Peacemakers Podcast

Peacemakers Podcast
Podcast Description
Rooted in the Three Tenets—Not Knowing, Bearing Witness, and Taking Action - the Peacemakers Podcast brings together activists, spiritual leaders, and changemakers who embody these principles in their work and lives. Through diverse podcast series, we share stories of compassion, justice, and transformation, offering insight and inspiration for those committed to making a difference in the world. voice.zenpeacemakers.org
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This podcast explores themes of social engagement, community healing, and personal transformation. Examples include episodes featuring Father Gregory Boyle discussing kinship and gang intervention, and Dr. Larry Ward addressing America's racial karma and the healing from collective trauma, emphasizing the necessity of embracing interconnectedness.

Rooted in the Three Tenets—Not Knowing, Bearing Witness, and Taking Action – the Peacemakers Podcast brings together activists, spiritual leaders, and changemakers who embody these principles in their work and lives. Through diverse podcast series, we share stories of compassion, justice, and transformation, offering insight and inspiration for those committed to making a difference in the world.
In this heartfelt episode, we turn the lens inward to explore how the Zen Peacemakers’ Three Tenets—Not Knowing, Bearing Witness, and Taking Action—manifest in our closest and most personal relationships.
Host Geoff O’Keeffe guides a powerful roundtable conversation with eight longtime Zen teachers, including Roshis Pat Enkyo and Barbara Joshin O’Hara, Gerry Shishin Wick and Ilia Shinko Perez, June Ryushin Tanoue and Robert Joshin Althouse, and Nicolee Jikyo and Barry Kaigen McMahon.
Together, they share the deep joys and inevitable frictions of practicing and teaching together in intimate partnership. Through stories that are funny, moving, and honest, they offer rare insight into how a committed relationship can become not a distraction from the path, but the path itself.
From learning how to fight fair and communicate with compassion, to embracing the discomfort of “not knowing” and creating a shared space where healing can emerge, this episode is a love letter to spiritual partnership.
🌀 Join us for this unique conversation in the spirit of mutuality, humility, and curiosity.
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Show Credits:
* Speakers: Roshis Pat Enkyo and Barbara Joshin O’Hara, Gerry Shishin Wick and Ilia Shinko Perez, June Ryushin Tanoue and Robert Joshin Althouse, and Nicolee Jikyo and Barry Kaigen McMahon
* Recording Date: January 22, 2024
* Hosts: Geoff Shoun O’Keeffe, Jim Hōden Fricker
* Audio & Video Editing/Engineering: Jim Hōden Fricker
* Event Coordinators: Clotilde Wright, Geoff Shoun O’Keeffe
* Original Video: HERE
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