
Bernie Glassman at Upaya Podcast
1) Roshi Bernie Glassman & Hozan Alan Senauke & Roshi Joan Halifax: Gate of Sweet Nectar 2015 (Part 5 of 5)
Part 5: “I live my life according to experiences, not according to the commentary.” This last half of the final panel traverses: projection in student-teacher relationships; how Roshi Joan’s and Berni...Show More
2) Roshi Bernie Glassman & Hozan Alan Senauke & Roshi Joan Halifax: Gate of Sweet Nectar 2015 (Part 4 of 5)
Part 4: A song and questions. After Alan leads everyone in song, the panel takes open questions and jams. They consider: are there any restrictions on what people do with this liturgy when they leave?...Show More
3) Roshi Bernie Glassman: Gate of Sweet Nectar 2015 (Part 3 of 5)
Part 3: Dialogue ensues! The question of feeding hungry spirits what they want versus feeding them what they need engages many voices. This leads on to: what is the difference between bearing witness ...Show More
4) Roshi Bernie Glassman: Gate of Sweet Nectar 2015 (Part 2 of 5)
Part 2: Feeding everyone. Bernie explains the inner logic and dramatic progression of the liturgy’s several pieces. It proceeds through loving invitations and invocations, magic work to actualize ener...Show More
5) Roshi Bernie Glassman: Gate of Sweet Nectar 2015 (Part 1 of 5)
Part 1: An open-hearted overhaul. Bernie spins a lively history of the Gate of Sweet Nectar liturgy, from an early version (mythically attributed to Shakyamuni) to Menzan’s tantric innovations to his ...Show More
6) Roshi Bernie Glassman & Hozan Alan Senauke & Joan Halifax: Engaged Buddhism, Radical Chaplaincy 2014 (Part 8 of 8)
Part 8: “Everything is opinion.” In this last dialogue, Bernie — with a little help from Roshi Joan and Sensei Alan — fields questions about whether the view that “everything is opinion” closes or op...Show More
7) Roshi Bernie Glassman & Hozan Alan Senauke & Joan Halifax: Engaged Buddhism, Radical Chaplaincy 2014 (Part 7 of 8)
Part 7: Q&A. The teachers complete the Q & A session.
8) Roshi Bernie Glassman & Hozan Alan Senauke & Joan Halifax: Engaged Buddhism, Radical Chaplaincy 2014 (Part 6 of 8)
Part 6: Feminism, liturgy, and clown noses. After a song led by Sensei Alan, the panel conducts a Q & A period to close out the day. Topics covered include liturgy, feminism, teacher-student relations...Show More
9) Roshi Bernie Glassman: Engaged Buddhism, Radical Chaplaincy 2014 (Part 5 of 8)
Part 5: The practice of zazen. Concluding the third session of the retreat, Roshi Bernie continues his dialogue with retreatants, answering questions about the stages of “bearing witness,” telling sto...Show More
Roshi Bernie Glassman: Engaged Buddhism, Radical Chaplaincy 2014 (Part 5 of 8)
33:35 | Aug 11th, 2018
10) Roshi Bernie Glassman: Engaged Buddhism, Radical Chaplaincy 2014 (Part 4 of 8)
Part 4: Bearing witness retreats. Roshi Bernie describes the Zen Peacemakers Order and the approach of “Bearing Witness Retreats” with homelessness in New York and genocide at Auschwitz and in Rwanda.
Roshi Bernie Glassman: Engaged Buddhism, Radical Chaplaincy 2014 (Part 4 of 8)
1:04:25 | Aug 11th, 2018