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CNN	Bernie
Bernie	Glassman
Glassman	was
was	a
a	Brooklyn
Brooklyn	born
born	Jew
Jew	and
and	an
an	American
American	Zen
Zen	master
master	Bernie
Bernie	Glassman
Glassman	was
was	a
a	Brooklyn
Brooklyn	born
born	Jew
Jew	and
and	an
an	American
American	Zen
Zen	master
master	Bernie
Bernie	Glassman
Glassman	was
was	a
a	Brooklyn
Brooklyn	born
born	Jew
Jew	and
and	an
an	American
American	Zen
Zen	master
master	An
An	American
American	Zen
Zen	Master
Master	has
has	died
died	An
An	oral
oral	history
history	of
of	Roshi
Roshi	Bernie
Bernie	Glassman
Glassman	By
By	Daniel
Daniel	Burke
Burke	CNN
CNN	Religion
Religion	Editor
Editor	Updated
Updated	GMT
GMT	HKT
HKT	December
December	CNN
CNN	One
One	of
of	Bernie
Bernie	Glassman
Glassman	s
s	favorite
favorite	koans
koans	asks
asks	Where
Where	do
do	you
you	step
step	from
from	the
the	top
top	of
of	a
a	foot
foot	pole
pole	His
His	answer
answer	seemed
seemed	to
to	be
be	You
You	plunge
plunge	Glassman
Glassman	who
who	died
died	November
November	at
at	age
age	was
was	a
a	Brooklyn
Brooklyn	born
born	Jew
Jew	a
a	recognized
recognized	Zen
Zen	master
master	a
a	Buddhist
Buddhist	trailblazer
trailblazer	a
a	restless
restless	mensch
mensch	and
and	a
a	serial
serial	plunger
plunger	Glassman
Glassman	plunged
plunged	into
into	aeronautical
aeronautical	engineering
engineering	into
into	Zen
Zen	into
into	leading
leading	a
a	Buddhist
Buddhist	community
community	into
into	running
running	a
a	bakery
bakery	into
into	growing
growing	that
that	bakery
bakery	into
into	a
a	constellation
constellation	of
of	social
social	services
services	into
into	holding
holding	spiritual
spiritual	retreats
retreats	among
among	the
the	homeless
homeless	and
and	at
at	Holocaust
Holocaust	haunted
haunted	concentration
concentration	camps
camps	into
into	writing
writing	a
a	book
book	of
of	koans
koans	with
with	a
a	Hollywood
Hollywood	star
star	into
into	mourning
mourning	when
when	his
his	second
second	wife
wife	died
died	and
and	into
into	learning
learning	to
to	walk
walk	and
and	talk
talk	again
again	two
two	years
years	ago
ago	after
after	a
a	stroke
stroke	The
The	plunges
plunges	as
as	Glassman
Glassman	called
called	them
them	served
served	a
a	spiritual
spiritual	purpose
purpose	to
to	uproot
uproot	preconditioned
preconditioned	ideas
ideas	bear
bear	witness
witness	to
to	what
what	s
s	going
going	on
on	and
and	serve
serve	those
those	most
most	in
in	need
need	At
At	a
a	time
time	when
when	many
many	American
American	Buddhists
Buddhists	preferred
preferred	self
self	development
development	to
to	social
social	engagement
engagement	Glassman
Glassman	dismissed
dismissed	mannequin
mannequin	meditation
meditation	and
and	carried
carried	his
his	Zen
Zen	practice
practice	from
from	clean
clean	aired
aired	monasteries
monasteries	to
to	chaotic
chaotic	city
city	streets
streets	where
where	he
he	led
led	weeklong
weeklong	retreats
retreats	on
on	sidewalks
sidewalks	and
and	in
in	crowded
crowded	parks
parks	Read
Read	More
More	Bernie
Bernie	was
was	very
very	clear
clear	that
that	meditation
meditation	was
was	not
not	a
a	refuge
refuge	from
from	life
life	said
said	Roshi
Roshi	Eve
Eve	Myonen
Myonen	Marko
Marko	Glassman
Glassman	s
s	third
third	wife
wife	For
For	him
him	meditation
meditation	was
was	total
total	engagement
engagement	With
With	his
his	longish
longish	hair
hair	sad
sad	eyed
eyed	smile
smile	and
and	Churchill
Churchill	cigars
cigars	in
in	his
his	later
later	years
years	Glassman
Glassman	looked
looked	less
less	like
like	a
a	traditional
traditional	Zen
Zen	master
master	than
than	a
a	hippie
hippie	cigar
cigar	entrepreneur
entrepreneur	to
to	quote
quote	a
a	former
former	student
student	But
But	his
his	carefree
carefree	aesthetic
aesthetic	masked
masked	intense
intense	ethical
ethical	commitments
commitments	After
After	an
an	epiphany
epiphany	in
in	which
which	he
he	saw
saw	people
people	as
as	hungry
hungry	ghosts
ghosts	Buddhist
Buddhist	beings
beings	whose
whose	swollen
swollen	bellies
bellies	and
and	pencil
pencil	thin
thin	necks
necks	symbolize
symbolize	the
the	insatiability
insatiability	of
of	desire
desire	Glassman
Glassman	vowed
vowed	to
to	serve
serve	them
them	It
It	was
was	a
a	literal
literal	experience
experience	and
and	a
a	formative
formative	experience
experience	said
said	Glassman
Glassman	in
in	Seeing
Seeing	the
the	variety
variety	of
of	cravings
cravings	and
and	beings
beings	all
all	around
around	us
us	Bernie
Bernie	Glassman
Glassman	in
in	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Bernie
Bernie	Glassman
Glassman	in
in	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Bernie
Bernie	Glassman
Glassman	in
in	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Greyston
Greyston	Bakery
Bakery	in
in	Yonkers
Yonkers	New
New	York
York	which
which	Glassman
Glassman	co
co	founded
founded	in
in	with
with	his
his	Zen
Zen	community
community	has
has	grown
grown	into
into	a
a	million
million	business
business	selling
selling	sweets
sweets	to
to	companies
companies	like
like	Ben
Ben	Jerry
Jerry	s
s	while
while	employing
employing	ex
ex	cons
cons	the
the	disabled
disabled	and
and	former
former	addicts
addicts	through
through	its
its	open
open	hiring
hiring	policy
policy	The
The	profits
profits	are
are	donated
donated	to
to	Greyston
Greyston	Foundation
Foundation	which
which	offers
offers	affordable
affordable	housing
housing	and
and	social
social	services
services	for
for	the
the	poor
poor	and
and	health
health	care
care	for
for	people
people	living
living	with
with	AIDS
AIDS	One
One	thing
thing	Bernie
Bernie	Glassman
Glassman	was
was	great
great	at
at	was
was	feeding
feeding	people
people	said
said	Frank
Frank	Ostaseski
Ostaseski	author
author	of
of	The
The	Five
Five	Invitations
Invitations	and
and	founding
founding	director
director	of
of	the
the	Zen
Zen	Hospice
Hospice	Project
Project	He
He	fed
fed	their
their	material
material	needs
needs	and
and	he
he	fed
fed	them
them	spiritual
spiritual	sustenance
sustenance	Zen
Zen	Peacemakers
Peacemakers	International
International	Glassman
Glassman	s
s	other
other	big
big	venture
venture	has
has	nearly
nearly	members
members	Buddhist
Buddhist	and
and	non
non	Buddhist
Buddhist	in
in	chapters
chapters	worldwide
worldwide	About
About	people
people	have
have	participated
participated	in
in	its
its	bearing
bearing	witness
witness	retreats
retreats	many
many	held
held	at
at	Auschwitz
Auschwitz	Birkenau
Birkenau	and
and	other
other	sites
sites	of
of	notorious
notorious	inhumanity
inhumanity	said
said	Rami
Rami	Efal
Efal	the
the	group
group	s
s	executive
executive	director
director	Everyone
Everyone	doing
doing	engaged
engaged	Buddhist
Buddhist	work
work	owes
owes	a
a	certain
certain	debt
debt	to
to	him
him	said
said	Hozan
Hozan	Alan
Alan	Senauke
Senauke	vice
vice	abbot
abbot	of
of	the
the	Berkeley
Berkeley	Zen
Zen	Center
Center	in
in	California
California	and
and	a
a	longtime
longtime	social
social	justice
justice	activist
activist	Trained
Trained	by
by	Japanese
Japanese	missionaries
missionaries	in
in	the
the	intricacies
intricacies	of
of	Zen
Zen	a
a	school
school	of
of	Buddhism
Buddhism	brought
brought	to
to	China
China	in
in	the
the	th
th	century
century	Glassman
Glassman	was
was	an
an	influential
influential	bridge
bridge	between
between	its
its	ancient
ancient	teachings
teachings	and
and	his
his	modern
modern	American
American	following
following	He
He	was
was	also
also	ambitious
ambitious	and
and	iconoclastic
iconoclastic	preferring
preferring	Hawaiian
Hawaiian	shirts
shirts	to
to	a
a	Zen
Zen	teacher
teacher	s
s	brown
brown	robes
robes	and
and	came
came	to
to	believe
believe	that
that	Eastern
Eastern	practices
practices	were
were	insufficient
insufficient	for
for	the
the	tradition
tradition	to
to	blossom
blossom	in
in	America
America	In
In	our
our	evolution
evolution	in
in	this
this	country
country	we
we	have
have	imported
imported	these
these	wonderful
wonderful	techniques
techniques	from
from	the
the	East
East	Glassman
Glassman	said
said	in
in	and
and	we
we	are
are	now
now	at
at	the
the	point
point	where
where	we
we	know
know	it
it	s
s	not
not	enough
enough	Some
Some	of
of	Glassman
Glassman	s
s	Zen
Zen	experiments
experiments	found
found	a
a	following
following	others
others	did
did	not
not	At
At	times
times	some
some	Buddhists
Buddhists	questioned
questioned	whether
whether	they
they	were
were	authentically
authentically	Zen
Zen	at
at	all
all	He
He	moved
moved	pretty
pretty	far
far	to
to	the
the	edge
edge	of
of	what
what	Zen
Zen	was
was	said
said	the
the	Rev
Rev	James
James	Myoun
Myoun	Ford
Ford	a
a	Zen
Zen	priest
priest	and
and	Unitarian
Unitarian	Universalist
Universalist	minister
minister	who
who	has
has	written
written	several
several	books
books	about
about	Zen
Zen	Zen
Zen	needs
needs	people
people	who
who	break
break	the
the	mold
mold	but
but	we
we	also
also	need
need	the
the	mold
mold	Glassman
Glassman	s
s	empowering
empowering	of
of	non
non	Buddhists
Buddhists	to
to	teach
teach	in
in	his
his	Zen
Zen	lineage
lineage	relentless
relentless	focus
focus	on
on	social
social	justice
justice	and
and	refusal
refusal	to
to	adopt
adopt	the
the	traditional
traditional	trappings
trappings	of
of	a
a	Zen
Zen	teacher
teacher	stirred
stirred	the
the	waters
waters	of
of	American
American	Buddhism
Buddhism	People
People	either
either	thought
thought	he
he	was
was	a
a	heretic
heretic	or
or	an
an	avatar
avatar	of
of	the
the	New
New	Zen
Zen	said
said	Helen
Helen	Tworkov
Tworkov	author
author	of
of	the
the	book
book	Zen
Zen	in
in	America
America	Five
Five	Teachers
Teachers	and
and	the
the	Search
Search	for
for	an
an	American
American	Buddhism
Buddhism	So
So	much
much	of
of	what
what	he
he	tried
tried	to
to	do
do	is
is	broaden
broaden	the
the	parameters
parameters	of
of	Zen
Zen	especially
especially	for
for	underserved
underserved	populations
populations	Glassman
Glassman	s
s	restlessness
restlessness	and
and	unconventionality
unconventionality	likely
likely	prevented
prevented	several
several	of
of	his
his	Zen
Zen	projects
projects	from
from	attracting
attracting	large
large	enough
enough	flocks
flocks	to
to	flourish
flourish	several
several	experts
experts	said
said	But
But	his
his	idiosyncrasies
idiosyncrasies	also
also	inspired
inspired	fellow
fellow	Zen
Zen	adepts
adepts	Bernie
Bernie	is
is	the
the	one
one	who
who	really
really	gave
gave	us
us	the
the	permission
permission	to
to	be
be	ourselves
ourselves	said
said	Senauke
Senauke	His
His	influence
influence	will
will	be
be	wide
wide	that
that	way
way	Glassman
Glassman	passed
passed	his
his	direct
direct	influence
influence	on
on	to
to	dharma
dharma	heirs
heirs	the
the	Buddhist
Buddhist	term
term	for
for	spiritual
spiritual	successors
successors	whom
whom	he
he	recognized
recognized	as
as	masters
masters	in
in	his
his	Soto
Soto	Zen
Zen	lineage
lineage	The
The	eclectic
eclectic	heirs
heirs	include
include	a
a	National
National	Book
Book	Award
Award	winning
winning	author
author	a
a	pioneer
pioneer	in
in	prison
prison	ministry
ministry	an
an	expert
expert	in
in	end
end	of
of	life
life	care
care	a
a	Jesuit
Jesuit	priest
priest	and
and	a
a	Catholic
Catholic	nun
nun	Bernie
Bernie	completely
completely	revolutionized
revolutionized	our
our	sense
sense	of
of	what
what	it
it	means
means	to
to	be
be	a
a	Western
Western	practitioner
practitioner	of
of	Zen
Zen	in
in	the
the	st
st	century
century	and
and	to
to	make
make	a
a	difference
difference	in
in	the
the	world
world	said
said	Roshi
Roshi	Pat
Pat	Enkyo
Enkyo	O
O	Hara
Hara	abbot
abbot	of
of	the
the	Village
Village	Zendo
Zendo	in
in	New
New	York
York	City
City	and
and	one
one	of
of	Glassman
Glassman	s
s	dharma
dharma	heirs
heirs	I
I	learned
learned	from
from	him
him	how
how	to
to	really
really	serve
serve	It
It	was
was	great
great	and
and	sometimes
sometimes	it
it	wasn
wasn	t
t	great
great	It
It	was
was	like
like	Oh
Oh	my
my	my
my	whole
whole	world
world	is
is	changing
changing	right
right	in
in	front
front	of
of	me
me	Glassman
Glassman	leads
leads	the
the	Zen
Zen	Peacemakers
Peacemakers	on
on	a
a	quot
quot	bearing
bearing	witness
witness	quot
quot	retreat
retreat	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Glassman
Glassman	leads
leads	the
the	Zen
Zen	Peacemakers
Peacemakers	on
on	a
a	quot
quot	bearing
bearing	witness
witness	quot
quot	retreat
retreat	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Glassman
Glassman	leads
leads	the
the	Zen
Zen	Peacemakers
Peacemakers	on
on	a
a	bearing
bearing	witness
witness	retreat
retreat	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	The
The	following
following	is
is	a
a	brief
brief	oral
oral	history
history	of
of	Glassman
Glassman	s
s	life
life	based
based	on
on	previously
previously	published
published	interviews
interviews	a
a	documentary
documentary	and
and	recent
recent	conversations
conversations	with
with	his
his	family
family	friends
friends	students
students	and
and	former
former	students
students	Some
Some	quotations
quotations	have
have	been
been	lightly
lightly	edited
edited	for
for	length
length	and
and	clarity
clarity	The
The	photographs
photographs	in
in	this
this	story
story	were
were	taken
taken	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Bernie
Bernie	Glassman
Glassman	was
was	born
born	January
January	in
in	Brighton
Brighton	Beach
Beach	Brooklyn
Brooklyn	to
to	secular
secular	Jewish
Jewish	immigrants
immigrants	Glassman
Glassman	I
I	was
was	a
a	spoiled
spoiled	baby
baby	with
with	four
four	older
older	sisters
sisters	Roshi
Roshi	Eve
Eve	Myonen
Myonen	Marko
Marko	Glassman
Glassman	s
s	third
third	wife
wife	At
At	the
the	same
same	time
time	many
many	people
people	comment
comment	about
about	the
the	sadness
sadness	in
in	his
his	eyes
eyes	He
He	lost
lost	his
his	mother
mother	at
at	the
the	age
age	of
of	and
and	that
that	affected
affected	him
him	deeply
deeply	On
On	some
some	very
very	basic
basic	level
level	he
he	knew
knew	about
about	suffering
suffering	Glassman
Glassman	I
I	grew
grew	up
up	in
in	somewhat
somewhat	poor
poor	areas
areas	and
and	people
people	were
were	being
being	beaten
beaten	up
up	because
because	they
they	were
were	black
black	they
they	were
were	being
being	beaten
beaten	up
up	because
because	they
they	were
were	Jewish
Jewish	I
I	was
was	very
very	aware
aware	of
of	all
all	of
of	that
that	Glassman
Glassman	I
I	became
became	interested
interested	in
in	airplanes
airplanes	very
very	early
early	in
in	my
my	life
life	and
and	went
went	to
to	a
a	high
high	school
school	that
that	specialized
specialized	in
in	engineering
engineering	in
in	Brooklyn
Brooklyn	and
and	from
from	there
there	to
to	an
an	engineering
engineering	college
college	In
In	college
college	I
I	got
got	interested
interested	in
in	Zen
Zen	through
through	reading
reading	Huston
Huston	Smith
Smith	the
the	page
page	on
on	Zen
Zen	struck
struck	me
me	as
as	home
home	Nowadays
Nowadays	on
on	the
the	web
web	we
we	might
might	call
call	it
it	my
my	homepage
homepage	That
That	was
was	home
home	for
for	me
me	It
It	was
was	immediate
immediate	Glassman
Glassman	I
I	went
went	to
to	Israel
Israel	for
for	a
a	year
year	I
I	came
came	back
back	in
in	and
and	heard
heard	there
there	was
was	a
a	Zen
Zen	temple
temple	in
in	Little
Little	Tokyo
Tokyo	in
in	Los
Los	Angeles
Angeles	There
There	was
was	a
a	group
group	of
of	people
people	sitting
sitting	together
together	one
one	night
night	a
a	week
week	and
and	there
there	was
was	a
a	young
young	monk
monk	helping
helping	the
the	Japanese
Japanese	roshi
roshi	in
in	charge
charge	That
That	young
young	monk
monk	was
was	Taizan
Taizan	Maezumi
Maezumi	who
who	was
was	to
to	be
be	my
my	teacher
teacher	I
I	was
was	and
and	he
he	was
was	He
He	was
was	just
just	a
a	young
young	monk
monk	and
and	he
he	did
did	not
not	speak
speak	much
much	Glassman
Glassman	Around
Around	I
I	ran
ran	into
into	Maezumi
Maezumi	again
again	He
He	was
was	translating
translating	for
for	a
a	man
man	Yasutani
Yasutani	Roshi
Roshi	who
who	had
had	become
become	somewhat
somewhat	famous
famous	in
in	the
the	Zen
Zen	world
world	because
because	of
of	Three
Three	Pillars
Pillars	of
of	Zen
Zen	And
And	he
he	was
was	translating
translating	for
for	him
him	at
at	a
a	workshop
workshop	and
and	I
I	saw
saw	that
that	his
his	English
English	was
was	really
really	good
good	so
so	I
I	went
went	up
up	to
to	him
him	and
and	asked
asked	if
if	he
he	had
had	his
his	own
own	place
place	which
which	he
he	did
did	Glassman
Glassman	In
In	the
the	early
early	days
days	there
there	weren
weren	t
t	very
very	many
many	people
people	I
I	d
d	go
go	to
to	sit
sit	every
every	morning
morning	and
and	many
many	times
times	it
it	would
would	just
just	be
be	Maezumi
Maezumi	myself
myself	and
and	maybe
maybe	a
a	few
few	other
other	people
people	But
But	then
then	it
it	started
started	to
to	grow
grow	in
in	the
the	s
s	and
and	got
got	rather
rather	large
large	Glassman
Glassman	was
was	given
given	the
the	dharma
dharma	name
name	Tetsugen
Tetsugen	or
or	penetrator
penetrator	of
of	subtleties
subtleties	Ordained
Ordained	a
a	novice
novice	priest
priest	in
in	Glassman
Glassman	and
and	his
his	family
family	moved
moved	into
into	Maezumi
Maezumi	s
s	Zen
Zen	Center
Center	of
of	Los
Los	Angeles
Angeles	Glassman
Glassman	and
and	his
his	teacher
teacher	Taizan
Taizan	Maezumi
Maezumi	Roshi
Roshi	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Glassman
Glassman	and
and	his
his	teacher
teacher	Taizan
Taizan	Maezumi
Maezumi	Roshi
Roshi	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Glassman
Glassman	and
and	his
his	teacher
teacher	Taizan
Taizan	Maezumi
Maezumi	Roshi
Roshi	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Alisa
Alisa	Glassman
Glassman	Bernie
Bernie	s
s	daughter
daughter	My
My	mom
mom	Helen
Helen	was
was	raised
raised	Orthodox
Orthodox	Jewish
Jewish	and
and	my
my	brother
brother	and
and	I
I	went
went	to
to	yeshivas
yeshivas	in
in	Beverly
Beverly	Hills
Hills	Meanwhile
Meanwhile	we
we	lived
lived	in
in	the
the	hood
hood	in
in	Los
Los	Angeles
Angeles	It
It	was
was	odd
odd	to
to	everybody
everybody	else
else	but
but	it
it	wasn
wasn	t
t	odd
odd	to
to	our
our	family
family	We
We	kept
kept	kosher
kosher	in
in	the
the	home
home	and
and	Zen
Zen	masters
masters	from
from	around
around	the
the	world
world	would
would	come
come	to
to	our
our	house
house	for
for	Shabbat
Shabbat	It
It	was
was	sometimes
sometimes	hard
hard	to
to	bring
bring	people
people	home
home	I
I	had
had	to
to	explain
explain	a
a	lot
lot	to
to	people
people	before
before	they
they	came
came	to
to	the
the	house
house	In
In	Maezumi
Maezumi	Roshi
Roshi	conferred
conferred	dharma
dharma	transmission
transmission	on
on	Glassman
Glassman	making
making	him
him	the
the	first
first	American
American	authorized
authorized	to
to	teach
teach	in
in	his
his	Soto
Soto	Zen
Zen	lineage
lineage	Glassman
Glassman	I
I	became
became	very
very	involved
involved	with
with	the
the	Japanese
Japanese	Soto
Soto	sect
sect	because
because	Maezumi
Maezumi	would
would	basically
basically	take
take	me
me	with
with	him
him	to
to	Japan
Japan	every
every	year
year	for
for	about
about	a
a	month
month	and
and	we
we	would
would	always
always	visit
visit	headquarters
headquarters	and
and	various
various	teachers
teachers	within
within	the
the	Soto
Soto	sect
sect	Maezumi
Maezumi	was
was	looked
looked	at
at	as
as	somewhat
somewhat	of
of	a
a	rebel
rebel	but
but	he
he	would
would	always
always	visit
visit	headquarters
headquarters	In
In	Maezumi
Maezumi	was
was	accused
accused	of
of	sexual
sexual	impropriety
impropriety	with
with	female
female	students
students	and
and	entered
entered	rehab
rehab	for
for	alcoholism
alcoholism	according
according	to
to	the
the	White
White	Plum
Plum	Asanga
Asanga	an
an	organization
organization	that
that	includes
includes	his
his	students
students	and
and	successors
successors	Glassman
Glassman	Before
Before	I
I	left
left	I
I	was
was	sort
sort	of
of	his
his	right
right	hand
hand	person
person	if
if	you
you	will
will	I
I	left
left	in
in	December
December	of
of	and
and	a
a	couple
couple	years
years	later
later	there
there	were
were	the
the	scandals
scandals	and
and	attendance
attendance	went
went	way
way	way
way	down
down	Maezumi
Maezumi	encouraged
encouraged	Glassman
Glassman	to
to	start
start	his
his	own
own	Zen
Zen	community
community	With
With	donations
donations	he
he	bought
bought	a
a	mansion
mansion	for
for	his
his	small
small	flock
flock	in
in	Riverdale
Riverdale	New
New	York
York	Glassman
Glassman	s
s	Zen
Zen	community
community	in
in	New
New	York
York	started
started	a
a	bakery
bakery	called
called	Greyston
Greyston	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Glassman
Glassman	s
s	Zen
Zen	community
community	in
in	New
New	York
York	started
started	a
a	bakery
bakery	called
called	Greyston
Greyston	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Glassman
Glassman	s
s	Zen
Zen	community
community	in
in	New
New	York
York	started
started	a
a	bakery
bakery	called
called	Greyston
Greyston	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Roshi
Roshi	Wendy
Wendy	Egyoku
Egyoku	Nakao
Nakao	abbot
abbot	of
of	Zen
Zen	Center
Center	of
of	Los
Los	Angeles
Angeles	He
He	immediately
immediately	starts
starts	a
a	bakery
bakery	and
and	that
that	created
created	a
a	huge
huge	mess
mess	because
because	people
people	didn
didn	t
t	want
want	to
to	work
work	night
night	and
and	day
day	Many
Many	students
students	decided
decided	not
not	to
to	follow
follow	him
him	because
because	they
they	wanted
wanted	him
him	to
to	be
be	the
the	image
image	of
of	the
the	Zen
Zen	master
master	in
in	the
the	zendo
zendo	and
and	he
he	was
was	so
so	brilliant
brilliant	at
at	that
that	Marko
Marko	If
If	you
you	look
look	at
at	old
old	pictures
pictures	of
of	when
when	he
he	was
was	a
a	priest
priest	you
you	can
can	see
see	this
this	intensity
intensity	and
and	fierceness
fierceness	in
in	his
his	eyes
eyes	Sometimes
Sometimes	it
it	rankled
rankled	people
people	Glassman
Glassman	I
I	m
m	pushy
pushy	I
I	m
m	very
very	determined
determined	to
to	get
get	things
things	done
done	If
If	someone
someone	is
is	hungry
hungry	I
I	want
want	to
to	feed
feed	them
them	If
If	someone
someone	is
is	homeless
homeless	I
I	want
want	to
to	find
find	a
a	place
place	for
for	them
them	to
to	live
live	In
In	the
the	s
s	Glassman
Glassman	moved
moved	his
his	community
community	to
to	an
an	impoverished
impoverished	area
area	of
of	Yonkers
Yonkers	New
New	York
York	He
He	conceived
conceived	of
of	a
a	mandala
mandala	of
of	social
social	services
services	for
for	the
the	community
community	including
including	a
a	homeless
homeless	shelter
shelter	addiction
addiction	treatment
treatment	child
child	care
care	and
and	jobs
jobs	at
at	Greyston
Greyston	Bakery
Bakery	Glassman
Glassman	I
I	didn
didn	t
t	want
want	to
to	start
start	a
a	business
business	that
that	would
would	provide
provide	work
work	for
for	just
just	a
a	few
few	students
students	and
and	help
help	support
support	our
our	community
community	I
I	wanted
wanted	to
to	start
start	a
a	business
business	that
that	could
could	also
also	provide
provide	jobs
jobs	and
and	training
training	outside
outside	our
our	community
community	I
I	was
was	looking
looking	for
for	a
a	way
way	for
for	business
business	itself
itself	to
to	become
become	a
a	force
force	for
for	social
social	change
change	and
and	a
a	way
way	of
of	spiritual
spiritual	transformation
transformation	Helen
Helen	Tworkov
Tworkov	a
a	former
former	student
student	of
of	Glassman
Glassman	s
s	and
and	author
author	of
of	Zen
Zen	in
in	America
America	He
He	was
was	tremendously
tremendously	restless
restless	He
He	seemed
seemed	most
most	comfortable
comfortable	in
in	his
his	office
office	plotting
plotting	and
and	planning
planning	Marko
Marko	He
He	used
used	to
to	give
give	excellent
excellent	dharma
dharma	talks
talks	but
but	when
when	he
he	started
started	talking
talking	about
about	construction
construction	and
and	state
state	approvals
approvals	for
for	grants
grants	people
people	used
used	to
to	get
get	pissed
pissed	and
and	say
say	That
That	s
s	not
not	Zen
Zen	And
And	he
he	would
would	say
say	That
That	s
s	exactly
exactly	Zen
Zen	There
There	was
was	an
an	exodus
exodus	of
of	students
students	who
who	didn
didn	t
t	want
want	to
to	move
move	to
to	Yonkers
Yonkers	He
He	watched
watched	so
so	many
many	people
people	leave
leave	him
him	Glassman
Glassman	When
When	we
we	say
say	that
that	Zen
Zen	is
is	life
life	dealing
dealing	in
in	the
the	moment
moment	with
with	what
what	is
is	that
that	s
s	the
the	essence
essence	of
of	Buddhism
Buddhism	So
So	if
if	there
there	s
s	a
a	starving
starving	person
person	giving
giving	them
them	food
food	is
is	the
the	essence
essence	of
of	Buddhism
Buddhism	Man
Man	identified
identified	as
as	Batman
Batman	in
in	the
the	documentary
documentary	Instructions
Instructions	to
to	the
the	Cook
Cook	I
I	was
was	living
living	on
on	the
the	streets
streets	homeless
homeless	and
and	suffering
suffering	drugging
drugging	and
and	drinking
drinking	and
and	everything
everything	I
I	needed
needed	help
help	and
and	he
he	was
was	there
there	for
for	me
me	He
He	came
came	up
up	to
to	me
me	and
and	asked
asked	if
if	he
he	could
could	sit
sit	down
down	beside
beside	me
me	and
and	I
I	looked
looked	up
up	and
and	saw
saw	this
this	strange
strange	man
man	in
in	his
his	robes
robes	and
and	stuff
stuff	and
and	I
I	said
said	sure
sure	He
He	was
was	comforting
comforting	reassuring
reassuring	and
and	energizing
energizing	It
It	made
made	me
me	feel
feel	warm
warm	I
I	felt
felt	wanted
wanted	He
He	invited
invited	me
me	to
to	come
come	up
up	to
to	Westchester
Westchester	and
and	at
at	the
the	time
time	I
I	thought
thought	he
he	was
was	joking
joking	Four
Four	days
days	later
later	I
I	decided
decided	to
to	make
make	a
a	phone
phone	call
call	and
and	he
he	sent
sent	one
one	of
of	the
the	monks
monks	down
down	to
to	bring
bring	me
me	up
up	to
to	the
the	monastery
monastery	The
The	Rev
Rev	James
James	Myoun
Myoun	Ford
Ford	Zen
Zen	priest
priest	and
and	Unitarian
Unitarian	Universalist
Universalist	minister
minister	Bernie
Bernie	cared
cared	about
about	hunger
hunger	basic
basic	shelter
shelter	people
people	at
at	the
the	edge
edge	Before
Before	him
him	the
the	big
big	social
social	justice
justice	issues
issues	for
for	many
many	Buddhists
Buddhists	were
were	in
in	house
house	issues
issues	like
like	peace
peace	It
It	was
was	social
social	justice
justice	from
from	the
the	vantage
vantage	of
of	the
the	middle
middle	and
and	upper
upper	class
class	Bernie
Bernie	talked
talked	about
about	soup
soup	kitchens
kitchens	He
He	was
was	going
going	to
to	be
be	the
the	Zen
Zen	Buddhist
Buddhist	Dorothy
Dorothy	Day
Day	Glassman
Glassman	leads
leads	one
one	of
of	his
his	quot
quot	street
street	retreats
retreats	quot
quot	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Glassman
Glassman	leads
leads	one
one	of
of	his
his	quot
quot	street
street	retreats
retreats	quot
quot	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Glassman
Glassman	leads
leads	one
one	of
of	his
his	street
street	retreats
retreats	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	In
In	Greyston
Greyston	Mandala
Mandala	opened
opened	the
the	Maitri
Maitri	Center
Center	and
and	Issan
Issan	House
House	to
to	provide
provide	housing
housing	and
and	health
health	care
care	for
for	people
people	afflicted
afflicted	with
with	AIDS
AIDS	Unidentified
Unidentified	man
man	featured
featured	in
in	Instructions
Instructions	to
to	the
the	Cook
Cook	speaking
speaking	to
to	Glassman
Glassman	Seeing
Seeing	over
over	the
the	years
years	the
the	things
things	you
you	have
have	done
done	for
for	people
people	who
who	are
are	living
living	with
with	AIDS
AIDS	people
people	living
living	with
with	no
no	hope
hope	and
and	I
I	was
was	one
one	of
of	them
them	I
I	am
am	so
so	thankful
thankful	for
for	the
the	things
things	you
you	pulled
pulled	together
together	When
When	I
I	came
came	in
in	this
this	door
door	in
in	with
with	kidney
kidney	failure
failure	I
I	learned
learned	to
to	live
live	all
all	over
over	again
again	There
There	s
s	a
a	hope
hope	for
for	living
living	here
here	and
and	I
I	just
just	want
want	to
to	give
give	it
it	to
to	the
the	next
next	person
person	Frank
Frank	Ostaseski
Ostaseski	founding
founding	director
director	of
of	the
the	Zen
Zen	Hospice
Hospice	Project
Project	What
What	I
I	learned
learned	from
from	Bernie
Bernie	was
was	a
a	willingness
willingness	to
to	stay
stay	in
in	the
the	room
room	when
when	the
the	going
going	got
got	tough
tough	and
and	to
to	take
take	loving
loving	action
action	It
It	changed
changed	the
the	way
way	I
I	practice
practice	I
I	ve
ve	learned
learned	to
to	stay
stay	in
in	the
the	room
room	when
when	people
people	are
are	suffering
suffering	and
and	not
not	leave
leave	Maezumi
Maezumi	died
died	unexpectedly
unexpectedly	in
in	Soon
Soon	after
after	Glassman
Glassman	stopped
stopped	wearing
wearing	robes
robes	grew
grew	his
his	hair
hair	out
out	and
and	told
told	people
people	to
to	call
call	him
him	Bernie
Bernie	Roshi
Roshi	Pat
Pat	Enkyo
Enkyo	O
O	Hara
Hara	abbot
abbot	of
of	Village
Village	Zendo
Zendo	in
in	New
New	York
York	City
City	He
He	felt
felt	like
like	the
the	name
name	Tetsugen
Tetsugen	didn
didn	t
t	cut
cut	it
it	when
when	he
he	was
was	at
at	a
a	city
city	council
council	meeting
meeting	trying
trying	to
to	get
get	approval
approval	for
for	a
a	project
project	He
He	made
made	that
that	decision
decision	right
right	after
after	his
his	teacher
teacher	died
died	and
and	that
that	is
is	important
important	He
He	didn
didn	t
t	do
do	it
it	before
before	because
because	of
of	his
his	love
love	and
and	respect
respect	for
for	his
his	teacher
teacher	who
who	was
was	a
a	Japanese
Japanese	man
man	with
with	a
a	family
family	that
that	was
was	well
well	known
known	and
and	very
very	much
much	a
a	part
part	of
of	the
the	hierarchy
hierarchy	in
in	the
the	Soto
Soto	Zen
Zen	school
school	When
When	Bernie
Bernie	disrobed
disrobed	and
and	grew
grew	his
his	hair
hair	some
some	of
of	us
us	who
who	were
were	more
more	traditional
traditional	were
were	like
like	How
How	could
could	you
you	do
do	this
this	But
But	it
it	was
was	also
also	liberating
liberating	We
We	could
could	practice
practice	no
no	matter
matter	what
what	we
we	looked
looked	like
like	and
and	we
we	didn
didn	t
t	have
have	to
to	hold
hold	onto
onto	traditions
traditions	that
that	were
were	not
not	suiting
suiting	us
us	Hozan
Hozan	Alan
Alan	Senauke
Senauke	vice
vice	abbot
abbot	of
of	the
the	Berkeley
Berkeley	Zen
Zen	Center
Center	For
For	Bernie
Bernie	it
it	was
was	a
a	challenge
challenge	because
because	when
when	Maezumi
Maezumi	passed
passed	away
away	it
it	was
was	assumed
assumed	that
that	Bernie
Bernie	would
would	become
become	the
the	leading
leading	figure
figure	for
for	Soto
Soto	Zen
Zen	Buddhism
Buddhism	in
in	the
the	United
United	States
States	But
But	he
he	absolutely
absolutely	stepped
stepped	away
away	from
from	that
that	He
He	had
had	already
already	made
made	the
the	decision
decision	long
long	before
before	that
that	he
he	did
did	not
not	want
want	to
to	be
be	saddled
saddled	with
with	that
that	responsibility
responsibility	He
He	wanted
wanted	to
to	follow
follow	his
his	own
own	path
path	That
That	was
was	a
a	radical
radical	step
step	and
and	perplexing
perplexing	from
from	what
what	I
I	understand
understand	to
to	the
the	Japanese
Japanese	who
who	were
were	looking
looking	for
for	Bernie
Bernie	to
to	be
be	the
the	point
point	person
person	for
for	their
their	Zen
Zen	project
project	in
in	America
America	Nakao
Nakao	I
I	don
don	t
t	think
think	he
he	could
could	have
have	done
done	the
the	religious
religious	institution
institution	thing
thing	I
I	think
think	it
it	would
would	have
have	killed
killed	him
him	Alisa
Alisa	Glassman
Glassman	My
My	dad
dad	was
was	always
always	a
a	searcher
searcher	and
and	I
I	think
think	things
things	unfolded
unfolded	for
for	him
him	through
through	his
his	life
life	He
He	was
was	always
always	questioning
questioning	What
What	does
does	it
it	mean
mean	to
to	be
be	a
a	Zen
Zen	Buddhist
Buddhist	a
a	human
human	being
being	just
just	to
to	be
be	For
For	him
him	it
it	wasn
wasn	t
t	about
about	the
the	traditions
traditions	the
the	bells
bells	the
the	robes
robes	It
It	was
was	the
the	actions
actions	the
the	way
way	he
he	led
led	his
his	life
life	That
That	was
was	Zen
Zen	to
to	him
him	Glassman
Glassman	I
I	couldn
couldn	t
t	have
have	hair
hair	when
when	I
I	was
was	with
with	Maezumi
Maezumi	Roshi
Roshi	and
and	I
I	couldn
couldn	t
t	be
be	Bernie
Bernie	Then
Then	he
he	died
died	in
in	and
and	by
by	I
I	was
was	Bernie
Bernie	again
again	and
and	I
I	had
had	a
a	beard
beard	and
and	hair
hair	In
In	the
the	mid
mid	s
s	Glassman
Glassman	was
was	looking
looking	for
for	a
a	new
new	venture
venture	He
He	had
had	already
already	begun
begun	experimenting
experimenting	with
with	street
street	retreats
retreats	On
On	his
his	th
th	birthday
birthday	Glassman
Glassman	meditated
meditated	in
in	Washington
Washington	searching
searching	for
for	his
his	next
next	adventure
adventure	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	On
On	his
his	th
th	birthday
birthday	Glassman
Glassman	meditated
meditated	in
in	Washington
Washington	searching
searching	for
for	his
his	next
next	adventure
adventure	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	On
On	his
his	th
th	birthday
birthday	Glassman
Glassman	meditated
meditated	in
in	Washington
Washington	searching
searching	for
for	his
his	next
next	adventure
adventure	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Glassman
Glassman	I
I	wanted
wanted	to
to	figure
figure	out
out	what
what	am
am	I
I	gonna
gonna	do
do	next
next	So
So	I
I	decided
decided	to
to	do
do	a
a	retreat
retreat	on
on	the
the	steps
steps	of
of	the
the	Capitol
Capitol	in
in	Washington
Washington	D
D	C
C	There
There	were
were	about
about	of
of	us
us	And
And	I
I	gave
gave	as
as	a
a	theme
theme	for
for	that
that	retreat
retreat	What
What	actions
actions	are
are	we
we	gonna
gonna	take
take	in
in	our
our	lives
lives	that
that	will
will	help
help	the
the	aspects
aspects	of
of	society
society	that
that	we
we	re
re	not
not	dealing
dealing	with
with	and
and	society
society	s
s	not
not	dealing
dealing	with
with	Nakao
Nakao	When
When	he
he	did
did	the
the	first
first	street
street	retreat
retreat	on
on	his
his	birthday
birthday	on
on	the
the	steps
steps	of
of	the
the	US
US	Capitol
Capitol	in
in	the
the	freezing
freezing	snow
snow	he
he	saw
saw	that
that	the
the	people
people	who
who	were
were	with
with	him
him	had
had	been
been	shaken
shaken	out
out	of
of	their
their	usual
usual	mindsets
mindsets	and
and	that
that	this
this	was
was	in
in	many
many	ways
ways	more
more	powerful
powerful	than
than	all
all	the
the	hours
hours	they
they	had
had	sat
sat	in
in	meditation
meditation	halls
halls	Glassman
Glassman	It
It	turned
turned	out
out	to
to	be
be	the
the	coldest
coldest	week
week	in
in	Washington
Washington	DC
DC	in
in	years
years	We
We	slept
slept	at
at	night
night	at
at	a
a	local
local	shelter
shelter	one
one	of
of	the
the	largest
largest	shelters
shelters	in
in	the
the	country
country	a
a	few
few	blocks
blocks	from
from	the
the	Capitol
Capitol	At
At	that
that	retreat
retreat	came
came	the
the	answer
answer	to
to	my
my	question
question	that
that	I
I	was
was	going
going	to
to	start
start	a
a	peacemaker
peacemaker	order
order	Street
Street	retreats
retreats	and
and	plunges
plunges	at
at	Holocaust
Holocaust	concentration
concentration	camps
camps	and
and	homeless
homeless	shelters
shelters	became
became	hallmarks
hallmarks	of
of	the
the	Zen
Zen	Peacemaker
Peacemaker	Order
Order	which
which	Glassman
Glassman	co
co	founded
founded	with
with	his
his	late
late	wife
wife	Roshi
Roshi	Sandra
Sandra	Jishu
Jishu	Holmes
Holmes	in
in	Glassman
Glassman	and
and	other
other	Zen
Zen	Peacemakers
Peacemakers	meditate
meditate	on
on	the
the	train
train	tracks
tracks	at
at	Auschwitz
Auschwitz	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Glassman
Glassman	and
and	other
other	Zen
Zen	Peacemakers
Peacemakers	meditate
meditate	on
on	the
the	train
train	tracks
tracks	at
at	Auschwitz
Auschwitz	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Glassman
Glassman	and
and	other
other	Zen
Zen	Peacemakers
Peacemakers	meditate
meditate	on
on	the
the	train
train	tracks
tracks	at
at	Auschwitz
Auschwitz	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Glassman
Glassman	I
I	want
want	to
to	figure
figure	out
out	how
how	to
to	learn
learn	from
from	those
those	who
who	have
have	suffered
suffered	in
in	a
a	certain
certain	way
way	even
even	though
though	I
I	can
can	t
t	fully
fully	enter
enter	that
that	realm
realm	So
So	we
we	go
go	on
on	the
the	streets
streets	I
I	know
know	we
we	aren
aren	t
t	homeless
homeless	and
and	I
I	make
make	that
that	quite
quite	clear
clear	At
At	the
the	same
same	time
time	those
those	who
who	come
come	will
will	experience
experience	something
something	that
that	is
is	closer
closer	to
to	that
that	world
world	than
than	those
those	who
who	haven
haven	t
t	been
been	there
there	This
This	is
is	the
the	meaning
meaning	of
of	bearing
bearing	witness
witness	It
It	s
s	like
like	entering
entering	a
a	church
church	knowing
knowing	you
you	re
re	not
not	God
God	or
or	the
the	priest
priest	But
But	you
you	will
will	experience
experience	something
something	different
different	from
from	someone
someone	who
who	stays
stays	out
out	of
of	the
the	church
church	or
or	someone
someone	who
who	is
is	just
just	hired
hired	to
to	fix
fix	the
the	roof
roof	O
O	Hara
Hara	In
In	all
all	the
the	Abrahamic
Abrahamic	spiritual
spiritual	traditions
traditions	there
there	s
s	a
a	sense
sense	of
of	caring
caring	for
for	the
the	other
other	and
and	it
it	s
s	a
a	beautiful
beautiful	way
way	for
for	us
us	to
to	be
be	generous
generous	and
and	kind
kind	to
to	one
one	another
another	But
But	they
they	are
are	still
still	the
the	other
other	and
and	there
there	s
s	a
a	kind
kind	of
of	one
one	up
up	one
one	down
down	relationship
relationship	What
What	we
we	learned
learned	on
on	the
the	street
street	retreats
retreats	when
when	you
you	don
don	t
t	take
take	anything
anything	with
with	you
you	in
in	terms
terms	of
of	money
money	or
or	ID
ID	and
and	we
we	try
try	to
to	wear
wear	simple
simple	clothes
clothes	we
we	can
can	go
go	into
into	that
that	space
space	of
of	learning
learning	what
what	it
it	is
is	like
like	to
to	be
be	homeless
homeless	to
to	be
be	poor
poor	That
That	s
s	an
an	insight
insight	that
that	you
you	can
can	t
t	read
read	about
about	You
You	have
have	to
to	do
do	it
it	Marko
Marko	It
It	took
took	me
me	years
years	before
before	I
I	would
would	go
go	on
on	the
the	street
street	with
with	them
them	A
A	lot
lot	happened
happened	on
on	the
the	streets
streets	A
A	lot
lot	People
People	who
who	had
had	great
great	fear
fear	about
about	what
what	it
it	would
would	mean
mean	to
to	be
be	a
a	bag
bag	lady
lady	what
what	it
it	is
is	to
to	starve
starve	came
came	out
out	feeling
feeling	very
very	differently
differently	Alisa
Alisa	Glassman
Glassman	The
The	first
first	year
year	they
they	did
did	Auschwitz
Auschwitz	and
and	he
he	asked
asked	me
me	to
to	go
go	but
but	I
I	didn
didn	t
t	want
want	to
to	because
because	I
I	had
had	gone
gone	to
to	yeshivas
yeshivas	and
and	we
we	had
had	a
a	day
day	every
every	year
year	just
just	for
for	remembering
remembering	the
the	Holocaust
Holocaust	and
and	it
it	was
was	painful
painful	But
But	he
he	didn
didn	t
t	ask
ask	me
me	to
to	do
do	a
a	lot
lot	of
of	things
things	in
in	life
life	so
so	I
I	went
went	Glassman
Glassman	We
We	entered
entered	Birkenau
Birkenau	And
And	I
I	was
was	struck
struck	again
again	like
like	before
before	when
when	I
I	was
was	struck
struck	by
by	all
all	the
the	hungry
hungry	spirits
spirits	suffering
suffering	and
and	wanting
wanting	to
to	be
be	fed
fed	wanting
wanting	their
their	suffering
suffering	to
to	be
be	relieved
relieved	so
so	now
now	I
I	was
was	struck
struck	by
by	the
the	feeling
feeling	of
of	souls
souls	In
In	my
my	head
head	it
it	was
was	like
like	millions
millions	of
of	souls
souls	wanting
wanting	to
to	be
be	remembered
remembered	O
O	Hara
Hara	His
His	willingness
willingness	as
as	a
a	Jew
Jew	to
to	go
go	to
to	Auschwitz
Auschwitz	over
over	and
and	over
over	again
again	and
and	to
to	see
see	the
the	hurt
hurt	and
and	meet
meet	it
it	is
is	just
just	really
really	powerful
powerful	for
for	me
me	Ostaseski
Ostaseski	He
He	would
would	sit
sit	like
like	a
a	stone
stone	on
on	the
the	train
train	tracks
tracks	in
in	Birkenau
Birkenau	in
in	the
the	cold
cold	and
and	rainy
rainy	November
November	weather
weather	The
The	rain
rain	was
was	pounding
pounding	and
and	there
there	was
was	Bernie
Bernie	in
in	his
his	poncho
poncho	not
not	moving
moving	an
an	inch
inch	setting
setting	an
an	example
example	for
for	all
all	of
of	us
us	He
He	was
was	leading
leading	with
with	his
his	life
life	Nakao
Nakao	He
He	used
used	to
to	say
say	that
that	he
he	liked
liked	to
to	go
go	into
into	cracks
cracks	not
not	only
only	of
of	our
our	society
society	but
but	also
also	himself
himself	Glassman
Glassman	walks
walks	at
at	the
the	gates
gates	of
of	Auschwitz
Auschwitz	a
a	Nazi
Nazi	concentration
concentration	camp
camp	where
where	he
he	said
said	he
he	heard
heard	souls
souls	voices
voices	clamoring
clamoring	to
to	be
be	remembered
remembered	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Glassman
Glassman	walks
walks	at
at	the
the	gates
gates	of
of	Auschwitz
Auschwitz	a
a	Nazi
Nazi	concentration
concentration	camp
camp	where
where	he
he	said
said	he
he	heard
heard	souls
souls	voices
voices	clamoring
clamoring	to
to	be
be	remembered
remembered	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Glassman
Glassman	walks
walks	at
at	the
the	gates
gates	of
of	Auschwitz
Auschwitz	a
a	Nazi
Nazi	concentration
concentration	camp
camp	where
where	he
he	said
said	he
he	heard
heard	souls
souls	voices
voices	clamoring
clamoring	to
to	be
be	remembered
remembered	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Glassman
Glassman	s
s	wife
wife	Roshi
Roshi	Sandra
Sandra	Jishu
Jishu	Holmes
Holmes	died
died	of
of	a
a	heart
heart	attack
attack	in
in	plunging
plunging	Glassman
Glassman	into
into	grief
grief	Glassman
Glassman	Over
Over	and
and	over
over	people
people	talked
talked	about
about	Jishu
Jishu	s
s	lighthearted
lighthearted	happy
happy	smile
smile	a
a	smile
smile	that
that	none
none	of
of	us
us	was
was	going
going	to
to	see
see	again
again	What
What	are
are	you
you	going
going	to
to	do
do	they
they	asked
asked	me
me	I
I	m
m	going
going	to
to	bear
bear	witness
witness	I
I	replied
replied	I
I	canceled
canceled	my
my	schedule
schedule	of
of	public
public	appearances
appearances	for
for	the
the	rest
rest	of
of	the
the	year
year	including
including	a
a	book
book	tour
tour	I
I	put
put	off
off	hundreds
hundreds	of
of	friends
friends	associates
associates	and
and	students
students	who
who	called
called	or
or	wished
wished	to
to	fly
fly	over
over	I
I	knew
knew	from
from	the
the	beginning
beginning	how
how	easy
easy	it
it	would
would	be
be	for
for	a
a	man
man	like
like	me
me	surrounded
surrounded	by
by	people
people	and
and	programs
programs	and
and	plans
plans	with
with	schedules
schedules	finalized
finalized	two
two	years
years	in
in	advance
advance	to
to	throw
throw	himself
himself	into
into	his
his	work
work	Instead
Instead	I
I	chose
chose	to
to	do
do	a
a	plunge
plunge	I
I	chose
chose	to
to	plunge
plunge	into
into	Jishu
Jishu	Nakao
Nakao	Jishu
Jishu	held
held	the
the	empathy
empathy	and
and	emotions
emotions	for
for	the
the	couple
couple	Bernie
Bernie	was
was	not
not	that
that	He
He	was
was	a
a	doer
doer	a
a	visionary
visionary	He
He	saw
saw	where
where	he
he	wanted
wanted	to
to	go
go	and
and	if
if	you
you	wanted
wanted	to
to	go
go	with
with	him
him	great
great	But
But	when
when	Jishu
Jishu	died
died	he
he	realized
realized	that
that	she
she	carried
carried	a
a	piece
piece	of
of	being
being	human
human	that
that	he
he	had
had	not
not	really
really	developed
developed	so
so	he
he	went
went	very
very	deep
deep	into
into	that
that	and
and	became
became	more
more	that
that	way
way	Glassman
Glassman	When
When	she
she	was
was	still
still	alive
alive	Jishu
Jishu	had
had	brought
brought	into
into	our
our	relationship
relationship	certain
certain	energies
energies	that
that	lay
lay	dormant
dormant	in
in	me
me	She
She	had
had	brought
brought	her
her	softness
softness	her
her	femininity
femininity	her
her	down
down	to
to	earth
earth	practicality
practicality	and
and	deep
deep	empathy
empathy	into
into	our
our	life
life	together
together	Now
Now	with
with	her
her	death
death	I
I	either
either	had
had	to
to	manifest
manifest	them
them	myself
myself	or
or	watch
watch	them
them	disappear
disappear	from
from	my
my	life
life	In
In	Glassman
Glassman	co
co	wrote
wrote	a
a	book
book	with
with	The
The	Big
Big	Lebowski
Lebowski	star
star	Jeff
Jeff	Bridges
Bridges	called
called	The
The	Dude
Dude	and
and	the
the	Zen
Zen	Master
Master	Actor
Actor	Jeff
Jeff	Bridges
Bridges	and
and	Glassman
Glassman	wrote
wrote	a
a	book
book	of
of	koans
koans	together
together	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Actor
Actor	Jeff
Jeff	Bridges
Bridges	and
and	Glassman
Glassman	wrote
wrote	a
a	book
book	of
of	koans
koans	together
together	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Actor
Actor	Jeff
Jeff	Bridges
Bridges	and
and	Glassman
Glassman	wrote
wrote	a
a	book
book	of
of	koans
koans	together
together	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	Jeff
Jeff	Bridges
Bridges	Bernie
Bernie	and
and	I
I	really
really	hit
hit	it
it	off
off	we
we	both
both	cared
cared	about
about	a
a	lot
lot	of
of	the
the	same
same	stuff
stuff	This
This	is
is	where
where	Lebowski
Lebowski	comes
comes	in
in	Bernie
Bernie	has
has	been
been	interested
interested	for
for	some
some	time
time	now
now	in
in	making
making	Zen
Zen	more
more	accessible
accessible	to
to	our
our	times
times	and
and	culture
culture	relevant
relevant	and
and	down
down	to
to	earth
earth	and
and	he
he	felt
felt	that
that	Lebowski
Lebowski	did
did	that
that	big
big	time
time	So
So	he
he	asked
asked	me
me	if
if	I
I	wanted
wanted	to
to	write
write	a
a	book
book	about
about	that
that	I
I	said
said	OK
OK	Glassman
Glassman	had
had	a
a	stroke
stroke	in
in	but
but	continued
continued	to
to	teach
teach	his
his	students
students	and
and	dharma
dharma	heirs
heirs	Alisa
Alisa	Glassman
Glassman	The
The	stroke
stroke	itself
itself	became
became	a
a	Zen
Zen	practice
practice	for
for	him
him	He
He	pushed
pushed	himself
himself	to
to	walk
walk	again
again	and
and	didn
didn	t
t	complain
complain	It
It	was
was	his
his	last
last	plunge
plunge	Marko
Marko	He
He	was
was	not
not	expressive
expressive	of
of	feelings
feelings	but
but	after
after	the
the	stroke
stroke	his
his	feelings
feelings	started
started	revealing
revealing	themselves
themselves	He
He	would
would	meet
meet	with
with	his
his	successors
successors	on
on	Zoom
Zoom	a
a	video
video	conferencing
conferencing	system
system	and
and	at
at	one
one	point
point	someone
someone	asked
asked	him
him	what
what	he
he	has
has	left
left	to
to	live
live	for
for	His
His	life
life	was
was	so
so	diminished
diminished	half
half	of
of	his
his	body
body	had
had	been
been	paralyzed
paralyzed	and
and	Bernie
Bernie	just
just	said
said	love
love	The
The	old
old	Bernie
Bernie	would
would	have
have	never
never	said
said	that
that	Rami
Rami	Efal
Efal	executive
executive	director
director	of
of	Zen
Zen	Peacemakers
Peacemakers	International
International	and
and	Glassman
Glassman	s
s	former
former	assistant
assistant	For
For	two
two	afternoons
afternoons	a
a	month
month	he
he	would
would	meet
meet	on
on	a
a	conference
conference	call
call	with
with	his
his	living
living	successors
successors	the
the	people
people	he
he	had
had	been
been	working
working	and
and	studying
studying	with
with	for
for	the
the	last
last	years
years	I
I	would
would	always
always	joke
joke	that
that	he
he	could
could	be
be	as
as	absent
absent	minded
minded	as
as	anybody
anybody	but
but	once
once	you
you	put
put	him
him	in
in	front
front	of
of	students
students	he
he	would
would	step
step	right
right	into
into	that
that	role
role	His
His	students
students	don
don	t
t	have
have	zendos
zendos	Zen
Zen	centers
centers	or
or	cushions
cushions	they
they	work
work	in
in	business
business	education
education	all
all	walks
walks	of
of	life
life	He
He	was
was	really
really	proud
proud	of
of	that
that	Glassman
Glassman	died
died	on
on	November
November	as
as	Zen
Zen	Peacemakers
Peacemakers	were
were	preparing
preparing	for
for	a
a	bearing
bearing	witness
witness	at
at	Auschwitz
Auschwitz	Birkenau
Birkenau	A
A	ceremony
ceremony	was
was	held
held	there
there	for
for	Glassman
Glassman	this
this	month
month	Marko
Marko	The
The	only
only	instructions
instructions	he
he	gave
gave	me
me	is
is	that
that	part
part	of
of	his
his	remains
remains	should
should	be
be	put
put	in
in	Birkenau
Birkenau	He
He	felt
felt	such
such	a
a	strong
strong	pull
pull	to
to	that
that	place
place	He
He	was
was	not
not	much
much	of
of	a
a	believer
believer	in
in	reincarnation
reincarnation	He
He	was
was	very
very	clear
clear	that
that	the
the	only
only	thing
thing	that
that	stays
stays	is
is	the
the	effect
effect	of
of	our
our	actions
actions	He
He	felt
felt	good
good	about
about	the
the	effects
effects	of
of	his
his	actions
actions	He
He	came
came	from
from	Brooklyn
Brooklyn	where
where	what
what	you
you	really
really	want
want	to
to	do
do	is
is	be
be	a
a	mensch
mensch	When
When	you
you	are
are	mensch
mensch	you
you	are
are	a
a	human
human	being
being	in
in	the
the	deepest
deepest	and
and	simplest
simplest	sense
sense	of
of	the
the	word
word	You
You	are
are	doing
doing	things
things	for
for	other
other	people
people	responding
responding	to
to	their
their	needs
needs	A
A	mensch
mensch	responds
responds	Glassman
Glassman	What
What	good
good	is
is	it
it	if
if	we
we	just
just	make
make	ourselves
ourselves	more
more	holy
holy	What
What	s
s	the
the	point
point	The
The	point
point	is
is	to
to	serve
serve	to
to	offer
offer	to
to	be
be	the
the	offering
offering	quot
quot	A
A	mensch
mensch	responds
responds	quot
quot	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	quot
quot	A
A	mensch
mensch	responds
responds	quot
quot	Photograph
Photograph	by
by	Peter
Peter	Cunningham
Cunningham	A
A	mensch
mensch	responds
responds	Photograph
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Peter	Cunningham
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