<?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: Weekly Newsletter]]></title><description><![CDATA[At its core, the Zen Peacemakers' newsletter delves into the timeless wisdom encapsulated by the Three Tenets: Not Knowing, Bearing Witness, and Taking Action.]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/s/weekly-newsletter</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cbRE!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F824cbca9-ec22-4c1f-8fc8-e940d219f3d5_1280x1280.png</url><title>Zen Peacemakers: Weekly 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2026)]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/april-blooms</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/april-blooms</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:01:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a8263899-8a14-4404-b24e-5975eb2edbfa_400x267.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3edi!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe64515cc-e6aa-41a2-8b0a-5e89b3f4b2f3_400x267.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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It is about allowing the experience to change us &#8212; to see ourselves as the other, <br>and the other as ourselves.</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org//events/198985&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;CLICK HERE TO REGISTER&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org//events/198985"><span>CLICK HERE TO REGISTER</span></a></p><p>Alumni often tell us that returning to this retreat opens new layers of insight, responsibility, and compassion &#8212; both personal and collective. If this work continues to call to you, we warmly invite you to join us again, or to share this offering with others in your community.</p><div><hr></div><p>PEACEMAKER CIRCLE</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xvd_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45fc4e1e-e5d8-4d85-ab26-5903fb88914d_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xvd_!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45fc4e1e-e5d8-4d85-ab26-5903fb88914d_1080x1350.png 424w, 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Sensei will reflect on Zen topics such as impermanence, being with what life presents and compassion explored in part through the movie, <em>Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory.</em> If you wish, feel free to watch the 1971 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory version with Gene Wilder although it is not necessary.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/204941&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/204941"><span>Register Here</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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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>Koan of Cessation with Stephen Mugen Snyder, Roshi</h5><h5>Tuesday, April 14th, 12pm US Eastern Time, Zoom</h5><p>Cessation/ Nivana is the vital liberating awakening experience in Theravada Buddhism. Cessation is the center, the hub, of the Absolute, the source of all creation and manifestation. It is the ceasing of all mentality and materiality. In this presentation, Theravada and Zen teacher Stephen Mugen Snyder Roshi will present the experiential understanding and impact of Cessation as well as lead a guided meditation into the territory of Cessation.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/204097&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/204097"><span>Register Here</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>SERIES EVENT</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yUZw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81b323b4-0f91-4b7e-b623-0ac39283de0e_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/205651&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Register Here&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/205651"><span>Register Here</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>A PRAYER FOR PEACE</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$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 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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, 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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>Fri., April 17th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/207179">Women Only Council</a></p><p>Mon., April 20th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/205649">The Way of Council with Annie Myoshin Markovich</a></p><p>Mon., April 27th -<a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/207173"> Mental Health Professionals &amp; Caregivers with Dr. Iris Dotan Katz</a></p><p>Sat. May 2nd, 8am AEST-Melb/10am NZST-Wellington - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/207537">The Way of Council with Australia-NZ Peacemaker 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><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;85f00d88-fb2b-4d67-8956-d6bcde8d4841&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;In this episode of the Peacemakers Podcast, we sit with Hozan Alan Senauke &#8212; 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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>When did your organization form?</strong> January 1, 1987</p><p><strong>Tell us about one exciting project, program, or other offering you are currently working on.</strong><br>About a year ago (2025) we created Caregiver Support Circles. These were initiated to address a problem we were seeing among caregivers, namely, isolation. These sessions serve as an enhancement to the courses we lead for caregivers. They are a forum for caregivers to come together and share the story of their caregiving and connect with other caregivers. By providing a space where caregivers are held without judgment or any need to fix, they can feel safe sharing whatever burdens them. As facilitators, we are there to listen and witness. When asked, we provide ideas or approaches that may ease suffering.</p><p><strong>How do the Three Tenets inform your social engagement?</strong><br>Within the context of our volunteer program and our educational program, we teach the value of embracing &#8220;Beginner&#8217;s Mind.&#8221; We also teach the necessity of looking clearly into the face of suffering in all its forms and being with things as they are with clear attention and an open heart. In everything we do we aspire to serve others and generate merit for the benefit of all beings.</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, 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><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" 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type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YUyk!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F85462470-8e31-4fa9-973c-2b22a315e402_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YUyk!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F85462470-8e31-4fa9-973c-2b22a315e402_1536x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YUyk!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F85462470-8e31-4fa9-973c-2b22a315e402_1536x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YUyk!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F85462470-8e31-4fa9-973c-2b22a315e402_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img 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It is about allowing the experience to change us &#8212; to see ourselves as the other, <br>and the other as ourselves.</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org//events/198985&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;CLICK HERE TO REGISTER&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org//events/198985"><span>CLICK HERE TO REGISTER</span></a></p><p>Alumni often tell us that returning to this retreat opens new layers of insight, responsibility, and compassion &#8212; both personal and collective. If this work continues to call to you, we warmly invite you to join us again, or to share this offering with others in your community.</p><div><hr></div><p>PEACEMAKER CIRCLE</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lVXf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F675189fe-7ecb-4042-9bd3-bef6fcedf8a8_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lVXf!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F675189fe-7ecb-4042-9bd3-bef6fcedf8a8_1080x1350.png 424w, 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We will walk through the landscape of the Methodist Church&#8217;s apology and the creation of a National Historic Site dedicated to the <strong>&#8220;</strong><em><strong>Right of Remembrance</strong></em><strong>.&#8221;</strong> This is a story of resilience: moving from a history of erasure toward a future rooted in truth-telling and ancestral honor.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/208110&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/208110"><span>Register Here</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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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>Awaken Imagination: Compassion in Action</h5><h5>Tuesday, April 7th, 12:00pm US Eastern Time, Zoom</h5><p>Join Sensei Courtney Michak of <strong>Flowing River Sangha</strong> in discussing imagination and wonder used as skillful means in navigating life's path. Sensei will reflect on Zen topics such as impermanence, being with what life presents and compassion explored in part through the movie, <em>Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory.</em> If you wish, feel free to watch the 1971 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory version with Gene Wilder although it is not necessary.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/204941&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/204941"><span>Register Here</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>SERIES EVENT</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yUZw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81b323b4-0f91-4b7e-b623-0ac39283de0e_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yUZw!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81b323b4-0f91-4b7e-b623-0ac39283de0e_1080x1350.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yUZw!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81b323b4-0f91-4b7e-b623-0ac39283de0e_1080x1350.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yUZw!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81b323b4-0f91-4b7e-b623-0ac39283de0e_1080x1350.png 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data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/205651&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/205651"><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/$s_!SiAa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Hello Family!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our dear Lakota relative, Violet Catches, would like to invite Zen Peacemakers from all around the world to join on the Fourth Friday of the month at 1:00 pm US Eastern Time, to offer prayers for peace. Participants will be encouraged to offer prayers from their faith tradition, culture, and in their language.</p><p>In peace &amp; gratitude-<br>Michel Engu Dobbs</p><p>Zoom: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89008592778">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89008592778</a></p><div><hr></div><p>WAY OF COUNCIL</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$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/$s_!RItI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png 424w, 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We share Council during our Bearing Witness retreats almost every day. In Council, we come together in a small group in a profound way. We create a shared liminal space that is safe, confidential, and perhaps sacred. We each listen and speak from the heart, encountering and experiencing one another gently and with awareness. We are not solving problems, debating issues, or making plans. We are making a healing space for each of us to hear and be heard, see and be seen.</em></p><h5>UPCOMING COUNCILS <strong>(click on title to learn more &amp; register)</strong></h5><p>Fri., April 17th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/207179">Women Only Council</a></p><p>Mon., April 20th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/205649">The Way of Council with Annie Myoshin Markovich</a></p><p>Mon., April 27th -<a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/207173"> Mental Health Professionals &amp; Caregivers with Dr. Iris Dotan Katz</a></p><p>Sat. May 2nd, 8am AEST-Melb/10am NZST-Wellington - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/207537">The Way of Council with Australia-NZ Peacemaker Council</a></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/page/events" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$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><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;85f00d88-fb2b-4d67-8956-d6bcde8d4841&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;In this episode of the Peacemakers Podcast, we sit with Hozan Alan Senauke &#8212; a Zen priest, teacher, musician, and lifelong practitioner of engaged Buddhism &#8212; in a conversation that feels less like an interview and more like being in the presence of a life deeply lived.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Listen now&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Not Turning Away: Hozan Alan Senauke and the Practice of Staying&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:149427724,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Zen Peacemakers&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Our mission is to realize our oneness and relieve suffering through contemplative social action.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/026ad3ca-88a3-42dc-91db-8920f698348c_1562x1414.png&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:100}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-26T11:53:50.535Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-video.s3.amazonaws.com/video_upload/post/192195060/18e8582d-7a77-4753-8866-add2edd22a1c/transcoded-1774525542.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/not-turning-away-hozan-alan-senauke&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:&quot;Peacemakers Podcast&quot;,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:192195060,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;podcast&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:14,&quot;comment_count&quot;:3,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1699922,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Zen Peacemakers&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cbRE!,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&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><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>When did your organization form?</strong> January 1, 1987</p><p><strong>Tell us about one exciting project, program, or other offering you are currently working on.</strong><br>About a year ago (2025) we created Caregiver Support Circles. These were initiated to address a problem we were seeing among caregivers, namely, isolation. These sessions serve as an enhancement to the courses we lead for caregivers. They are a forum for caregivers to come together and share the story of their caregiving and connect with other caregivers. By providing a space where caregivers are held without judgment or any need to fix, they can feel safe sharing whatever burdens them. As facilitators, we are there to listen and witness. When asked, we provide ideas or approaches that may ease suffering.</p><p><strong>How do the Three Tenets inform your social engagement?</strong><br>Within the context of our volunteer program and our educational program, we teach the value of embracing &#8220;Beginner&#8217;s Mind.&#8221; We also teach the necessity of looking clearly into the face of suffering in all its forms and being with things as they are with clear attention and an open heart. In everything we do we aspire to serve others and generate merit for the benefit of all beings.</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, 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><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" 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It is about allowing the experience to change us &#8212; to see ourselves as the other, <br>and the other as ourselves.</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org//events/198985&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;CLICK HERE TO REGISTER&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org//events/198985"><span>CLICK HERE TO REGISTER</span></a></p><p>Alumni often tell us that returning to this retreat opens new layers of insight, responsibility, and compassion &#8212; both personal and collective. If this work continues to call to you, we warmly invite you to join us again, or to share this offering with others in your community.</p><div><hr></div><p>PEACEMAKER CIRCLE</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZJJ2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb7567671-e354-4500-94ad-911e5429845a_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZJJ2!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb7567671-e354-4500-94ad-911e5429845a_1080x1350.png 424w, 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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>The Right of Remembrance: 1864 Sand Creek Massacre</h5><h5>Wed., April 1st, 12pm US Eastern Time, Zoom</h5><p>In this presentation, <strong>Sand Creek</strong> descendant <strong>Chris Tall Bear</strong> shares the heavy history of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre, from the political failures that preceded it to the role of religious institutions in its execution. We will walk through the landscape of the Methodist Church&#8217;s apology and the creation of a National Historic Site dedicated to the <strong>&#8220;</strong><em><strong>Right of Remembrance</strong></em><strong>.&#8221;</strong> This is a story of resilience: moving from a history of erasure toward a future rooted in truth-telling and ancestral honor.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/208110&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/208110"><span>Register Here</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>SERIES EVENT</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yUZw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81b323b4-0f91-4b7e-b623-0ac39283de0e_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yUZw!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81b323b4-0f91-4b7e-b623-0ac39283de0e_1080x1350.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yUZw!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81b323b4-0f91-4b7e-b623-0ac39283de0e_1080x1350.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yUZw!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81b323b4-0f91-4b7e-b623-0ac39283de0e_1080x1350.png 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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><strong>EARTHing - Days of Contemplation and Action, A Series Event</strong></h5><h5><strong>Session 1: April 17th, 2:30pm US Eastern Time</strong></h5><h5><em>Framing (&#8220;Not Knowing&#8221;)</em> with Chris Goto Jones and Martin Pradel</h5><p>In this online series of meetings and activities in April 2026, spanning six days towards EARTH DAY, we invite you to join us in deepening our practice as Earth Stewards &#8211; meditating together, sharing in Circles, and getting down to Earth in the places we live.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/205651&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/205651"><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/$s_!SiAa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47448f05-0fd3-4be0-880f-4a9d3955c2f5_1029x531.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Hello Family!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our dear Lakota relative, Violet Catches, would like to invite Zen Peacemakers from all around the world to join on the Fourth Friday of the month at 1:00 pm US Eastern Time, to offer prayers for peace. Participants will be encouraged to offer prayers from their faith tradition, culture, and in their language.</p><p>In peace &amp; gratitude-<br>Michel Engu Dobbs</p><p>Zoom: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89008592778">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89008592778</a></p><div><hr></div><p>WAY OF COUNCIL</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$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, 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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>Mon., March 30th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/207178">Mental Health Professionals &amp; Caregivers with Dr. Iris Dotan Katz</a></p><p>Fri., April 17th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/207179">Women Only Council</a></p><p>Mon., April 20th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/205649">The Way of Council with Annie Myoshin Markovich</a></p><p>Sat. May 2nd, 8am AEST-Melb/10am NZST-Wellington - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/207537">The Way of Council with Australia-NZ Peacemaker 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>War leaves deep wounds in individuals, communities, and nations. Yet even in the midst of conflict, people are working tirelessly for peace, reconciliation, and humanitarian support. Explore opportunities to take action in support of peace.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;9bb1c18d-07fc-4940-b6ca-4b38366bcc85&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p></p><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><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;82303c69-ffba-4747-961f-68536fbe49e1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;In this episode of the Peacemakers Podcast, Zen teacher Paul Haller reflects on how the practice of Zen meets the realities of a divided world.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Listen now&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Growing Up in the Shadow of The Troubles &#8212; Bearing Witness with Ryushin Paul Haller&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:149427724,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Zen Peacemakers&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Our mission is to realize our oneness and relieve suffering through contemplative social action.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/026ad3ca-88a3-42dc-91db-8920f698348c_1562x1414.png&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:100}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12T11:39:01.467Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-video.s3.amazonaws.com/video_upload/post/190711557/8f4edc96-232e-46e6-82ec-0e5adb91f4f7/transcoded-1773315213.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/growing-up-in-the-shadow-of-the-troubles&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:&quot;Peacemakers Podcast&quot;,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:190711557,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;podcast&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:14,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1699922,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Zen Peacemakers&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cbRE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F824cbca9-ec22-4c1f-8fc8-e940d219f3d5_1280x1280.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>AFFILIATE ANNOUNCEMENT</p><div class="pullquote"><h6><em>To strengthen our planetary network, Zen Peacemakers will feature newly affiliated groups. Join <a href="http://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/">hive.zenpeacemakers.org</a> to explore some of the offerings of the organizations affiliated with ZP, and visit <a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/affiliates/">here</a> for a full list of these groups. The following is an introduction to the Zen Caregiving Project</em></h6></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://zencaregiving.org/" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$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>When did your organization form?</strong> January 1, 1987</p><p><strong>Tell us about one exciting project, program, or other offering you are currently working on.</strong><br>About a year ago (2025) we created Caregiver Support Circles. These were initiated to address a problem we were seeing among caregivers, namely, isolation. These sessions serve as an enhancement to the courses we lead for caregivers. They are a forum for caregivers to come together and share the story of their caregiving and connect with other caregivers. By providing a space where caregivers are held without judgment or any need to fix, they can feel safe sharing whatever burdens them. As facilitators, we are there to listen and witness. When asked, we provide ideas or approaches that may ease suffering.</p><p><strong>How do the Three Tenets inform your social engagement?</strong><br>Within the context of our volunteer program and our educational program, we teach the value of embracing &#8220;Beginner&#8217;s Mind.&#8221; We also teach the necessity of looking clearly into the face of suffering in all its forms and being with things as they are with clear attention and an open heart. In everything we do we aspire to serve others and generate merit for the benefit of all beings.</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, 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><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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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hMC2!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d875259-e1b0-400e-a4d2-b3b485aca6f2_1200x1200.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hMC2!,w_1272,c_limit,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 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hMC2!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d875259-e1b0-400e-a4d2-b3b485aca6f2_1200x1200.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" 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We all have our opinions about Roshi Bernie Glassman.&nbsp;&nbsp;To some of us, he is the stern head monk at Zen Center of LA; to others, he is the socially engaged Buddhist who built up the Greyston Bakery and Foundation.&nbsp;&nbsp;To others he is the founder of Zen Peacemakers International and the instigator of bearing witness plunges on the city streets and at Auschwitz and to others he is the clown, the founder of the Order of Disorder.&nbsp;&nbsp;He is all of these and more.&nbsp;&nbsp;As the stories in the book show, he is Bernie, the mensch, who spent his life feeding the hungry ghosts of society and teaching that Zen is to realize the oneness and interconnectedness of life.</em><br>&nbsp;<br>-Gerry Shishin Wick, grateful Dharma brother and disciple of Roshi Bernie</p><p><a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/store/bernie-koans/">PURCHASE HERE</a></p><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" 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url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CuSI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd245f75c-553c-459d-8ac8-8d277d832178_400x300.jpeg" 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/$s_!CuSI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd245f75c-553c-459d-8ac8-8d277d832178_400x300.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CuSI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd245f75c-553c-459d-8ac8-8d277d832178_400x300.jpeg 424w, 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then goes with you everywhere<br>like a shadow or a friend.&#8217;</p><p>-<strong> an excerpt from </strong><em><strong>Kindness </strong></em><strong>by Naomi Shihab Nye</strong></p><div><hr></div><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/$s_!YUyk!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F85462470-8e31-4fa9-973c-2b22a315e402_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YUyk!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F85462470-8e31-4fa9-973c-2b22a315e402_1536x1024.png 424w, 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It is about allowing the experience to change us &#8212; to see ourselves as the other, <br>and the other as ourselves.</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org//events/198985&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;CLICK HERE TO REGISTER&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org//events/198985"><span>CLICK HERE TO REGISTER</span></a></p><p>Alumni often tell us that returning to this retreat opens new layers of insight, responsibility, and compassion &#8212; both personal and collective. If this work continues to call to you, we warmly invite you to join us again, or to share this offering with others in your community.</p><div><hr></div><p>PEACEMAKER CIRCLE</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sWtJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80dbe405-2159-4dc6-8591-beef697ac0ab_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sWtJ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80dbe405-2159-4dc6-8591-beef697ac0ab_1080x1350.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sWtJ!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80dbe405-2159-4dc6-8591-beef697ac0ab_1080x1350.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sWtJ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80dbe405-2159-4dc6-8591-beef697ac0ab_1080x1350.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sWtJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80dbe405-2159-4dc6-8591-beef697ac0ab_1080x1350.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sWtJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80dbe405-2159-4dc6-8591-beef697ac0ab_1080x1350.png" width="351" height="438.75" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/80dbe405-2159-4dc6-8591-beef697ac0ab_1080x1350.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1350,&quot;width&quot;:1080,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:351,&quot;bytes&quot;:1677788,&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/189367472?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80dbe405-2159-4dc6-8591-beef697ac0ab_1080x1350.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sWtJ!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80dbe405-2159-4dc6-8591-beef697ac0ab_1080x1350.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sWtJ!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80dbe405-2159-4dc6-8591-beef697ac0ab_1080x1350.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sWtJ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80dbe405-2159-4dc6-8591-beef697ac0ab_1080x1350.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sWtJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80dbe405-2159-4dc6-8591-beef697ac0ab_1080x1350.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></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><h5>Perspective + Empathy; Learning Beyond Your Own Lens </h5><h5>Wed., March 18th, 12:00 pm US Eastern Time, Zoom</h5><p>Empathy helps us feel, but perspective helps us understand. This mini chat with T. Marie King explores why real learning requires both.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/200832&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/200832"><span>Register Here</span></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/$s_!_dCr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb1539feb-d571-4d7c-9ee4-2a86feddfb96_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Her contribution to the Zen Peacemaker vision still reverberates today as we honor her life and service.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/205446&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Register Here&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/205446"><span>Register Here</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lVXf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F675189fe-7ecb-4042-9bd3-bef6fcedf8a8_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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We will walk through the landscape of the Methodist Church&#8217;s apology and the creation of a National Historic Site dedicated to the <strong>&#8220;</strong><em><strong>Right of Remembrance</strong></em><strong>.&#8221;</strong> This is a story of resilience: moving from a history of erasure toward a future rooted in truth-telling and ancestral honor.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/208110&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/208110"><span>Register Here</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>SERIES EVENT</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yUZw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81b323b4-0f91-4b7e-b623-0ac39283de0e_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yUZw!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81b323b4-0f91-4b7e-b623-0ac39283de0e_1080x1350.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yUZw!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81b323b4-0f91-4b7e-b623-0ac39283de0e_1080x1350.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yUZw!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81b323b4-0f91-4b7e-b623-0ac39283de0e_1080x1350.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yUZw!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81b323b4-0f91-4b7e-b623-0ac39283de0e_1080x1350.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yUZw!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81b323b4-0f91-4b7e-b623-0ac39283de0e_1080x1350.png" width="333" height="416.25" 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data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/205651&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/205651"><span>Register Here</span></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/$s_!RItI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img 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We share Council during our Bearing Witness retreats almost every day. In Council, we come together in a small group in a profound way. We create a shared liminal space that is safe, confidential, and perhaps sacred. We each listen and speak from the heart, encountering and experiencing one another gently and with awareness. We are not solving problems, debating issues, or making plans. We are making a healing space for each of us to hear and be heard, see and be seen.</em></p><h5>UPCOMING COUNCILS <strong>(click on title to learn more &amp; register)</strong></h5><p>Wed., March 11th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/205645">Way of Council with Roshi Paco Genkoji</a></p><p>Fri., March 20th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/200430">Women Only Council</a></p><p>Mon., March 23rd - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/207501">Dad&#8217;s Council</a></p><p>Tues., March 24th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/205647">The Way of Council with Kineret Ando Yardena</a></p><p>Mon., March 30th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/207178">Mental Health Professionals &amp; Caregivers with Dr. Iris Dotan Katz</a></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/page/events" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$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>War leaves deep wounds in individuals, communities, and nations. Yet even in the midst of conflict, people are working tirelessly for peace, reconciliation, and humanitarian support. Explore opportunities to take action in support of peace.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;9bb1c18d-07fc-4940-b6ca-4b38366bcc85&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p></p><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><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;fb7baa84-aef5-40b3-80d6-aca183e410cb&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;In this episode of the Peacemakers Podcast, Geoff Sh&#333;un O&#8217;Keeffe sits down with five longtime Zen Peacemakers to explore the raw, human edge of Taking Action&#8212;the third of the Three Tenets. Not a strategy. Not performance..... Relationship.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Listen now&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Three Tenets - The Intimacy of Taking Action&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:149427724,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Zen Peacemakers&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Our mission is to realize our oneness and relieve suffering through contemplative social action.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/026ad3ca-88a3-42dc-91db-8920f698348c_1562x1414.png&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:100}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-27T14:49:04.324Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-video.s3.amazonaws.com/video_upload/post/189364329/23e8bc7e-9d3f-4745-b9d7-9508347bae01/transcoded-1772202762.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/the-three-tenets-the-intimacy-of-54d&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:&quot;Peacemakers Podcast&quot;,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:189364329,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;podcast&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:10,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1699922,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Zen Peacemakers&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cbRE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F824cbca9-ec22-4c1f-8fc8-e940d219f3d5_1280x1280.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>AFFILIATE ANNOUNCEMENT</p><div class="pullquote"><h6><em>To strengthen our planetary network, Zen Peacemakers will feature newly affiliated groups. Join <a href="http://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/">hive.zenpeacemakers.org</a> to explore some of the offerings of the organizations affiliated with ZP, and visit <a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/affiliates/">here</a> for a full list of these groups. The following is an introduction to the Zen Caregiving Project</em></h6></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://zencaregiving.org/" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$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>When did your organization form?</strong> January 1, 1987</p><p><strong>Tell us about one exciting project, program, or other offering you are currently working on.</strong><br>About a year ago (2025) we created Caregiver Support Circles. These were initiated to address a problem we were seeing among caregivers, namely, isolation. These sessions serve as an enhancement to the courses we lead for caregivers. They are a forum for caregivers to come together and share the story of their caregiving and connect with other caregivers. By providing a space where caregivers are held without judgment or any need to fix, they can feel safe sharing whatever burdens them. As facilitators, we are there to listen and witness. When asked, we provide ideas or approaches that may ease suffering.</p><p><strong>How do the Three Tenets inform your social engagement?</strong><br>Within the context of our volunteer program and our educational program, we teach the value of embracing &#8220;Beginner&#8217;s Mind.&#8221; We also teach the necessity of looking clearly into the face of suffering in all its forms and being with things as they are with clear attention and an open heart. In everything we do we aspire to serve others and generate merit for the benefit of all beings.</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, 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><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" 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It is about allowing the experience to change us &#8212; to see ourselves as the other, <br>and the other as ourselves.</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org//events/198985&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;CLICK HERE TO REGISTER&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org//events/198985"><span>CLICK HERE TO REGISTER</span></a></p><p>Alumni often tell us that returning to this retreat opens new layers of insight, responsibility, and compassion &#8212; both personal and collective. If this work continues to call to you, we warmly invite you to join us again, or to share this offering with others in your community.</p><div><hr></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;9d37586a-42cf-4cf7-9a13-114db787d16e&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;It is an invitation to recognize something deeper: the conditioning of separation, hierarchy, fear, and othering that runs through our culture&#8212;and through every human heart.<br /><br />Racism is not sustained only by laws or institutions. It survives through habits of mind:<br />Who we fear. Who we distrust. Who we assume belongs&#8212;and who does not.<br /><br />Bearing witness means seeing that clearly. Not with guilt. Not with defensiveness. With honesty.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Read full story&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Bearing Witness in a Time of Hardening Hearts&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:149427724,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Zen Peacemakers&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Our mission is to realize our oneness and relieve suffering through contemplative social 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Her contribution to the Zen Peacemaker vision still reverberates today as we honor her life and service.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/205446&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/205446"><span>Register Here</span></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/$s_!RItI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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We share Council during our Bearing Witness retreats almost every day. In Council, we come together in a small group in a profound way. We create a shared liminal space that is safe, confidential, and perhaps sacred. We each listen and speak from the heart, encountering and experiencing one another gently and with awareness. We are not solving problems, debating issues, or making plans. We are making a healing space for each of us to hear and be heard, see and be seen.</em></p><h5>UPCOMING COUNCILS <strong>(click on title to learn more &amp; register)</strong></h5><p>Wed., March 11th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/205645">Way of Council with Roshi Paco Genkoji</a></p><p>Tues., March 24th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/205647">The Way of Council with Kineret Ando Yardena</a></p><p>Mon., March 23rd - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/207501">Dad&#8217;s Council</a></p><p>Mon., April 20th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/205649">The Way of Council with Annie Myoshin Markovich</a></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/page/events" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$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>What happens when compassion becomes a business model?</p><p>Social entrepreneurs are building organizations that address real human needs while creating sustainable change. From community food systems to restorative justice programs, these initiatives turn vision into action.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;ebcf3b3b-f21d-4f3b-ba80-7eab3c382602&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><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;fb7baa84-aef5-40b3-80d6-aca183e410cb&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;In this episode of the Peacemakers Podcast, Geoff Sh&#333;un O&#8217;Keeffe sits down with five longtime Zen Peacemakers to explore the raw, human edge of Taking Action&#8212;the third of the Three Tenets. 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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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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hMC2!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d875259-e1b0-400e-a4d2-b3b485aca6f2_1200x1200.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hMC2!,w_1272,c_limit,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 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hMC2!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d875259-e1b0-400e-a4d2-b3b485aca6f2_1200x1200.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" 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We all have our opinions about Roshi Bernie Glassman.&nbsp;&nbsp;To some of us, he is the stern head monk at Zen Center of LA; to others, he is the socially engaged Buddhist who built up the Greyston Bakery and Foundation.&nbsp;&nbsp;To others he is the founder of Zen Peacemakers International and the instigator of bearing witness plunges on the city streets and at Auschwitz and to others he is the clown, the founder of the Order of Disorder.&nbsp;&nbsp;He is all of these and more.&nbsp;&nbsp;As the stories in the book show, he is Bernie, the mensch, who spent his life feeding the hungry ghosts of society and teaching that Zen is to realize the oneness and interconnectedness of life.</em><br>&nbsp;<br>-Gerry Shishin Wick, grateful Dharma brother and disciple of Roshi Bernie</p><p><a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/store/bernie-koans/">PURCHASE HERE</a></p><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" 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GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f40ffba-3727-43dc-a436-3b92ca025495_400x267.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!e9DZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2617c33c-e360-44a0-a4f2-72f03afda38e_400x267.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!e9DZ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2617c33c-e360-44a0-a4f2-72f03afda38e_400x267.jpeg 424w, 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Fine then,<br>I&#8217;ll take it, the tree seems to say, a new slick leaf<br>unfurling like a fist to an open palm, I&#8217;ll take it all.</p><h5>- Ada Lim&#243;n</h5><div><hr></div><p>NOTE FROM GEOFF&#8217;S KITCHEN</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1518737003272-dac7c4760d5e?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxMjR8fGtpdGNoZW58ZW58MHx8fHwxNzA2NjM1NDY2fDA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1518737003272-dac7c4760d5e?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxMjR8fGtpdGNoZW58ZW58MHx8fHwxNzA2NjM1NDY2fDA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080 424w, 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We had a wonderful and engaged turnout. </p><p>Violet shared the background of the <strong>Chanupa</strong>, a sacred, ceremonial pipe used by the Lakota and other indigenous peoples of the Americas to connect the physical world with the Great Mystery, then she sang and prayed in Lakota. </p><p>Others offered prayers for peace from various spiritual traditions, in English, German, Arabic, Portuguese, by flute and in other languages.</p><p>We concluded by reading the 39 names of those who have died in the past thirteen months due to ICE activity.</p><p>We plan to continue this gathering, meeting by<strong> Zoom at 1:00 pm (1300 h) US Eastern time on the fourth Friday of each month.</strong></p><p>Please join us via <strong>Zoom</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89008592778">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89008592778</a>&nbsp;and bring your prayers for peace.</p><p>Kind thanks, palms lightly touching,</p><p>Geoff Sh&#333;un</p><div><hr></div><p>BEARING WITNESS RETREAT INFO 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Her contribution to the Zen Peacemaker vision still reverberates today as we honor her life and service.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/205446&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/205446"><span>Register Here</span></a></p><div><hr></div><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_!rm0_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffc01ef5d-c3a4-4b7a-9b51-fa035f882cb8_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rm0_!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffc01ef5d-c3a4-4b7a-9b51-fa035f882cb8_1080x1350.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rm0_!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffc01ef5d-c3a4-4b7a-9b51-fa035f882cb8_1080x1350.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rm0_!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffc01ef5d-c3a4-4b7a-9b51-fa035f882cb8_1080x1350.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rm0_!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffc01ef5d-c3a4-4b7a-9b51-fa035f882cb8_1080x1350.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img 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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>Core Training: The Three Tenets with Sensei Jim Daikan Bastien</h5><h5>Monday, March 9th, 12 pm US Eastern Time, ZOOM</h5><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 in our hour-long session. We will present and describe the Three Tenets and have time to take your questions.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/200404&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/200404"><span>Register Here</span></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/$s_!RItI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7de75935-89f0-4beb-9cc4-f8f13b73d8bb_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><em>Council is one of our most important core Zen Peacemaker practices. We share Council during our Bearing Witness retreats almost every day. In Council, we come together in a small group in a profound way. We create a shared liminal space that is safe, confidential, and perhaps sacred. We each listen and speak from the heart, encountering and experiencing one another gently and with awareness. We are not solving problems, debating issues, or making plans. We are making a healing space for each of us to hear and be heard, see and be seen.</em></p><h5>UPCOMING COUNCILS <strong>(click on title to learn more &amp; register)</strong></h5><p>Wed., March 11th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/205645">Way of Council with Roshi Paco Genkoji</a></p><p>Tues., March 24th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/205647">The Way of Council with Kineret Ando Yardena</a></p><p>Mon., April 20th - <a href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/205649">The Way of Council with Annie Myoshin Markovich</a></p><div><hr></div><p>ZEN PEACEMAKERS AFFILIATE PROGRAM</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cLYv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82d4923a-d97b-42fa-9dd0-95657d1b280b_2076x504.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cLYv!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82d4923a-d97b-42fa-9dd0-95657d1b280b_2076x504.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cLYv!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82d4923a-d97b-42fa-9dd0-95657d1b280b_2076x504.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cLYv!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82d4923a-d97b-42fa-9dd0-95657d1b280b_2076x504.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cLYv!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82d4923a-d97b-42fa-9dd0-95657d1b280b_2076x504.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cLYv!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82d4923a-d97b-42fa-9dd0-95657d1b280b_2076x504.png" width="1456" height="353" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/82d4923a-d97b-42fa-9dd0-95657d1b280b_2076x504.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:353,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1017372,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/i/188039346?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82d4923a-d97b-42fa-9dd0-95657d1b280b_2076x504.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cLYv!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82d4923a-d97b-42fa-9dd0-95657d1b280b_2076x504.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cLYv!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82d4923a-d97b-42fa-9dd0-95657d1b280b_2076x504.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cLYv!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82d4923a-d97b-42fa-9dd0-95657d1b280b_2076x504.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cLYv!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82d4923a-d97b-42fa-9dd0-95657d1b280b_2076x504.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Reclaiming Peace, An Online Course Inspired by Etty Hillesum</p><p><strong>Thursdays | 19:30&#8211;21:30 (Palestine/Israel Time)</strong><br><strong>Dates:</strong> March 5&#8211;26, 2026</p><p>We are living through a time of deep transition. Political realities, abuse of power, and ongoing injustice challenge us &#8212; as peace workers and as human beings. Many of us feel anger, grief, exhaustion, or helplessness, and yet still carry a quiet longing to contribute to a more humane world. Finding inner peace in such times is no small thing.</p><p>This course is an invitation to pause, listen inwardly, and reconnect with the sources of strength that sustain real peace work: inner freedom, spiritual resilience, solidarity, and compassion.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQykZsuvk_RbG50TcU7Q67_306TE0qnZOZsz56KCeE9zMjIQ/viewform&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/e/1FAIpQLSfQykZsuvk_RbG50TcU7Q67_306TE0qnZOZsz56KCeE9zMjIQ/viewform"><span>More Info Here</span></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" 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We were very graciously and generously hosted by Ben Connelly and his sangha at the Minnesota Zen Center.</p><p>The first night, we ate dinner together, a block away from where Alex Pretti was killed two weeks earlier. As we arrived, members of a Neighborhood Watch group surrounded an unidentified black SUV parked across the street and checked its license plates to ensure the occupants weren&#8217;t ICE agents. The hyper awareness and vigilance of the people we met was a testament to the horror and grief they&#8217;ve been subjected to, as about four thousand of their friends and neighbors have been detained, often violently, often in spite of their immigration status. These people have seen the killing of two people trying to stop those abductions, and the shooting of a man resisting detention. They&#8217;ve watched as their neighborhoods have been overrun by young, heavily armed, and belligerent men, driving around too fast in big black SUVs, running stop signs, and &#8230;</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://open.substack.com/pub/zenpeacemakers/p/minneapolis?r=2gyr64&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;CONTINUE READING HERE&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/zenpeacemakers/p/minneapolis?r=2gyr64&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web"><span>CONTINUE READING HERE</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p></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/$s_!28ZW!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$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/$s_!28ZW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf26c69-dcd2-43d3-b6bd-928ce45be32a_1536x1024.png" width="299" height="199.40178571428572" 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Monthly Haiku Page<br>Please participate in our Haiku Poetry&nbsp;Challenge</p><p><a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/haiku-page/">ENTER HERE</a></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$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/$s_!hMC2!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d875259-e1b0-400e-a4d2-b3b485aca6f2_1200x1200.png 424w, 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We all have our opinions about Roshi Bernie Glassman.&nbsp;&nbsp;To some of us, he is the stern head monk at Zen Center of LA; to others, he is the socially engaged Buddhist who built up the Greyston Bakery and Foundation.&nbsp;&nbsp;To others he is the founder of Zen Peacemakers International and the instigator of bearing witness plunges on the city streets and at Auschwitz and to others he is the clown, the founder of the Order of Disorder.&nbsp;&nbsp;He is all of these and more.&nbsp;&nbsp;As the stories in the book show, he is Bernie, the mensch, who spent his life feeding the hungry ghosts of society and teaching that Zen is to realize the oneness and interconnectedness of life.</em><br>&nbsp;<br>-Gerry Shishin Wick, grateful Dharma brother and disciple of Roshi Bernie</p><p><a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/store/bernie-koans/">PURCHASE HERE</a></p><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" 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GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/762b5373-30fd-4455-a128-b0896e2474ed_400x267.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tHb6!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47c95080-508f-4036-bd7e-f4b491d42725_400x267.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tHb6!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47c95080-508f-4036-bd7e-f4b491d42725_400x267.jpeg 424w, 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I'll meet you there.<br>When the soul lies down in that grass,<br>The world is too full to talk about.<br>Ideas, language, even the phrase each other<br>Doesn't make any sense.</em></p><h5>- Rumi </h5>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Signs of Spring]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peacemaker Newsletter (Feb. 10th, 2026)]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/first-signs-of-spring</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/first-signs-of-spring</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:03:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e37855a0-9e68-4bbf-a1c3-0bdc2923bff5_400x267.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g2rc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6a861df-df3b-4c33-86cb-34f535edb4ca_400x267.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter Sun]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peacemaker Newsletter (Feb. 3rd, 2026)]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/winter-sun</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/winter-sun</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:03:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!u7t8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F274e5199-5a86-40db-ba58-b91210645f76_400x300.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!u7t8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F274e5199-5a86-40db-ba58-b91210645f76_400x300.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom of Others]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peacemaker Newsletter (Jan. 27th, 2026)]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/freedom-of-others</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/freedom-of-others</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:03:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/89ae1f76-3e4f-472a-a267-1c1c64ca862a_399x212.jpeg" 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/$s_!XET8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b8a7f5d-f87e-47bf-8bd9-529847c9a246_399x212.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XET8!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b8a7f5d-f87e-47bf-8bd9-529847c9a246_399x212.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XET8!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b8a7f5d-f87e-47bf-8bd9-529847c9a246_399x212.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XET8!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b8a7f5d-f87e-47bf-8bd9-529847c9a246_399x212.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XET8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b8a7f5d-f87e-47bf-8bd9-529847c9a246_399x212.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XET8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b8a7f5d-f87e-47bf-8bd9-529847c9a246_399x212.jpeg" width="399" height="212" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7b8a7f5d-f87e-47bf-8bd9-529847c9a246_399x212.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:212,&quot;width&quot;:399,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:24186,&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/185724818?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b8a7f5d-f87e-47bf-8bd9-529847c9a246_399x212.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XET8!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b8a7f5d-f87e-47bf-8bd9-529847c9a246_399x212.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XET8!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b8a7f5d-f87e-47bf-8bd9-529847c9a246_399x212.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XET8!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b8a7f5d-f87e-47bf-8bd9-529847c9a246_399x212.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XET8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b8a7f5d-f87e-47bf-8bd9-529847c9a246_399x212.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">soaring bird by Charlie Cowins, creative commons</figcaption></figure></div><p><em>&#8220;For to be free is not merely to cast off one&#8217;s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.&#8221;</em></p><p><em>&#8213; Nelson Mandela</em></p>
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Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.&#8221;</em></p><h5>- Martin Luther King, JR., From <em>Strength to Love.</em></h5><h5></h5>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeds of Peace]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peacemaker Newsletter (Jan. 9th, 2026)]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/seeds-of-peace</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/seeds-of-peace</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:03:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/119c1994-33de-4860-ba96-81dd23c9eee5_400x273.jpeg" 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/$s_!oC4w!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F560bac0a-6fe0-43ff-9c8e-1075ed9deb76_400x273.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lengthening Days]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peacemaker Newsletter (Jan. 6th, 2025)]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/lengthening-days</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/lengthening-days</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:01:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e994805b-0134-4043-85b2-5506547369c2_400x267.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ud48!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7c072bb6-02de-41af-b480-8e084f657111_400x267.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Year Closes, the Practice Continues]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peacemaker Newsletter (Dec. 29th, 2025)]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/the-year-closes-the-practice-continues</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/the-year-closes-the-practice-continues</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 15:21:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Uj5d!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7a6d21e1-83aa-439b-ad58-dd8232f932b4_1694x1150.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/donations/general_fund" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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So far, our campaign has been good, but we are short of our goal. We ask for your much-needed donations in these final days. <br><br>In 2025, we had our most robust offering of guest speakers, <a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/core-trainings/">classes</a>, <a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/programs/">bearing witness retreats</a>, <a href="https://zenpeacemakers.org/zpi_media_library/">podcasts</a>, and more. We offer most of this free of charge and we &#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beginner's Mind]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peacemaker Newsletter (Dec. 23rd, 2025)]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/beginners-mind</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/beginners-mind</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:01:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ee80e894-dd37-400e-bb60-eba970ca3346_400x225.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lRyz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb293211-b60c-4a5a-bf62-213d0eb845b5_400x225.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lRyz!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb293211-b60c-4a5a-bf62-213d0eb845b5_400x225.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lRyz!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb293211-b60c-4a5a-bf62-213d0eb845b5_400x225.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lRyz!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb293211-b60c-4a5a-bf62-213d0eb845b5_400x225.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lRyz!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb293211-b60c-4a5a-bf62-213d0eb845b5_400x225.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lRyz!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb293211-b60c-4a5a-bf62-213d0eb845b5_400x225.jpeg" width="400" height="225" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cb293211-b60c-4a5a-bf62-213d0eb845b5_400x225.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:225,&quot;width&quot;:400,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:32811,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/i/182242937?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb293211-b60c-4a5a-bf62-213d0eb845b5_400x225.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lRyz!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb293211-b60c-4a5a-bf62-213d0eb845b5_400x225.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lRyz!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb293211-b60c-4a5a-bf62-213d0eb845b5_400x225.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lRyz!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb293211-b60c-4a5a-bf62-213d0eb845b5_400x225.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lRyz!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb293211-b60c-4a5a-bf62-213d0eb845b5_400x225.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Winter mountain (Mitterberg) by Theo Crazzolara, creative commons</figcaption></figure></div><h5><strong>New Year&#8217;s Haiku</strong><br>by <strong>Matsuo</strong> <strong>Bash&#333;</strong></h5><p><em>New Year&#8217;s Day&#8212;</em><br><em>sun on every field</em><br><em>is beloved.</em></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter Lights]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peacemaker Newsletter (Dec. 16th, 2025)]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/winter-lights</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/winter-lights</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:02:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/94993703-fbf5-4e6c-96b6-97c491efaa19_400x270.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4cUz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa3f89d69-a0f5-49de-b444-defbc1c87f91_400x270.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4cUz!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa3f89d69-a0f5-49de-b444-defbc1c87f91_400x270.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4cUz!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa3f89d69-a0f5-49de-b444-defbc1c87f91_400x270.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4cUz!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa3f89d69-a0f5-49de-b444-defbc1c87f91_400x270.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4cUz!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa3f89d69-a0f5-49de-b444-defbc1c87f91_400x270.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wind Through Pine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peacemaker Newsletter (Dec. 9th, 2025)]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/wind-through-pine</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/wind-through-pine</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:02:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/83299df9-65f2-48e7-9ae5-1d27b304b60b_400x267.jpeg" 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/$s_!3Osq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fecdd8cb8-0dc0-4d74-b0f3-15f31cb3c118_400x267.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter Sky]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peacemaker Newsletter (Dec. 2nd, 2025)]]></description><link>https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/winter-sky</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/winter-sky</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:01:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ONnn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6332dde2-85e4-4d8e-8d2f-a70a95232859_400x300.jpeg" 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_!ONnn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6332dde2-85e4-4d8e-8d2f-a70a95232859_400x300.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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