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Bearing Witness: A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace

by Bernie Glassman · 1998

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Bernie Glassman, a Zen teacher who also founded community organizations and housing projects, sets out a way of working for peace that begins with ordinary moments. The book is built around a set of peacemaker vows. Each chapter takes one of these vows and pairs it with an event or a person who put it into practice. Glassman weaves these accounts together with his own reflections, so the stories serve both as illustrations and as a record of his personal path. Readers hoping to understand what peacemaking involves in daily life will find the answer grounded in concrete encounters rather than abstract principles.

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