;He is all of these and more.&nbsp;&nbsp;As the stories in the book show, he is Bernie, the mensch, who spent his life feeding the hungry ghosts of society and teaching that Zen is to realize the oneness and interconnectedness of life.</em><br>&nbsp;<br>-Gerry Shishin Wick, grateful Dharma brother and disciple of Roshi Bernie</p><p><a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/store/bernie-koans/">PURCHASE HERE</a></p></div><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zenpeacemakers.substack.com/&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Click Here To See Our Substack Page&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zenpeacemakers.substack.com/"><span>Click Here To See Our Substack Page</span></a></p><p>Thank you for reading this week's Zen Peacemakers newsletter.<br><br>We look forward to connecting at upcoming events, on social media, and via email.<br><br>With gratitude,</p><p><em>The Zen Peacemakers Team</em></p><p><a href="mailto:info@zenpeacemakers.org">info@zenpeacemakers.org</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank you for your ongoing support. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[2026 Spring Fundraiser]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/thank-you-for-your-ongoing-support</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/thank-you-for-your-ongoing-support</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zen Peacemakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:00:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/891de011-0648-4535-a0df-9d9dc8eac7eb_1200x630.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!C-uR!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8584451b-bd48-4d32-a09c-95eff34837c7_600x200.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Dear Peacemakers,</p><p>This is our final message for the Spring Fundraiser for Zen Peacemakers. We would like to thank those of you who have donated so far, and we encourage everyone to do so.</p><p>Your generosity helps us offer nearly all of our programs free of charge. This is our commitment as a means to spread our unique approach to peacemaking. You also help make it possible to offer scholarships for our Bearing Witness Retreats, allowing those with limited means to participate.</p><p>We also heartily encourage you to take advantage of all the events and programs we offer. We have several levels of engagement to learn more and experience Zen Peacemaker practices. These have changed lives, and in turn, those lives are</p><p>affecting our needy world. Bearing witness to all of our joys and all of our sorrows informs all our work.</p><p>Please help support us in this work. We are committing to growing our training and increasing our impact in the year ahead.</p><p>If you have not donated, please join us either as a monthly donor or an annual</p><p>gift. If you are a donor, please consider increasing your gift.</p><p>Donations can be made <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/donations/general_fund">here</a>.</p><p>I wish you peace and good health,</p><p>Geoff O&#8217;Keeffe</p><p>Executive Director</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[We’re Nearing the End, Help Us Carry This Work Forward ]]></title><description><![CDATA[2026 Spring Fundraiser]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/were-nearing-the-end-help-us-carry</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/were-nearing-the-end-help-us-carry</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zen Peacemakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 14:03:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/292ee09e-f384-4f24-a434-bbd79043c58c_1080x1350.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dG1c!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d7344b3-98fe-4d99-8c87-fd7d91d06261_600x200.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dG1c!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d7344b3-98fe-4d99-8c87-fd7d91d06261_600x200.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dG1c!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d7344b3-98fe-4d99-8c87-fd7d91d06261_600x200.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dG1c!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d7344b3-98fe-4d99-8c87-fd7d91d06261_600x200.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dG1c!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d7344b3-98fe-4d99-8c87-fd7d91d06261_600x200.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dG1c!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d7344b3-98fe-4d99-8c87-fd7d91d06261_600x200.png" width="728" height="242.66666666666666" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3d7344b3-98fe-4d99-8c87-fd7d91d06261_600x200.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:200,&quot;width&quot;:600,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:728,&quot;bytes&quot;:221315,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/i/199302613?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d7344b3-98fe-4d99-8c87-fd7d91d06261_600x200.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dG1c!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d7344b3-98fe-4d99-8c87-fd7d91d06261_600x200.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dG1c!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d7344b3-98fe-4d99-8c87-fd7d91d06261_600x200.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dG1c!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d7344b3-98fe-4d99-8c87-fd7d91d06261_600x200.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dG1c!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d7344b3-98fe-4d99-8c87-fd7d91d06261_600x200.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Dear Peacemakers,</p><p>We are nearing the close of our Spring Fundraiser. We thank you sincerely if you have donated. We are financially dependent on your support, and we are most grateful.</p><p>We are all intimately aware of the violence, strife, division, oppression, and suffering in our world. These are the conditions we find ourselves living in. How do we respond? How do we act to help relieve suffering and not make things worse or become despondent?</p><p>Zen Peacemakers is founded on a unique and radical approach to responding to these conditions. We take action from a place of not knowing and bearing witness. We invite everyone to the community table for everyone, not just those with whom we are aligned with.</p><p>Our mission is to spread this practice of taking action that leads to interbeing and a world that is safe for differences to exist. All of our work is rooted in bearing witness to the oneness of life.</p><p>Please help support us in this work.</p><p>If you have not donated, please join us either as a monthly donor or an annual gift. If you are a donor, please consider increasing your gift.</p><p>Donations can be made <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/donations/general_fund">here</a>.</p><p>With sincere gratitude,<br>Geoff O&#8217;Keeffe<br>Executive Director</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The broken stick]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peacemaker Newsletter (May 26th, 2026)]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/the-broken-stick</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/the-broken-stick</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 09:33:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1768373622906-c7cf73b89388?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwzMjF8fGhvbG9jYXVzdHxlbnwwfHx8fDE3Nzk3ODYyMzF8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><div 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https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1768373622906-c7cf73b89388?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwzMjF8fGhvbG9jYXVzdHxlbnwwfHx8fDE3Nzk3ODYyMzF8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080 1272w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1768373622906-c7cf73b89388?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwzMjF8fGhvbG9jYXVzdHxlbnwwfHx8fDE3Nzk3ODYyMzF8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1768373622906-c7cf73b89388?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwzMjF8fGhvbG9jYXVzdHxlbnwwfHx8fDE3Nzk3ODYyMzF8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080" width="361" height="481.3333333333333" 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srcset="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1768373622906-c7cf73b89388?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwzMjF8fGhvbG9jYXVzdHxlbnwwfHx8fDE3Nzk3ODYyMzF8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080 424w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1768373622906-c7cf73b89388?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwzMjF8fGhvbG9jYXVzdHxlbnwwfHx8fDE3Nzk3ODYyMzF8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080 848w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1768373622906-c7cf73b89388?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwzMjF8fGhvbG9jYXVzdHxlbnwwfHx8fDE3Nzk3ODYyMzF8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080 1272w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1768373622906-c7cf73b89388?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwzMjF8fGhvbG9jYXVzdHxlbnwwfHx8fDE3Nzk3ODYyMzF8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@shanadr">Shannon Adriaan</a> - Budapest, Shoes on the Danube Bank, Hungary</figcaption></figure></div><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Can we bear to look at what we have not confessed to ourselves? Can we hear what we do not know? Can we stir the ocean with the broken stick of our aspirations? Can we free all creations? </em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>No one answer, can hold the truth of a good heart. Thus, we stopped in our Council practice when it was our time to send our voice, to speak what we did not know and could not understand, and to listen to many voices <br>and many broken hearts. ~ Joan Halifax</em></p></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>BEARING WITNESS RETREAT</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kpUt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F951ad952-89fc-482d-9f2b-5a0d95dd38fd_1254x1254.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kpUt!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F951ad952-89fc-482d-9f2b-5a0d95dd38fd_1254x1254.png 424w, 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h5>Zen Caregiving Project</h5><h5>Wednesday, May 27th, 12:00pm US Eastern Time, Zoom</h5><p><strong><a href="https://www.zencaregiving.org/">Zen Caregiving Project</a></strong>, formerly known as Zen Hospice Project, was founded in 1986 to address suffering in San Francisco. Rooted in Zen Buddhist tradition, they began training volunteer caregivers to serve dying residents at two sites of service. ZCP nurtures caregivers and those they care for by teaching skills rooted in mindfulness and compassion while fostering connections. Join Executive Director, Roy Remer to learn more about this important work.</p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/209853&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Register Here&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/209853"><span>Register Here</span></a></p><p></p></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>WAY OF COUNCIL</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RItI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RItI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RItI!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RItI!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RItI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><em>Council is one of our most important core Zen Peacemaker practices. We share Council during our Bearing Witness retreats almost every day. In Council, we come together in a small group in a profound way. We create a shared liminal space that is safe, confidential, and perhaps sacred. We each listen and speak from the heart, encountering and experiencing one another gently and with awareness. We are not solving problems, debating issues, or making plans. We are making a healing space for each of us to hear and be heard, see and be seen.</em></p><h5>UPCOMING COUNCILS <strong>(click on title to learn more &amp; register)</strong></h5><p>Tuesday, June 2nd - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/213095">Way of Council</a><br>Friday, June 19th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/210997">Women Only Council</a><br>Monday, June 22nd - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/210998">Mental Health Professionals &amp; Caregivers - Council</a><br>Tuesday, June 30th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/210999">Way of Council</a></p></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>A PRAYER FOR PEACE</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp" width="338" height="174.4198250728863" 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Our dear Lakota relative, Violet Catches, would like to invite Zen Peacemakers from all around the world to join on the Fourth Friday of the month at 1:00 pm US Eastern Time, to offer prayers for peace. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Participants will be encouraged to offer prayers from their faith tradition, culture, and in their language.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Zoom: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89008592778">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89008592778</a></p></div><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/page/events&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Click Here to View All Upcoming Events&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/page/events"><span>Click Here to View All Upcoming Events</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>FRIENDS OF ZEN PEACEMAKERS</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>The Sacredness of Life , An Online Course Inspired by Etty Hillesum<br>Thursdays, June 4, 11, 18 &amp; 25, 2026 &#183; 19:30&#8211;21:30 Palestine/Israel Time</strong></p><p>This course asks one of the most radical questions of our time: how do we hold the sacredness of life when life itself is under threat?</p><p>Etty Hillesum was murdered in Auschwitz in 1943, at the age of 29. She witnessed deportations, humiliation, and the systematic destruction of her people &#8212; and yet she refused to let horror have the final word. Not out of denial, but out of a profound and hard-won devotion to life in its fullest sense. She teaches us that to affirm the sacredness of life in the darkest of times is not weakness &#8212; it is an act of the deepest courage and the deepest faith.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bDpprYCmChAW_glC1YDfoVimfG1Uswl_2c0xohJx6hY/viewform?edit_requested=true&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;More Info Here&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bDpprYCmChAW_glC1YDfoVimfG1Uswl_2c0xohJx6hY/viewform?edit_requested=true"><span>More Info Here</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>TAKING ACTION</p><p>Illness, aging, and dying are not separate from life&#8212;they are life<em>.</em>These moments ask something of us: to stay present where we might otherwise turn away. Through the Three Tenets, we begin here. Not-Knowing invites us to release our ideas about what this time should look like. Bearing Witness brings us into direct contact with vulnerability, grief, and care&#8212;just as they are. Taking Action arises within this intimacy, in how we show up moment by moment. As we sit with those who are ill, dying, or grieving, we begin to notice our own fear, our discomfort, our impulse to fix or withdraw. In that moment, there is an opportunity to not turn away, and remain present&#8212;to meet life as it is.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;983cc6d3-d6bf-4679-b8cf-687ba2a76930&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>&#10024; <strong>Explore the Taking Action initiative</strong> &#8212; discover how you can serve, connect, and be inspired by the work already unfolding in your communities.<br>&#128073; <a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/taking-action-home">Explore More</a></p><p>&#10084;&#65039; <strong>Your gift helps bring the Three Tenets to life.</strong><br>&#128073; <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/donations/general_fund">Donate Here</a></p></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>ZAZEN</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png" width="304" height="202.73626373626374" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:971,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:304,&quot;bytes&quot;:1707818,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/i/182847064?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Experience a connection with your personal&nbsp;landscape through the transformative power of online meditation sessions with the Zen Peacemakers. Whether you're part of a local sangha or other spiritual community, we invite you to join us in this virtual space where we can gather across geographies&nbsp;and time zones.</p><p>Join us for these online meditation sessions and experience the profound benefits of collective mindfulness. The Zen Peacemakers are here to support you on this transformative journey.</p><p><strong>Monday - Friday<br>10:00 - 10:40&nbsp;am US Eastern</strong><br><a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/32778">MORE INFO HERE</a></p></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>HAIKU</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!28ZW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!28ZW!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png 424w, 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Monthly Haiku Page<br>Please participate in our Haiku Poetry&nbsp;Challenge</p><p><a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/haiku-page/">ENTER HERE</a></p></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hMC2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d875259-e1b0-400e-a4d2-b3b485aca6f2_1200x1200.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hMC2!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d875259-e1b0-400e-a4d2-b3b485aca6f2_1200x1200.png 424w, 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We all have our opinions about Roshi Bernie Glassman.&nbsp;&nbsp;To some of us, he is the stern head monk at Zen Center of LA; to others, he is the socially engaged Buddhist who built up the Greyston Bakery and Foundation.&nbsp;&nbsp;To others he is the founder of Zen Peacemakers International and the instigator of bearing witness plunges on the city streets and at Auschwitz and to others he is the clown, the founder of the Order of Disorder.&nbsp;&nbsp;He is all of these and more.&nbsp;&nbsp;As the stories in the book show, he is Bernie, the mensch, who spent his life feeding the hungry ghosts of society and teaching that Zen is to realize the oneness and interconnectedness of life.</em><br>&nbsp;<br>-Gerry Shishin Wick, grateful Dharma brother and disciple of Roshi Bernie</p><p><a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/store/bernie-koans/">PURCHASE HERE</a></p></div><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" 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href="https://unsplash.com/@haberdoedas">Haberdoedas</a></strong></figcaption></figure></div><p style="text-align: center;">One reason I&#8217;m drawn to these charnel-ground-like practices is that they simply accentuate what we all deal with day-in and day-out in our lives. In this type of practice I am able to bring mindfulness and awareness to the suffering of the world and bear witness to it. We all experience charnel grounds in our lives. Especially between our ears, where the &#8220;rush hour&#8221;-like traffic of discursive thinking, conflicting emotions, raging desires and aversions is perhaps the ultimate charnel ground, and where our practice comes home to in the end. - Fleet Maull</p></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>BEARING WITNESS RETREAT</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CJJT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa1629754-53f7-49a9-8b2b-9ce90ef5d76d_1254x1254.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Rooted in Zen Buddhist tradition, they began training volunteer caregivers to serve dying residents at two sites of service. ZCP nurtures caregivers and those they care for by teaching skills rooted in mindfulness and compassion while fostering connections. Join Executive Director, Roy Remer to learn more about this important work.</p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/209853&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Register Here&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/209853"><span>Register Here</span></a></p><p></p></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>WAY OF COUNCIL</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RItI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><em>Council is one of our most important core Zen Peacemaker practices. We share Council during our Bearing Witness retreats almost 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 heart, encountering and experiencing one another gently and with awareness. We are not solving problems, debating issues, or making plans. We are making a healing space for each of us to hear and be heard, see and be seen.</em></p><h5>UPCOMING COUNCILS <strong>(click on title to learn more &amp; register)</strong></h5><p>Monday, May 25th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/209851">Mental Health Professionals &amp; Caregivers - Council</a><br>Tuesday, June 2nd - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/213095">Way of Council</a><br>Friday, June 19th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/210997">Women Only Council</a><br>Monday, June 22nd - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/210998">Mental Health Professionals &amp; Caregivers - Council</a><br>Tuesday, June 30th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/210999">Way of Council</a></p></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>A PRAYER FOR PEACE</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" 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1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp" width="338" height="174.4198250728863" 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Our dear Lakota relative, Violet Catches, would like to invite Zen Peacemakers from all around the world to join on the Fourth Friday of the month at 1:00 pm US Eastern Time, to offer prayers for peace. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Participants will be encouraged to offer prayers from their faith tradition, culture, and in their language.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Zoom: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89008592778">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89008592778</a></p></div><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/page/events&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Click Here to View All Upcoming Events&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/page/events"><span>Click Here to View All Upcoming Events</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>FRIENDS OF ZEN PEACEMAKERS</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>The Sacredness of Life , An Online Course Inspired by Etty Hillesum<br>Thursdays, June 4, 11, 18 &amp; 25, 2026 &#183; 19:30&#8211;21:30 Palestine/Israel Time</strong></p><p>This course asks one of the most radical questions of our time: how do we hold the sacredness of life when life itself is under threat?</p><p>Etty Hillesum was murdered in Auschwitz in 1943, at the age of 29. She witnessed deportations, humiliation, and the systematic destruction of her people &#8212; and yet she refused to let horror have the final word. Not out of denial, but out of a profound and hard-won devotion to life in its fullest sense. She teaches us that to affirm the sacredness of life in the darkest of times is not weakness &#8212; it is an act of the deepest courage and the deepest faith.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bDpprYCmChAW_glC1YDfoVimfG1Uswl_2c0xohJx6hY/viewform?edit_requested=true&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;More Info Here&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bDpprYCmChAW_glC1YDfoVimfG1Uswl_2c0xohJx6hY/viewform?edit_requested=true"><span>More Info Here</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>TAKING ACTION</p><p>Illness, aging, and dying are not separate from life&#8212;they are life<em>.</em>These moments ask something of us: to stay present where we might otherwise turn away. Through the Three Tenets, we begin here. Not-Knowing invites us to release our ideas about what this time should look like. Bearing Witness brings us into direct contact with vulnerability, grief, and care&#8212;just as they are. Taking Action arises within this intimacy, in how we show up moment by moment. As we sit with those who are ill, dying, or grieving, we begin to notice our own fear, our discomfort, our impulse to fix or withdraw. In that moment, there is an opportunity to not turn away, and remain present&#8212;to meet life as it is.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;983cc6d3-d6bf-4679-b8cf-687ba2a76930&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>&#10024; <strong>Explore the Taking Action initiative</strong> &#8212; discover how you can serve, connect, and be inspired by the work already unfolding in your communities.<br>&#128073; <a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/taking-action-home">Explore More</a></p><p>&#10084;&#65039; <strong>Your gift helps bring the Three Tenets to life.</strong><br>&#128073; <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/donations/general_fund">Donate Here</a></p></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>ZAZEN</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png" width="304" height="202.73626373626374" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:971,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:304,&quot;bytes&quot;:1707818,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/i/182847064?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Experience a connection with your personal&nbsp;landscape through the transformative power of online meditation sessions with the Zen Peacemakers. Whether you're part of a local sangha or other spiritual community, we invite you to join us in this virtual space where we can gather across geographies&nbsp;and time zones.</p><p>Join us for these online meditation sessions and experience the profound benefits of collective mindfulness. The Zen Peacemakers are here to support you on this transformative journey.</p><p><strong>Monday - Friday<br>10:00 - 10:40&nbsp;am US Eastern</strong><br><a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/32778">MORE INFO HERE</a></p></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>HAIKU</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!28ZW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!28ZW!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!28ZW!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!28ZW!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!28ZW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!28ZW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png" width="299" height="199.40178571428572" 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Monthly Haiku Page<br>Please participate in our Haiku Poetry&nbsp;Challenge</p><p><a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/haiku-page/">ENTER HERE</a></p></div><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hMC2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d875259-e1b0-400e-a4d2-b3b485aca6f2_1200x1200.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hMC2!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d875259-e1b0-400e-a4d2-b3b485aca6f2_1200x1200.png 424w, 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We all have our opinions about Roshi Bernie Glassman.&nbsp;&nbsp;To some of us, he is the stern head monk at Zen Center of LA; to others, he is the socially engaged Buddhist who built up the Greyston Bakery and Foundation.&nbsp;&nbsp;To others he is the founder of Zen Peacemakers International and the instigator of bearing witness plunges on the city streets and at Auschwitz and to others he is the clown, the founder of the Order of Disorder.&nbsp;&nbsp;He is all of these and more.&nbsp;&nbsp;As the stories in the book show, he is Bernie, the mensch, who spent his life feeding the hungry ghosts of society and teaching that Zen is to realize the oneness and interconnectedness of life.</em><br>&nbsp;<br>-Gerry Shishin Wick, grateful Dharma brother and disciple of Roshi Bernie</p><p><a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/store/bernie-koans/">PURCHASE HERE</a></p></div><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zenpeacemakers.substack.com/&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Click Here To See Our Substack Page&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zenpeacemakers.substack.com/"><span>Click Here To See Our Substack Page</span></a></p><p>Thank you for reading this week's Zen Peacemakers newsletter.<br><br>We look forward to connecting at upcoming events, on social media, and via email.<br><br>With gratitude,</p><p><em>The Zen Peacemakers Team</em></p><p><a href="mailto:info@zenpeacemakers.org">info@zenpeacemakers.org</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dharma in Hell: The Prison Writings of Fleet Maull]]></title><description><![CDATA[Featured Writing ~ Fleet Maull, PhD]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/dharma-in-hell-the-prison-writings</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/dharma-in-hell-the-prison-writings</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zen Peacemakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 08:06:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0ba6c37e-f246-41b0-9b58-e2ea29223a63_1600x1067.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h5><em>The following is excerpted from the second chapter of</em> Dharma in Hell: The Prison Writings of Fleet Maull.<em> Published by the Prison Dharma Network, 2012.</em></h5><p></p><p>April 2, 2018</p><p>After seven months in the county jail, I received a thirty-year, no-parole sentence. I was then transferred to the federal prison hospital in Missouri. I went from a cellblock housing ten prisoners to a correctional facility with over 1,300 prisoners. It was both a relief and frightening to find myself in this much bigger more chaotic environment. The prison population consisted of 300 in general population, or work cadre (prisoners like myself who were there to work in food service, housekeeping, sanitation, or maintenance), and 1,000 hospital patients&#8212; approximately 600 medical and 400 psychiatric.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xAaF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd3a04786-f23c-4188-91d6-b9d9416827fa_320x495.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xAaF!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd3a04786-f23c-4188-91d6-b9d9416827fa_320x495.jpeg 424w, 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I saw men ravaged by cancer and AIDS, paraplegics and quadriplegics in wheelchairs, and blind men feeling their way down a prison corridor. I saw highly disturbed mental health patients mumbling to themselves or shuffling down the hall with the characteristic step and vacant stare produced by heavy doses of psychotropic drugs used more for purposes of control&#8212; so-called chemical straightjackets&#8212; than for any actual treatment, much less healing. And I had yet to see the locked medical wards or the locked back wards of the psychiatric wing, the infamous 10-building Jack Abbott wrote about in his book, <em><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/433078">In the Belly of the Beast.</a></em></p><p>I had many years to become intimate with this charnel ground, populated with a pantheon of troubled spirits, vetalis, rakshasa, and the like, rivaling that of Indian folklore. And they weren&#8217;t all prisoners. Some of the most troubled and troublesome, and some of the scariest charnel ground denizens wore prison guard uniforms. Working in the prison school (my day job) for 13 plus years, I helped bitter and angry men&#8212; made even angrier by forced enrollment in school&#8212; learn to read, pass their high school equivalency (GED) exam, or complete college correspondence courses. I worked with inner city gang members, Asians, African Americans, and Chicanos, with Mexican rancheros imprisoned for drug dealing or immigration violations. I worked with mental health patients who could make a little progress on their &#8220;good&#8221; days, until one of the prison psychiatrists started experimenting with their meds again.</p><p>I was determined to keep my heart open in this hell realm of incalculable pain, anger, bitterness, anguish and depression. I knew that spiritual practice and study were key and I devoted myself to these disciplines with vigor.</p><p>Early on in my prison journey, I began to follow the work of social activist Bernie Glassman, a traditionally trained western Zen master who was working to alleviate suffering among the poorest of the poor and the homeless. He had developed an innovative new model for addressing seemingly intractable social ills through a holistic approach to community development. In 1994, I began formal studies with Roshi Glassman, or &#8220;Bernie&#8221; as he prefers to be called these days, which eventually led to my ordination as a Zen peacemaker priest in a ceremony performed in the prison chapel by Roshi and his late wife, Sensei Jishu.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bbUJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3dbc0dbe-c43d-4dd9-86bc-1ae347451c5f_1600x1067.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bbUJ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3dbc0dbe-c43d-4dd9-86bc-1ae347451c5f_1600x1067.jpeg 424w, 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These plunges are essentially deep journeys&#8217; into charnel grounds, where all reference points quickly dissolve, plunging the retreatant into the depths of not knowing, the first tenet of the Peacemaker Community approach to spiritually-based social action (the other two tenets are bearing witness and loving action).</p><p>Since leaving prison in 1999, I have found myself irresistibly drawn to these plunge practices. I&#8217;ve attended the street retreats in New York City with Bernie, led street retreats myself in Denver yearly, and spent time sitting between the railroad tracks at the infamous selection site at Birkenau. Here the Jews, gypsies and other &#8220;undesirables,&#8221; were rounded up by the Nazis and taken from the cattle cars and directed to the left or to the right&#8212; to immediate extermination in the gas chambers, or, to a slower death in the slave labor camps.</p><p>Bernie Glassman had visited Auschwitz-Birkenau in the early 1990s, experiencing a realm of suffering spirits who were starving for recognition, remembrance, healing and release. He vowed to return there in an effort to bring healing to these displaced and forgotten beings. In 1996, he returned with 150 like-minded and courageous peacemakers seeking healing for the souls of Auschwitz-Birkenau, for their families, communities, nations, and for humanity.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4Rt1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae5db08c-f625-4f67-9e1f-71b99672406d_2560x1920.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4Rt1!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae5db08c-f625-4f67-9e1f-71b99672406d_2560x1920.jpeg 424w, 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We take turns reading the names of the dead&#8212; those few whose names are known&#8212; and bear witness to the unspeakable horror of the place where millions of men, women, and children&#8212; the majority Jews, but also Polish Catholics, Russian soldiers, gypsies, homosexuals, and other so-called &#8220;undesirables&#8221;&#8212; were systematically exterminated. The dead were burned in the crematoria and open fields of this death camp and charnel ground, which is now a vast cemetery, a repository of the ashes of nearly two million human beings.</p><p>The visible corpses are now long gone, almost sixty years after the Russian soldiers liberated the camp in 1945. But their spirits and anguish linger&#8212; not only in the horrific visual images preserved in the camps and museums&#8212; but also in the stories told by the camp survivors and children of camp survivors who join us each year on the retreat.</p><p>Why am I drawn to continue practicing in charnel grounds even after my release from prison? Why do peacemakers return year after year to bear witness individually and with each other to the horrors of Auschwitz-Birkenau, this monument to the dark side of human nature? The question is difficult to answer.</p><p>One reason I&#8217;m drawn to these charnel-ground-like practices is that they simply accentuate what we all deal with day-in and day-out in our lives. In this type of practice I am able to bring mindfulness and awareness to the suffering of the world and bear witness to it. We all experience charnel grounds in our lives. Especially between our ears, where the &#8220;rush hour&#8221;-like traffic of discursive thinking, conflicting emotions, raging desires and aversions is perhaps the ultimate charnel ground, and where our practice comes home to in the end.</p><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p><strong>Roshi Fleet Maull, PhD,</strong> is an author, meditation teacher, management consultant, end of life care educator and social activist working for peace, prison reform and social transformation. Acharya Maull is a senior teacher (Acharya) appointed by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche in the Shambhala Meditation Community. He was a senior student of the Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, serving the Vidyahdara as a personal attendant for many years. He is currently a senior student of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. Fleet leads many programs and retreats throughout the worldwide Shambhala Meditation Community.</p><p>Fleet is also a Dharma successor of Zen master and social entrepreneur, Roshi Bernie Glassman, and a fully empowered teacher and senior priest in the Zen Peacemaker Community and the Soto Zen lineage of Maezumi Roshi. Fleet completed his senior priest ordination with Roshis Joan Halifax and Pat Enkyo O&#8217;Hara. As a Zen peacemaker, Fleet served as a spirit holder of the annual Bearing Witness retreat at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland from 2001 to 2014. He co-founded the Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat and leads street retreats in major urban centers.</p><p>Fleet founded both Prison Dharma Network (now Prison Mindfulness Institute) and National Prison Hospice Association while serving a 14-year mandatory-minimum sentence on drug charges in federal prison from 1985 to 1999. Fleet helped start the first hospice program inside an American prison, initiating a prison hospice movement that now includes over 70 hospice programs in U.S. state and federal prisons. He also led a twice weekly meditation group at the prison for 14 years. Prison Mindfulness Institute is a leading provider of evidenced-based mindfulness programming in the criminal justice field and hosts a network over 185 organizations and over 2500 individual members working to bring meditation and transformation to the lives of prisoners and correctional workers throughout the U.S. and abroad.</p><p>Fleet served on the Naropa University faculty from 1995 to 2009, where he taught courses in psychology, meditation, socially engaged Buddhism and contemplative and integral approaches to social action, peacemaking, and political science. He founded the Center for Contemplative End of Life Care Programs at Naropa University, served as senior faculty with the Upaya Institute&#8217;s Being with Dying program and as co-founded the Upaya Institute&#8217;s Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program.</p><p>Fleet also co-founded and directs the Engaged Mindfulness Institute, training professionals and paraprofessionals in the criminal justice, social services, education and medical fields in trauma-informed approaches to sharing the practice of mindfulness with at-risk individuals, vulnerable populations and underserved communities. The Engaged Mindfulness Institute also hosts bearing witness retreats and street retreats in places of deep suffering throughout the world.</p><p>Fleet leads meditation retreats, leadership and activist trainings, bearing witness retreats and street retreats throughout North America, Europe, Africa and Latin America, where he also visits prisons and jails doing transformational work with both prisoners and prison staff. He is a frequent presenter at conferences on mindfulness, prison work, end of life care, peacemaking and socially engaged spirituality. His peacemaking activities range from the streets of U.S. cities, to former concentration camps in Poland, to Rwanda and Israel-Palestine, and the forgotten world inside our jails and prisons. Fleet is the author of Dharma in Hell, the Prison Writings of Fleet Maull and numerous articles and book chapters in the fields of corrections and end of life care. He has been interviewed widely in the radio, online and print media, including National Public Radio&#8217;s Fresh Air program and the nationally syndicated E-Town.</p></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tai Chi at Auschwitz: An Unexpected Reconciliation Journey]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peacemaker Featured Event (May 20th, 2026)]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/tai-chi-at-auschwitz-an-unexpected</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/tai-chi-at-auschwitz-an-unexpected</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zen Peacemakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 09:37:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2oy6!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F70ecc259-8c21-4b11-a7eb-87db609dd607_707x365.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><div 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Now Peter and Maura will share from their continuing work, including selected readings and reflections on reconciliation, healing, and practice at sites of deep suffering.</p><p>Kathleen, who has also translated Peter and Maura&#8217;s book into German, will guide a thoughtful conversation with the authors, followed by time for questions and discussion.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>This gathering invites us to listen deeply, bear witness, and consider how embodied practice can open unexpected pathways toward healing.</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/210357&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;REGISTER FOR FREE HERE&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/210357"><span>REGISTER FOR FREE HERE</span></a></p><p></p><p>Wednesday, May 20th<br>12:00pm US Eastern Time<br>Duration: 90 minutes<br>Format: Presentation, followed by Q&amp;A</p><p>More about Peter and Maura: <br><a href="https://www.peterandmaurabooks.com/">https://www.peterandmaurabooks.com/</a></p></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘You’ll feel better about it when you go there’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Featured Writing ~ Richard Warner]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/youll-feel-better-about-it-when-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/youll-feel-better-about-it-when-you</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zen Peacemakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 13:32:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1768149524699-484e2d717faa?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwzMzR8fGdvJTIwdGhlcmV8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzc4Njc4NjQ0fDA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080" 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fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@onghansel">Hansel Ong</a></figcaption></figure></div><p></p><p><strong>&#8216;You&#8217;ll feel better about it when you go there&#8217;</strong></p><p>This brief reflection has a title. There is a bit of a story behind that, which will become clear as you read.</p><p>Last Saturday, I participated in a Zen Peacemaker training and listened to a teacher share her experience of travelling to Auschwitz to participate in a Bearing Witness retreat run by Zen Peacemakers. She described how, as someone of Jewish heritage, part of her was drawn to attend, but she was also naturally quite anxious and not sure whether she could participate. In discussing this with retreat leader Bernie Glassman, she remembered him saying,</p><p><strong>&#8220;You&#8217;ll feel better about it when you go there.&#8221;</strong></p><p>She did end up going and had a transformative, life&#8209;giving experience, which has led to a practice of practical peacemaking between Israelis and Palestinians. Her important work continues to this day.</p><p>I thought this commonplace statement, &#8220;you&#8217;ll feel better when you go there,&#8221; contains a valuable teaching. It applies not only to facing the fears and challenges I might experience in the so&#8209;called external world, but equally to the inner aspect of &#8203;practice. A large part of this &#8203;&#8217;inner&#8203; work&#8217; involves releasing the grip of my certainties, particularly ideas about what I think constitutes reality and the surety of my own identity, who this person called &#8216;Richard&#8217; is, who I think I am.</p><p>Fears are a bit like a Chinese finger trap. When we pull away from them, their grip becomes tighter. We are trapped in the very act of recoiling and are only &#8203;released by entering fully into them. This is not a natural response for me&#8203; - nor I think for many of us. It has taken time, training, encouragement, and the support of a community to learn to trust the process of noticing, relaxing, and letting go&#8203;.&#8203; Sometimes it all seems to flow effortlessly, at other times the path is full of pitfalls as I confront old fears and my own stubborn headedness - either way I renew my vows and continue on.&#8203;</p><p>Contemplative practice is not a path of avoidance &#8203;nor &#8203;escape into an empty equivalence. It is a practice of repeatedly befriending the places &#8203;one do&#8203;es not want to go to and, perhaps paradoxically, as a result, finding deep freedom within them. &#8203;We discover this only when &#8203;we get up close and alongside &#8203;out difficulties and realise that they are not as fixed, nor as fearful, as &#8203;we thought they were. It is then that they can become a site of liberation.</p><p>&#8203;Wise teachers tell us that our practice matures when we move from clutching, grasping, and holding on to fixed ideas to what Uchiyama Roshi poetically refers to as &#8220;opening the hand of thought.&#8221; Just like in the predicament of the finger trap, to open the hand of thought we need first to notice what is going on in our minds and then relax. As the three tenets tell us, fixed ideas about who &#8203;we and others are, are a dead end. I have been there many times and will surely go there again - but thanks to this practice I also know a different way. Holding my agendas lightly, not tightly, and relaxing the grip of my certainties are central to this.</p><p>As alluded to, this alternative path can be challenging, and for me, much of this boils down to basic fears about the stability of my identity and my own and others&#8217; well&#8209;being if I let go. That is why I seek support from a tradition and teachings mapping out the contours of the path, which includes a set of ethical guidelines, a practice community, and a trusted friend or teacher who knows the territory and might be able to make stepping into the unknown a little safer by saying encouraging words to the effect,</p><p><strong>&#8220;you&#8217;ll feel better about it when you go there.&#8221;</strong></p><p>It can feel challenging to be in a place of not knowing, open and vulnerable and not holding all the answers. Yet I always find that when I go there, and to the degree in which I manage to, I feel free, alive, deeply connected, and qualitatively &#8220;better.&#8221;&#8203;</p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J1NF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa7477997-c259-41b7-9620-254740a7a094_150x150.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J1NF!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa7477997-c259-41b7-9620-254740a7a094_150x150.png 424w, 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>Richard Warner (B.Soc.Wk)<br>Teacher at Sun Mountain Zen Community, Brisbane Australia.</strong></p><h5><strong>Manager of Nundah Community Enterprises Cooperative (NCEC Ltd) a Social Enterprise Employing people with Cognitive and Psychological Disabilities.<br><br></strong><em>Richard Warner is a co-author of a new book on Community Building. <br>Designed as a yearlong guided workbook, The Community Builder&#8217;s Journal invites you to experiment with building community in your street, neighbourhood, workplace, or wherever life places you.Available from Practical Action Publishing and also as an ebook on Kindle and other platforms.<br>https://practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3116/the-community-builders-journal</em></h5><div><hr></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our vision]]></title><description><![CDATA[2026 Spring Fundraiser]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/our-vision</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/our-vision</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zen Peacemakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:36:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/075ffa13-89c3-45fd-b1ac-fe7e6bf5cfee_1080x1350.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/donations/general_fund" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1zud!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306fc3b0-b3d4-46f7-a1d0-adde5f34afd0_600x200.png 424w, 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fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Dear Peacemakers,</p><p>We reach out to you during our Spring Fundraiser to ask for your generosity and financial support for Zen Peacemakers.</p><p>Zen Peacemakers is building a base of solidarity and commitment to help each other through taking action. We are encouraging everyone to ask, &#8220;How can I help others?&#8221; in everyday life. We provide programs and shared stories in many areas to help us all see the effect of taking action. We have created a map of opportunities for getting involved with local organizations on our website.</p><p>Our vision is the realization and activation of a more connected world: this naturally leads us to take care of each other. With shared values and taking action, however small, there are potentially vast unintended consequences and outcomes from taking the first step. Bearing witness to all of our joys and all of our sorrows informs all our work. When we see others as ourselves and ourself as others, new possibilities for interconnectedness are created.</p><p>Please help support us in this work.</p><p>If you have not donated, please join us either as a monthly donor or an annual gift. If you are a donor, please consider increasing your gift.</p><p>Donations can be made <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/donations/general_fund">here</a>.</p><p>Kind thanks to all<br>Geoff O&#8217;Keeffe<br>Executive Director</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must do it carefully.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peacemaker Newsletter (May 12th, 2026)]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/i-must-do-it-carefully</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/i-must-do-it-carefully</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 08:45:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7qrP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5c28731a-7ddb-4cfd-8e88-c4525c485eee_3024x4032.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><div 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>CORE TRAINING</p><h5>Core Training: Meditation Instruction - Lisa Gakyo Schaewe</h5><h5>Monday, June 8th, 7pm US Eastern Time</h5><p>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 heart, encountering and experiencing one another gently and with awareness. We are not solving problems or debating issues or making plans. We are making a healing space for each of us to hear and be heard, see and be seen. In this Introduction, we will briefly present the history of Council, explain the guidelines we use, and then experience a short Council session.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/210996&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Register Here&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/210996"><span>Register Here</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>AFFILIATE EVENT</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Q98c!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F68a28f6a-55b3-4123-870a-30c539a03edb_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h5>Zen Caregiving Project</h5><h5>Wednesday, May 27th, 12:00pm US Eastern Time, Zoom</h5><p><strong><a href="https://www.zencaregiving.org/">Zen Caregiving Project</a></strong>, formerly known as Zen Hospice Project, was founded in 1986 to address suffering in San Francisco. Rooted in Zen Buddhist tradition, they began training volunteer caregivers to serve dying residents at two sites of service. ZCP nurtures caregivers and those they care for by teaching skills rooted in mindfulness and compassion while fostering connections. Join Executive Director, Roy Remer to learn more about this important work.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/209853&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Register Here&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/209853"><span>Register Here</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>A PRAYER FOR PEACE</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp" width="338" height="174.4198250728863" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:531,&quot;width&quot;:1029,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:338,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Hello Family!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our dear Lakota relative, Violet Catches, would like to invite Zen Peacemakers from all around the world to join on the Fourth Friday of the month at 1:00 pm US Eastern Time, to offer prayers for peace. Participants will be encouraged to offer prayers from their faith tradition, culture, and in their language.</p><p>In peace &amp; gratitude-<br>Michel Engu Dobbs</p><p>Zoom: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89008592778">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89008592778</a></p><div><hr></div><p>WAY OF COUNCIL</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RItI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RItI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RItI!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RItI!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RItI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RItI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png" width="399" height="266.09134615384613" 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class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><em>Council is one of our most important core Zen Peacemaker practices. We share Council during our Bearing Witness retreats almost 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 heart, encountering and experiencing one another gently and with awareness. We are not solving problems, debating issues, or making plans. We are making a healing space for each of us to hear and be heard, see and be seen.</em></p><h5>UPCOMING COUNCILS <strong>(click on title to learn more &amp; register)</strong></h5><p>Friday, May 15th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/209850">Women Only Council </a></p><p></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/page/events" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tlmv!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5b5114d-6371-4a81-89bc-0b19fdb26f0f_1424x875.png 424w, 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>The Sacredness of Life , An Online Course Inspired by Etty Hillesum<br>Thursdays, June 4, 11, 18 &amp; 25, 2026 &#183; 19:30&#8211;21:30 Palestine/Israel Time</strong></p><p>This course asks one of the most radical questions of our time: how do we hold the sacredness of life when life itself is under threat?</p><p>Etty Hillesum was murdered in Auschwitz in 1943, at the age of 29. She witnessed deportations, humiliation, and the systematic destruction of her people &#8212; and yet she refused to let horror have the final word. Not out of denial, but out of a profound and hard-won devotion to life in its fullest sense. She teaches us that to affirm the sacredness of life in the darkest of times is not weakness &#8212; it is an act of the deepest courage and the deepest faith.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bDpprYCmChAW_glC1YDfoVimfG1Uswl_2c0xohJx6hY/viewform?edit_requested=true&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;More Info Here&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bDpprYCmChAW_glC1YDfoVimfG1Uswl_2c0xohJx6hY/viewform?edit_requested=true"><span>More Info Here</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>TAKING ACTION</p><p>Illness, aging, and dying are not separate from life&#8212;they are life<em>.</em>These moments ask something of us: to stay present where we might otherwise turn away. Through the Three Tenets, we begin here. Not-Knowing invites us to release our ideas about what this time should look like. Bearing Witness brings us into direct contact with vulnerability, grief, and care&#8212;just as they are. Taking Action arises within this intimacy, in how we show up moment by moment. As we sit with those who are ill, dying, or grieving, we begin to notice our own fear, our discomfort, our impulse to fix or withdraw. In that moment, there is an opportunity to not turn away, and remain present&#8212;to meet life as it is.</p><p></p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;983cc6d3-d6bf-4679-b8cf-687ba2a76930&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>&#10024; <strong>Explore the Taking Action initiative</strong> &#8212; discover how you can serve, connect, and be inspired by the work already unfolding in your communities.<br>&#128073; <a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/taking-action-home">Explore More</a></p><p>&#10084;&#65039; <strong>Your gift helps bring the Three Tenets to life.</strong><br>&#128073; <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/donations/general_fund">Donate Here</a></p><div><hr></div><p>ZAZEN</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png" width="304" height="202.73626373626374" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:971,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:304,&quot;bytes&quot;:1707818,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/i/182847064?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Experience a connection with your personal&nbsp;landscape through the transformative power of online meditation sessions with the Zen Peacemakers. Whether you're part of a local sangha or other spiritual community, we invite you to join us in this virtual space where we can gather across geographies&nbsp;and time zones.</p><p>Join us for these online meditation sessions and experience the profound benefits of collective mindfulness. The Zen Peacemakers are here to support you on this transformative journey.</p><p><strong>Monday - Friday<br>10:00 - 10:40&nbsp;am US Eastern</strong><br><a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/32778">MORE INFO HERE</a></p><div><hr></div><p>HAIKU</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!28ZW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!28ZW!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png 424w, 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We all have our opinions about Roshi Bernie Glassman.&nbsp;&nbsp;To some of us, he is the stern head monk at Zen Center of LA; to others, he is the socially engaged Buddhist who built up the Greyston Bakery and Foundation.&nbsp;&nbsp;To others he is the founder of Zen Peacemakers International and the instigator of bearing witness plunges on the city streets and at Auschwitz and to others he is the clown, the founder of the Order of Disorder.&nbsp;&nbsp;He is all of these and more.&nbsp;&nbsp;As the stories in the book show, he is Bernie, the mensch, who spent his life feeding the hungry ghosts of society and teaching that Zen is to realize the oneness and interconnectedness of life.</em><br>&nbsp;<br>-Gerry Shishin Wick, grateful Dharma brother and disciple of Roshi Bernie</p><p><a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/store/bernie-koans/">PURCHASE HERE</a></p><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" 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2026 22:33:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!H-Cl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbe368242-ca2d-40ec-ab69-243ab22d37b6_678x943.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!H-Cl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbe368242-ca2d-40ec-ab69-243ab22d37b6_678x943.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!H-Cl!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbe368242-ca2d-40ec-ab69-243ab22d37b6_678x943.png 424w, 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Each day includes periods of horseback riding across the surrounding area, along with council, teachings, meals, and conversation with Lakota hosts about history, culture, language, and contemporary life. Returning daily to base camp creates continuity and deepens the field of connection. <em>This program is designed for both riders and non-riders.</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/206210&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;More Information Here&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/206210"><span>More Information Here</span></a></p><p>Guided by the Three Tenets &#8212; Not Knowing, Bearing Witness, and Taking Action &#8212; this is not a tour or performance. 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It is a natural activity for us, like sleep, or walking, or moving about. Often, this practice is part of a religious or spiritual tradition, taking on many varied forms. And many of us meditate unaffiliated with any doctrine or lineage. We will offer a basic, introductory training in meditation, unattached to any specific tradition, that participants can put into personal practice immediately. It has been said, &#8220;Stillness answers every question.&#8221; Let&#8217;s explore that together.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/196976&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Register Here&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/196976"><span>Register Here</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>A PRAYER FOR PEACE</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp" width="338" height="174.4198250728863" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:531,&quot;width&quot;:1029,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:338,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SiAa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Hello Family!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our dear Lakota relative, Violet Catches, would like to invite Zen Peacemakers from all around the world to join on the Fourth Friday of the month at 1:00 pm US Eastern Time, to offer prayers for peace. Participants will be encouraged to offer prayers from their faith tradition, culture, and in their language.</p><p>In peace &amp; gratitude-<br>Michel Engu Dobbs</p><p>Zoom: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89008592778">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89008592778</a></p><div><hr></div><p>WAY OF COUNCIL</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RItI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RItI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RItI!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RItI!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RItI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RItI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png" width="399" height="266.09134615384613" 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><em>Council is one of our most important core Zen Peacemaker practices. We share Council during our Bearing Witness retreats almost every day. In Council, we come together in a small group in a profound way. We create a shared liminal space that is safe, confidential, and perhaps sacred. We each listen and speak from the heart, encountering and experiencing one another gently and with awareness. We are not solving problems, debating issues, or making plans. We are making a healing space for each of us to hear and be heard, see and be seen.</em></p><h5>UPCOMING COUNCILS <strong>(click on title to learn more &amp; register)</strong></h5><p>Thurs., May 7th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/209849">The Way of Council with Kineret Ando Yardena</a></p><p>Friday, May 15th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/209850">Women Only Council </a></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/page/events" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tlmv!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5b5114d-6371-4a81-89bc-0b19fdb26f0f_1424x875.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tlmv!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5b5114d-6371-4a81-89bc-0b19fdb26f0f_1424x875.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tlmv!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5b5114d-6371-4a81-89bc-0b19fdb26f0f_1424x875.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tlmv!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5b5114d-6371-4a81-89bc-0b19fdb26f0f_1424x875.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tlmv!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5b5114d-6371-4a81-89bc-0b19fdb26f0f_1424x875.png" width="387" height="237.79845505617976" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d5b5114d-6371-4a81-89bc-0b19fdb26f0f_1424x875.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:875,&quot;width&quot;:1424,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:387,&quot;bytes&quot;:1083735,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/page/events&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/i/182847064?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5b5114d-6371-4a81-89bc-0b19fdb26f0f_1424x875.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tlmv!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5b5114d-6371-4a81-89bc-0b19fdb26f0f_1424x875.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tlmv!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5b5114d-6371-4a81-89bc-0b19fdb26f0f_1424x875.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tlmv!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5b5114d-6371-4a81-89bc-0b19fdb26f0f_1424x875.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tlmv!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5b5114d-6371-4a81-89bc-0b19fdb26f0f_1424x875.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/page/events&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Click Here to View All Upcoming Events&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/page/events"><span>Click Here to View All Upcoming Events</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>TAKING ACTION</p><p>Illness, aging, and dying are not separate from life&#8212;they are life<em>.</em>These moments ask something of us: to stay present where we might otherwise turn away. Through the Three Tenets, we begin here. Not-Knowing invites us to release our ideas about what this time should look like. Bearing Witness brings us into direct contact with vulnerability, grief, and care&#8212;just as they are. Taking Action arises within this intimacy, in how we show up moment by moment. As we sit with those who are ill, dying, or grieving, we begin to notice our own fear, our discomfort, our impulse to fix or withdraw. In that moment, there is an opportunity to not turn away, and remain present&#8212;to meet life as it is.</p><p></p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;983cc6d3-d6bf-4679-b8cf-687ba2a76930&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>&#10024; <strong>Explore the Taking Action initiative</strong> &#8212; discover how you can serve, connect, and be inspired by the work already unfolding in your communities.<br>&#128073; <a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/taking-action-home">Explore More</a></p><p>&#10084;&#65039; <strong>Your gift helps bring the Three Tenets to life.</strong><br>&#128073; <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/donations/general_fund">Donate Here</a></p><div><hr></div><p>AFFILIATE ANNOUNCEMENT</p><div class="pullquote"><h6><em>To strengthen our planetary network, Zen Peacemakers will feature newly affiliated groups. Join <a href="http://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/">hive.zenpeacemakers.org</a> to explore some of the offerings of the organizations affiliated with ZP, and visit <a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/affiliates/">here</a> for a full list of these groups. The following is an introduction to the Zen Caregiving Project</em></h6></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://zencaregiving.org/" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Rvoy!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc78626eb-bba7-49b3-a550-be440ac86865_1192x450.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Rvoy!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc78626eb-bba7-49b3-a550-be440ac86865_1192x450.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Rvoy!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc78626eb-bba7-49b3-a550-be440ac86865_1192x450.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Rvoy!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc78626eb-bba7-49b3-a550-be440ac86865_1192x450.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Rvoy!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc78626eb-bba7-49b3-a550-be440ac86865_1192x450.png" width="494" height="186.49328859060404" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c78626eb-bba7-49b3-a550-be440ac86865_1192x450.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:450,&quot;width&quot;:1192,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:494,&quot;bytes&quot;:171752,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://zencaregiving.org/&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/i/190838891?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc78626eb-bba7-49b3-a550-be440ac86865_1192x450.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Rvoy!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc78626eb-bba7-49b3-a550-be440ac86865_1192x450.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Rvoy!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc78626eb-bba7-49b3-a550-be440ac86865_1192x450.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Rvoy!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc78626eb-bba7-49b3-a550-be440ac86865_1192x450.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Rvoy!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc78626eb-bba7-49b3-a550-be440ac86865_1192x450.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="pullquote"><p>Our mission is to nurture caregivers and those they care for by teaching skills rooted in mindfulness and compassion while fostering connection and community.</p></div><p><strong>Tell us a bit about how your group was conceived<br></strong>Zen Caregiving Project, formerly known as Zen Hospice Project, was founded in 1986 to address suffering in San Francisco. Rooted in Zen Buddhist tradition, we began training volunteer caregivers to serve dying residents at two sites of service. Our world-renowned volunteer caregiver training has evolved to become the foundation of our Mindful Caregiver. The education that we teach nationally. In 2015, we began taking our unique approach to care out into the world in order to allow caregivers anywhere to benefit from our course offerings.</p><p><strong>For more information<br>Our Website:</strong> <a href="https://zencaregiving.org/">https://zencaregiving.org/</a></p><p></p><p><em><strong> </strong></em></p><p>ZAZEN</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png" width="304" height="202.73626373626374" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:971,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:304,&quot;bytes&quot;:1707818,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/i/182847064?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZKG3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9c362f1-e26b-4c8a-ac04-076b76ce47db_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Experience a connection with your personal&nbsp;landscape through the transformative power of online meditation sessions with the Zen Peacemakers. Whether you're part of a local sangha or other spiritual community, we invite you to join us in this virtual space where we can gather across geographies&nbsp;and time zones.</p><p>Join us for these online meditation sessions and experience the profound benefits of collective mindfulness. The Zen Peacemakers are here to support you on this transformative journey.</p><p><strong>Monday - Friday<br>10:00 - 10:40&nbsp;am US Eastern</strong><br><a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/32778">MORE INFO HERE</a></p><div><hr></div><h4>HAIKU</h4><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!28ZW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!28ZW!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png 424w, 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Monthly Haiku Page<br>Please participate in our Haiku Poetry&nbsp;Challenge</p><p><a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/haiku-page/">ENTER HERE</a></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hMC2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d875259-e1b0-400e-a4d2-b3b485aca6f2_1200x1200.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hMC2!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d875259-e1b0-400e-a4d2-b3b485aca6f2_1200x1200.png 424w, 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We all have our opinions about Roshi Bernie Glassman.&nbsp;&nbsp;To some of us, he is the stern head monk at Zen Center of LA; to others, he is the socially engaged Buddhist who built up the Greyston Bakery and Foundation.&nbsp;&nbsp;To others he is the founder of Zen Peacemakers International and the instigator of bearing witness plunges on the city streets and at Auschwitz and to others he is the clown, the founder of the Order of Disorder.&nbsp;&nbsp;He is all of these and more.&nbsp;&nbsp;As the stories in the book show, he is Bernie, the mensch, who spent his life feeding the hungry ghosts of society and teaching that Zen is to realize the oneness and interconnectedness of life.</em><br>&nbsp;<br>-Gerry Shishin Wick, grateful Dharma brother and disciple of Roshi Bernie</p><p><a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/store/bernie-koans/">PURCHASE HERE</a></p><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zenpeacemakers.substack.com/&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Click Here To See Our Substack Page&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zenpeacemakers.substack.com/"><span>Click Here To See Our Substack Page</span></a></p><p>Thank you for reading this week's Zen Peacemakers newsletter.<br><br>We look forward to connecting at upcoming events, on social media, and via email.<br><br>With gratitude,</p><p><em>The Zen Peacemakers Team</em></p><p><a href="mailto:info@zenpeacemakers.org">info@zenpeacemakers.org</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we plan to do]]></title><description><![CDATA[2026 Spring Fundraiser]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/what-we-plan-to-do</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/what-we-plan-to-do</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zen Peacemakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 13:26:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/75b9e00a-b07a-4c95-bb0b-d6d76fa3208b_1080x1350.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_Y5U!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2c09b783-57b3-4bcf-857f-5575987acb6f_600x200.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_Y5U!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2c09b783-57b3-4bcf-857f-5575987acb6f_600x200.png 424w, 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_Y5U!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2c09b783-57b3-4bcf-857f-5575987acb6f_600x200.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_Y5U!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2c09b783-57b3-4bcf-857f-5575987acb6f_600x200.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_Y5U!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2c09b783-57b3-4bcf-857f-5575987acb6f_600x200.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_Y5U!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2c09b783-57b3-4bcf-857f-5575987acb6f_600x200.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>Dear Peacemakers,</p><p>Our Spring Fundraiser is underway, and we are writing to ask for your financial support for Zen Peacemakers.</p><p>We have a full calendar of events, but moving forward, we want to deliver even more impact, to reach more people with our unique approach to peacemaking, to promote the practices that create and reveal oneness in the world. We are encouraging and supporting Peacemakers to take action in their own communities. All of our work is rooted in bearing witness to the oneness of life. We continue to innovate with more effective ways to grow our membership and expand our collective impact.</p><p>To do these things, we need your help.</p><p>If you have not donated, please join us either as a monthly donor or an annual gift. If you are a donor, please consider increasing your gift.</p><p>Donations can be made <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/donations/general_fund">here</a>.</p><p>With three bows,</p><p>Geoff O&#8217;Keeffe</p><p>Executive Director</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[This work continues because of you]]></title><description><![CDATA[2026 Spring Fundraiser]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/this-work-continues-because-of-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/this-work-continues-because-of-you</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zen Peacemakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:59:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4c838718-1004-4fa6-ac63-5c34dee411f8_1080x1350.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oMcI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2fa22555-5fe2-4f77-a5f0-479702028013_600x200.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oMcI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2fa22555-5fe2-4f77-a5f0-479702028013_600x200.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oMcI!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2fa22555-5fe2-4f77-a5f0-479702028013_600x200.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oMcI!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2fa22555-5fe2-4f77-a5f0-479702028013_600x200.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oMcI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2fa22555-5fe2-4f77-a5f0-479702028013_600x200.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oMcI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2fa22555-5fe2-4f77-a5f0-479702028013_600x200.png" width="617" height="205.66666666666666" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/2fa22555-5fe2-4f77-a5f0-479702028013_600x200.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:200,&quot;width&quot;:600,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:617,&quot;bytes&quot;:236572,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/i/195815040?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2fa22555-5fe2-4f77-a5f0-479702028013_600x200.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oMcI!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2fa22555-5fe2-4f77-a5f0-479702028013_600x200.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oMcI!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2fa22555-5fe2-4f77-a5f0-479702028013_600x200.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oMcI!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2fa22555-5fe2-4f77-a5f0-479702028013_600x200.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oMcI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2fa22555-5fe2-4f77-a5f0-479702028013_600x200.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Dear Peacemakers,</p><p>We are writing to ask for your financial support for Zen Peacemakers in this Spring Appeal. At Zen Peacemakers, we offer a vast majority of our programs, content, and trainings with no fees. We offered 144 unique programs in 2025 and are on pace to do so again this year.</p><p>Thanks to your support and generosity, this past year, we have begu&#8230;</p>
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