Zen teacher Jules Shuzen Harris teaches us a three-step practice to connect with and serve those who are suffering.
Don’t Just Sit There—Act
When we sit in meditation, we awaken to oneness. Then we take compassionate action. That’s what drives Andy Hoover’s work at the ACLU.
The End of Ice
Avid mountaineer and former war reporter Dahr Jamail chronicles the world’s environmental crisis for his new book, “The End of Ice.”
Meeting police violence with compassionate action
Photo by Thomas Hawk.As a Buddhist activist, I am constantly looking for ways to meet my contemplative practice with social engagement.
Listening to Auschwitz
Auschwitz-Birkenau. Photo by Mattia Panciroli.Narayan Helen Liebenson reports on the Zen Peacemakers’ 20th annual Bearing Witness Retreat at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Reflections on Rwanda: Bearing Witness
The Zen Peacemaker Order traveled to Rwanda for a bearing witness retreat. Participant Russell Delman recounts his moving retreat experience.
Peter Matthiessen’s new novel draws on “Bearing Witness” meditation retreats at Auschwitz
The next book Zen teacher and social activist Peter Matthiessen draws from his experiences meditating and Bearing Witness at Auschwitz.
Bear Witness to All of Life
Bernie Glassman on the three pure precepts—cease from evil, do good, and do good for others—and why they all come down to a single point.
Why Bernie Glassman keeps going back to Auschwitz
Every year since 1994, Bernie Glassman and the Zen Peacemakers have traveled to Auschwitz-Birkenau for a Bearing Witness Retreat.
So Who Are You?
“You are not objects out there, you are not feelings, you are not thoughts-lessly aware of all those, so you are not those. Who or what are you?”