Bernie Glassman at Upaya Roshi Bernie Glassman: Making Peace—The World as One Body 2012 (Part 5 of 8)
Aug 6, 2018
Roshi Bernie Glassman, an American Zen teacher and founder of the Zen Peacemakers, speaks on council practice and bearing witness. He explores listening-from-the-heart, not-knowing in organizational life, and how to balance counsel with decisive action. He also reflects on adapting Zen forms into apt upayas for contemporary, culturally fit practice.
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Use Counsel To Bear Witness Before Acting
- Do practice the way of council by speaking from the heart and listening from the heart.
- Bernie Glassman says counsel creates a bearing-witness container where actions naturally arise without forcing resolution.
Keep Organizational Systems While Practicing Not Knowing
- Do keep organizational tools and paperwork while practicing not-knowing to stay effective.
- Bernie Glassman recommends filling your toolbox with systems and then remaining open so creative solutions can arise in proposals and governance.
Act Lovingly From Your Role After Bearing Witness
- Do act from the role you hold after bearing witness when someone's actions harm others.
- In a personnel conflict Bernie says listen fully, then as leader take the loving action required, for example terminating someone who harms others.