Bernie Glassman at Upaya Roshi Bernie Glassman: Making Peace—The World as One Body 2012 (Part 4 of 8)
Aug 6, 2018
Roshi Bernie Glassman, a Zen teacher and social-justice leader who founded the Zen Peacemakers, discusses the Three Tenets: not knowing, bearing witness, and loving action. He applies these to the ecological crisis, ethics and power, personal conditioning, relationships, and practical street practice. Short stories and metaphors illuminate how listening and vows guide compassionate, non-attached action.
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Use The Three Tenets As A Practical Compass
- Do practice the three tenets: not knowing, bearing witness, and loving action as a decision-making framework.
- Bernie Glassman describes entering situations with deep listening, feeling what arises, and letting appropriate actions naturally follow.
See Problems As Parts Of One Body
- The one-body perspective frames individual pains and immune responses as parts of a single system rather than separate enemies.
- Bernie uses his own body (cancer cells and white cells) and household injuries to show how nondual witnessing guides responses.
Work With Your Ingredients Not Universe Saving
- Do take your unique 'ingredients'—skills and interests—and use them in service of the world instead of trying to fix everything yourself.
- Bernie urges befriending yourself and not blaming yourself for not saving the entire universe.
