Roshi Bernie Glassman

Roshi Bernie Glassman first dharma successor of Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi, was the first abbot of the Zen Community of New York and co-founder of the Greyston Mandala. In 1994 he conceived the Zen Peacemaker Order. The paperback edition of his most recent book, Bearing Witness: A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace, was recently issued from Bell Tower.

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Yasutani Roshi: The Hardest Koan

Brian Victoria uncovers the wartime anti-Semitism of one of America’s most seminal Zen masters. Responses to this material from: Robert Aitken, Bernie Glassman, Bodhin Kjolhede, and Lawrence Shainberg

Roshi Bernie Glassman, Lawrence Shainberg, Robert Aitken, and Bodhin Kjolhede

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