"Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting." - Jack Kornfield #LettingGo

Explore the transformative practice of Council. In this episode of the Peacemakers Podcast, we sit down with Jared Seide of Beyond Us & Them what becomes possible when people come together in a circle and truly listen to each other. voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/... #PrisonOutreach

"If you eliminate even one group, you eliminate the entire circle." - Bernie Tetsugen Glassman #Belonging

Our work exists because of shared commitment — where practice and action are supported by community. This is how compassion circulates. Join the economy of generosity by making a gift at zenpeacemakers.org #ZenPeacemakers #BearingWitness #ContemplativeAction #ThreeTenets

"In any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness or de facto, we are practicing mindlessness." - Jon Kabat-Zinn #Mindfulness

Awakening isn’t postponed or relocated. It happens right where you are — in this body, this moment, this life. Nothing needs to be different for practice to begin. #ZenPractice #Awakening #DailyPractice

Join us on Monday, August 10, at 12 PM US Eastern Time for the Zen Peacemakers Core Training Series: Introduction to Zen Peacemaking with Eve Marko. Register to receive the Zoom link here: hive.zenpeacemakers.org/eve... #ZenPeacemakers #EveMarko #ThreeTenets #NotKnowing #BearingWitness

What happens when the world goes mad—and we go mad right along with it? In this episode of The Peacemakers Podcast, Zen teacher and poet Norman Fischer brings to life the prophetic parable of the tainted grain by Rebbe Nachman. Listen Today! bit.ly/4vByCKM

So much good in the world goes unrealized because we're afraid to ask. We tell ourselves we don't want to burden anyone. We convince ourselves that if people wanted to help, they would. But generosity is relational - it requires an opening on both sides. #Peacemaking #NotKnowing #TakingAction

Not Turning Away: Hozan Alan Senauke and the Practice of Staying In this episode of the Peacemakers Podcast, we sit with Hozan Alan Senauke — a Zen priest, teacher, musician, and lifelong practitioner of engaged Buddhism . voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/...

There’s no graduation from practice. No final badge. Awareness isn’t a weekend project — it’s lifelong. Conditioning runs deep; habits return. We practice not because we’re failing, but because we’re human. The work is ongoing — and that’s simply real. #LifelongPractice

Ecosattva Councils focus on bearing witness to and dealing with ecological crises and climate change. Everyone is invited to join, listen and share, especially those active in eco projects as their social engagements.  Reserve a Spot : hive.zenpeacemakers.org/eve...

In this episode of The Peacemakers Podcast, we enter the heart of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreat, held each November by Zen Peacemakers. This episode explores what it means to allow the place itself to become the teacher. Listen Today! bit.ly/4xhBcY8

Bearing Witness Retreats invite you to open to whatever is arising — within yourself and in the world. Through not-knowing and deep presence, we strengthen our capacity to stay centered even when everything feels uncertain. #ZenPeacemakers #BearingWitness #ContemplativeAction #EngagedSpirituality

Held in the Black Hills, this retreat invites participants into relationship—with the land, with Lakota community members, and with one another. This year, for the first time, horses will be part of the experience. Learn more and register: hive.zenpeacemakers.org/eve... #Indigenous

Not Knowing comes first for a reason. Certainty closes us; openness lets us listen, be surprised, and be changed. Not Knowing isn’t passivity — it’s radical openness. When we release fixed ideas, something alive can emerge. #NotKnowing

The world’s problems aren’t obstacles to awakening — they’re the soil for it. Like the lotus, transformation grows in the mud. We don’t wait for purity to act. We enter housing, poverty, and injustice as practice. This is where change begins. #TakingAction

We invite you into a shared space of listening and presence. Introduction to the Way of Council—exploring a core Zen Peacemakers practice of speaking and listening from the heart, beyond fixing or debate. hive.zenpeacemakers.org/eve... Monday, June 8th 12pm ET

Zen teacher Nancy Mujo Baker invites us to encounter the Buddhist precepts as living manifestations of oneness. Not commandments. Not ideals. But the natural functioning of a heart that is no longer divided. bit.ly/4bJYHRq #Buddhism

Bernie spoke of Indra’s Net — an infinite web where each jewel reflects all others. Nothing exists alone. No suffering is isolated. When we harm one, we harm the whole; when we uplift one, we uplift the whole. Bearing Witness helps us see this clearly. #Interdependence

Meaningful work is unfolding across the world. Our weekly newsletter gathers news and events from our global community practicing contemplative social action. #ZenPeacemakers #BearingWitness #ContemplativeAction #EngagedSpirituality #ThreeTenets

True peace begins with honoring the uniqueness of each person and moment. When we respect difference and remember our shared humanity, we can bear witness without judgment and act with compassion. Diversity becomes something to celebrate, not fear. #BearingWitness

Separation is an illusion. Our lives are interwoven — every action affects the whole. When we truly see interconnectedness, compassion becomes active. Suffering is no longer “someone else’s problem.” It’s shared. From that awareness, right action flows. #Interconnectedness

Actor, activist & Zen priest Peter Coyote joins the Peacemakers Podcast to explore how Buddhist practice meets this political moment. Not retreating from the world — entering it with clarity and care. voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/... #Peacemaking

Liberation isn’t somewhere else or someday. It’s found by meeting what you resist — the messiness, the ordinary, the hard moments — fully. Stop seeking elsewhere and awaken to what’s already here. This moment is the doorway. #PresentMoment

What happens when we slow down enough to truly see? This is not role-play. It is deep witnessing. Through vulnerability and presence, we encounter our shared humanity — and ourselves. #ZenPeacemakers #BearingWitness #ContemplativeAction #EngagedSpirituality #ThreeTenets

Awakening isn’t scheduled or earned. It arises when we stop overthinking and meet experience directly. You don’t need a retreat — every task, conversation, or moment can be practice when you stay present, drop judgment, and respond with awareness. This is bearing witness. #Satori

We invite you to join Roy Remer for an interactive presentation on the Zen Caregiving Project—offering tools rooted in mindfulness and compassion for supporting others through end-of-life care. Learn more: hive.zenpeacemakers.org/eve... Wednesday, May 27th 12:00pm ET

Bernie reminds us that perspective shapes what we see. When we cling to certainty, we stop listening. Not-Knowing asks us to loosen assumptions, suspend judgment, and open to lived experience. From that openness, compassionate action can begin. #NotKnowing

In this rich and wide-open conversation, Jeff Bridges brings his unmistakable warmth and candor to the subject we’re all living into: aging. Jeff speaks about surrender—not as defeat, but as a doorway. bit.ly/4rK53oK #jeffbridges