Origins of 'Bearing Witness' — The Auschwitz Retreat

Episode Description: Get out of the way. Another way to define bearing witness, Bernie says, is to get out of the way, and reminds us that zazen is a major practice for letting go. He reflects on the origins of using the phrase “bearing witness” for the first time and discusses the word shikantaza, (the emphatic sense of “just sitting”); sangha or community of monks and nuns; and sheviti…

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