Roshi Joan Halifax
Glassman empowered Roshi Joan Halifax, founder and Abbot of Upaya Zen Center, in 1999. A memorial service for Glassman will be held on November 14 at 5:30 PM at Upaya Zen Center, officiated by Halifax and Frank Ostaseski.
My beloved community at Upaya offered love to my teacher tonight. He died this morning, and am so grateful that good…
Posted by Joan Halifax on Sunday, November 4, 2018
Frank Ostaseski
Oh my Buddha….just got news of Bernie Glassman death this morning. Great being, teacher, friend and true…
Posted by Frank Ostaseski on Sunday, November 4, 2018
Rev. Tony Stultz
It is with great sadness I share that my teacher, Bernie Glassman, has passed on…please keep Bernie, his wife and our…
Posted by Anthony Stultz on Sunday, November 4, 2018
Hozan Alan Senauke
Great Teacher Bernie Glassman passed away early this morning. Our debt to him and the reach of his tender humanity…
Posted by Alan Senauke on Sunday, November 4, 2018
Maia Duerr
Arrived at beautiful Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community to the sad news that Roshi Bernie Glassman died this morning. I…
Posted by Maia Duerr on Sunday, November 4, 2018
James Ishmael Ford
In recognition of his death, Ford published an appreciation of Glassman on Patheos.
I’ve just learned that Bernie Glassman died this morning. He was a signal figure in the establishment of our American…
Posted by James Ford on Sunday, November 4, 2018
Mirabai Bush
Woke up still thinking about Bernie Glassman
EJ: ”when we were at Sivananda Retreat in the Bahamas and again last year at Bandara, he gave me one of his favorite cigars.”
Obit in Lions Roar:Posted by Mirabai Bush on Monday, November 5, 2018
Koshin Paley Ellison
With appreciation and care, remembering Roshi Bernie Glassman on this day of his passing. #sotozen #whiteplumasanga
Posted by Koshin Paley Ellison on Sunday, November 4, 2018
Josh Korda
a major loss for the american buddhist community. I saw bernie several times over the years, at large activist events….
Posted by Josh Korda on Monday, November 5, 2018
Dan Zigmond
The great Zen master Bernie Glassman died today. I only met him once, in 1999, when I did a week-long retreat with him…
Posted by Dan Zigmond on Sunday, November 4, 2018
San Francisco Zen Center
Roshi Enkyo O’Hara
From our Roshi Enkyo O’Hara:
Our irascible, wise, humble and brilliant Zen Man has passed now into history.
We loved…
Posted by Village Zendo on Monday, November 5, 2018
For more on the life and teachings of Bernie Glassman, read his teachings on Lion’s Roar and this selection of related readings:
- The Dude and the Zen Master: A profile of the friendship between Glassman and Jeff Bridges
- How to Practice Bearing Witness: An instruction in Glassman’s practice by Jules Shuzen Harris
A selection of teachings by Bernie Glassman:
- The Zen of The Dude: Glassman on koans from The Big Lebowski
- Bearing Witness to All of Life: A teaching by Glassman on the three pure precepts of Zen
- The Three Tenets of the Zen Peacemakers: The core principles of the organization that Glassman and Holmes founded
- There Are No Words: Glassman’s essay on losing his wife
- Make Me One With Everything: A conversation on the role of humor in Buddhist practice
