Bernie Glassman at Upaya

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This podcast features Roshi Bernie Glassman’s teachings at Upaya over the years and is a memorial series honoring his profound Zen teachings and socially engaged work in the world.

  1. 08/18/2018

    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 Bernie’s relationship has changed over the years; whether it’s true that “you can’t be friends with your students;” distinctions between resilience and “getting over yourself” in caregiving work… Source

    31 min

  2. 08/18/2018

    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? How does the joy in breaking boundaries dance with respect for boundaries? How do you feel about the word “death” — is it too final? Or does its definiteness highlight the sea change in whatever… Source

    51 min

  3. 08/18/2018

    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 and the reflex to get rid of, to “heal?” In Bernie’s opinion Bearing Witness retreats are all about fear, going to what’s scary. In the Gate, we repeat the final Dharani so as to call out yet once… Source

    59 min

  4. 08/18/2018

    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 energies and feed everyone; through giving teachings; and climaxes with giving and taking the Buddhist precepts. Shingon condenses the five precepts into two: “Now I have raised the Bodhi mind… Source

    55 min

  5. 08/17/2018

    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 own open-hearted overhaul. Maezumi Roshi gave Bernie remarkable permission to remake the Gate (and by extension Zen) in an American grain: “He didn’t try to get me to be like him — he wanted me to be… Source

    58 min

  6. 08/11/2018

    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 opens dialogue; about the Greyston model; about the five Buddha families as a model for social entrepreneurship; about assassinating Hitler. Roshi Bernie Glassman More from this speaker Hozan… Source

    32 min

  7. 08/11/2018

    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. Roshi Bernie Glassman More from this speaker Hozan Alan Senauke More from this speaker Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD Abbot Roshi Joan Halifax, Ph.D. is a Buddhist teacher, Founder and Head Teacher of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a social activist, author, and in… Source

    33 min

  8. 08/11/2018

    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 relationships, clown noses, street retreats and the meaning of radical chaplaincy. Roshi Bernie Glassman More from this speaker Hozan Alan Senauke More from this speaker Roshi Joan… Source

    53 min
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This podcast features Roshi Bernie Glassman’s teachings at Upaya over the years and is a memorial series honoring his profound Zen teachings and socially engaged work in the world.

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