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Thanks to all who participated in Council Circle last Sunday. I am forwarding the Zen Peacemakers International Newsletter as it lists multiple opportunities to attend online Council Circles in addition to the many other offerings that are available. If you have questions or need help navigating the ZPI website or their intranet community, The Hive, please contact me. Bill H Kyoshin ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Zen Peacemakers <zenpeacemakers+bi-weekly-newsletter@...> Date: Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 8:04 AM Subject: Light's Embrace To: <wahamaker@...> Peacemaker Newsletter (Feb. 25th, 2025) ? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ? Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Light's EmbracePeacemaker Newsletter (Feb. 25th, 2025) Feb 25 READ IN APP Ocean Lights by Marie Quellec, creative commonsFor Nothing Is Fixed, by James Baldwin For nothing is fixed, forever, forever, forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have. The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out. BEARING WITNESS RETREAT Bearing Witness to Racism in America 2025April 24, 2025 - April 28, 2025 It has long been our desire to create a bearing witness retreat around America’s racial history – as seen through the eyes of African Americans. The intention has always been to engage without becoming a tourist; to seek unity without ‘othering’ those with whom we Bear Witness. This year we plan on walking the grounds of a deep history in the expansion of slavery, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights movement – Selma and Montgomery. We intend our Plunge in Alabama to be personal and transformative, with attendees coming away with an emotional and heart connection with the people, places, and events we witness. We hope you can join us. Register Here FILM SERIES I Am Not Your NegroPurchase a ticket to for on-demand viewing between Feb 12 - March 14, 2025 Cost: $5.49 via KINEMA, proceeds go towards supporting our Bearing Witness Retreats Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States. Purchase Tickets Here WAY OF COUNCIL Council is one of our most important core Zen Peacemaker practices. We share Council during our Bearing Witness retreats most every day. In Council, we come together in a small group in a profound way. We create a shared liminal space that is safe, confidential, and perhaps sacred. We each listen and speak from the heart, encountering and experiencing one another gently and with awareness. We are not solving problems or debating issues or making plans. We are making a healing space for each of us to hear and be heard, see and be seen.UPCOMING COUNCILS (click on title to learn more & register) Monday, March 3rd - Mental Health Professionals & Caregivers with Dr. Iris Dotan Katz Tuesday, March 11th - Listening to All Voices Friday, March 21st - Women Only Council PEACEMAKER CIRCLE Did not find videoEducation for PeaceWednesday, Feb. 26th, 12pm Eastern Time, zoom As we continue to witness intractable conflicts, climate chaos, famine, war & the rise of fascism & extremism, people have existential concerns and are looking for outlets to learn

Gatha Practice at ZCD Gatha for the Week of Feb. 22nd through the 28thVerses for Starting the Day: Washing Your Face Washing my face, I clean my mind. Removing the dust, the source of peace and joy fills my whole body. For a more in depth discussion of this gatha see the 2022 edition of Present Moment Wonderful Moment by Thích Nh?t H?nh. In the Forward Sister Chan Duc includes a short history of Gathas and discusses the question: “How can mindfulness become a part of my daily life?” She also offers a way to deepen a Gatha practice. In the Introduction Thich Nhat Hanh discusses what are Gathas and his history using Gathas as a novice monk. Nh?t H?nh, Thích. Present Moment Wonderful Moment (Revised Edition): Verses for Daily Living-Updated Third Edition. Parallax Press, 2022. Gassho,Martin

Greetings all. As some of you know, I have a book coming out titled The Empty Path: Finding Fulfillment Through the Radical Art of Lessening. ,_ The Tattered Cover at 2526 E Colfax is generously hosting an event for the book on March 19 at 6pm. I would love to see you there and get your support to make the event a success. There is a modest ticket charge that serves as a gift card, including for the book if you haven’t preordered it. You can purchase your ticket and find other details about the event here. Thank you very much for considering it. Gassho, Billy

Hello Sangha, As part of our Zen Peacemaker Affiliate social activism, we are scheduled to serve at the Metro Caring Food Bank Denver warehouse on February 20 from 12:00 PM to 3:30 PM as a group of 8-10 people. Metro Caring is an anti-hunger organization that serves on many fronts. No prior training is required. Our ZCD team typically assists in the storeroom by unpacking boxes and stocking shelves for clients. If you haven't attended before, please sign the volunteer waiver using this link; it will be sent directly to Metro Caring, so there's no need to download or print anything. If you have already signed the waiver, there is no need to sign it again. Please remember that all volunteers must wear closed-toed shoes, as we will be working in an active warehouse. Wear comfortable clothing that you don't mind getting a little dirty. Additionally, Metro Caring asks that volunteers refrain from parking in the Metro Caring lot to keep it available for community members. Parking instructions are attached to this email. If possible, please allow time for parking and walking to arrive by 11:40 a.m. at the gray volunteer doors located on the southeast corner of the building adjacent to the parking lot. We will have a short council circle prior to going in to get instructions from the staff. Let me know if you plan to volunteer on that day and feel free to reach out if you have any questions. From my earlier "save the date" message - we have me, David Jordan, Jennifer Knight, Lee Baker, and Yosi Lutwak who are planning to go next Thursday - so we could use up to 5 more volunteers. Gassho, David Gibson

Hi. If anyone is interested in seeing La Boheme matinee on March 3 I have a ticket to give away. Email francine@....

Meet at ZCD 02 17 and share rides to Rally at State Capitol to restore US Constitutional and legal practices in Washington, D.C. and nationwide. Will return 1 - 2 pm. Please announce after Sunday ZCD sitting. Bring small signs (<2' x 3'), if you please, and snacks or drinks, plus friends and relatives. Contact knott.bob@..., 303-388-0808, with questions or comments.

Gatha Practice at ZCD Gatha for the Week of Feb. 15th through the 21stVerses for Starting the Day: Turning on the Water Water flows from high mountain sources. Water runs deep in the earth. Miraculously, water comes to us and sustains all life. For a more in depth discussion of this gatha see the 2022 edition of Present Moment Wonderful Moment by Thích Nh?t H?nh. In the Forward Sister Chan Duc includes a short history of Gathas and discusses the question: “How can mindfulness become a part of my daily life?” She also offers a way to deepen a Gatha practice. In the Introduction Thich Nhat Hanh discusses what are Gathas and his history using Gathas as a novice monk. Nh?t H?nh, Thích. Present Moment Wonderful Moment (Revised Edition): Verses for Daily Living-Updated Third Edition. Parallax Press, 2022. Gassho,Martin

Dear Sangha, The ZCD recently purchased some books on the intersectionality of Buddhism and LGBTQ+, and in some books race and class. They are on their own designated shelf space in the upstairs library. Feel free to check them out. If you have any questions about the LGBTQ+ sitting and discussion group, please reach out to me or to Ythene Wakeford. Yours in the Dharma, Brett

Gatha Practice at ZCD Gatha for the Week of Feb. 8th through the 14thVerses for Starting the Day: Opening the Window Opening the window, I look out onto the Dharmakaya. How wondrous is life! Attentive to each moment, my mind is clear like a calm river. For a more in depth discussion of this gatha see the 2022 edition of Present Moment Wonderful Moment by Thích Nh?t H?nh. In the Forward Sister Chan Duc includes a short history of Gathas and discusses the question: “How can mindfulness become a part of my daily life?” She also offers a way to deepen a Gatha practice. In the Introduction Thich Nhat Hanh discusses what are Gathas and his history using Gathas as a novice monk. Nh?t H?nh, Thích. Present Moment Wonderful Moment (Revised Edition): Verses for Daily Living-Updated Third Edition. Parallax Press, 2022. Gassho,Martin

Hi Sangha, I thought this this ZPI event might be of interest. David From: Zen Peacemakers <zenpeacemakers@...> Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2025 10:46 AM To: David Gibson <DGibson@...> Subject: Truth, Healing, & Repair as a Pathway to Peace Event Peacemaker Featured Event (Feb. 12th, 2025) ? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ? Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Truth, Healing, & Repair as a Pathway to Peace Event Peacemaker Featured Event (Feb. 12th, 2025) Feb 6 READ IN APP Truth, Healing, and Repair as a Pathway to Peace Wednesday, Feb. 12th, 12:00pm Eastern Time, Zoom Author Hilary Giovale will share stories of learning that her ancestors were early settlers, colonizers, and enslavers in the United States. Through relationships with Indigenous Peoples and Lands, she began developing an awareness about the harms of colonialism that are still unfolding. She will detail a nine-year process of introspection that has helped her begin the process of building right relations, nine generations after her ancestors first immigrated from the Scottish Highlands. During this talk, Hilary will refer to a guide to making a personal reparations plan, the resources available on her website, and her recently published book Becoming a Good Relative. Register Here Hilary Giovale is a mother, writer, and community organizer who lives on Hopi, Diné, Apache, and Havasupai land in Flagstaff, Arizona. She is a ninth-generation American settler, descended from Celtic, Germanic, Nordic, and Indigenous peoples of Ancient Europe. Hilary seeks to follow Indigenous and Black leadership in support of human rights, environmental justice, and equitable futures. As an active reparationist, her work is guided by intuition, love, and relationships. She divests from whiteness and bridges divides with truth, healing, apology, and forgiveness. She is the author of Becoming a Good Relative: Calling White Settlers toward Truth, Healing, and Repair. With gratitude, The Zen Peacemakers Team info@... You’re currently a free subscriber to Zen Peacemakers. For the full archive, upgrade your subscription. Upgrade to paid Like Comment Restack ? 2025 Zen Peacemakers, Inc. 190 Valley Vista Lane, Boulder, Colorado 80302 Unsubscribe

A Colorado gathering to protest recent, national political developments will be held tomorrow. Attendance from 12 noon until 1 or 2 pm at the State Capitol will be appreciated by concerned citizens. The Westword article linked below has useful info. We can show solidarity for an hour or two, while the full 12 noon to 8 pm time frame may allow more working folks to check in. Bring signs if you please. https://www.westword.com/news/denver-fifty-state-capitol-protest-when-where-what-to-know-23293344 https://www.instagram.com/50501movement/ https://www.newsweek.com/50-states-anti-trump-protest-nationwide-february-5-details-2025300 Please contact Sangha friends to consider car pools, Uber or buddies for bus transport, etc. Yours in the Dharma, Bob Knott

Gatha Practice at ZCD Gatha for the Week of Feb. 1st through the 7thVerses for Starting the Day: Making the Bed Making the bed with joy, I tidy up my life. As I guard body and mind, bit by bit the afflictions end. For a more in depth discussion of this gatha see the 2022 edition of Present Moment Wonderful Moment by Thích Nh?t H?nh. In the Forward Sister Chan Duc includes a short history of Gathas and discusses the question: “How can mindfulness become a part of my daily life?” She also offers a way to deepen a Gatha practice. In the Introduction Thich Nhat Hanh discusses what are Gathas and his history using Gathas as a novice monk. Nh?t H?nh, Thích. Present Moment Wonderful Moment (Revised Edition): Verses for Daily Living-Updated Third Edition. Parallax Press, 2022. Gassho,Martin

Hi Sangha, Sharing the details of this upcoming ZPI event next week for everyone's information. David From: Zen Peacemakers <zenpeacemakers@...> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2025 9:33 AM To: David Gibson <DGibson@...> Subject: Join double Emmy-Award winning narrator and Zen priest, Peter Coyote Peacemaker Featured Event (Feb. 6th, 2025) ? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ? Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Join double Emmy-Award winning narrator and Zen priest, Peter Coyote Peacemaker Featured Event (Feb. 6th, 2025) Jan 30 READ IN APP Tongue of a Crow (Stahlecker Selections), Peter Coyote’s book of poetry Activity and Stillness: Practice to Avoid Becoming the Problem We’d Like to Solve Thursday, Feb. 6th, 12pm Eastern Time, Zoom Join a presentation by Peter Coyote: “Suzuki Roshi once said that for those of us who live outside the monastery, ‘You must be very patient.’ I’d add not only with others, but with yourself as well and the difficulties of understanding that we are often the unwitting collaborators in participating in the problems we’d like to end. Politics is the study and practice of relationships between people and that seems to me a good working definition of Buddhism (if we include the old illusory, mischief-inducing ‘self’) and we don’t lose sight of the precepts as we try to support positive change.” Register Here PETER COYOTE has performed as an actor in over 160 films for theaters and TV. His work includes some of the world’s most distinguished filmmakers, including: Barry Levinson, Roman Polanski, Pedro Almodovar, Steven Spielberg, Martin Ritt, Steven Soderberg, Sidney Pollack and Jean Paul Rappeneau. He is a double Emmy-Award winning narrator of over 150 documentary films, including Ken Burns, National Parks, Prohibition, The West, the Dust Bowl, The Roosevelts , for which he received his second Emmy in 2015. Recently he has done Vietnam, The History of Country Music, a six hour series on Ernest Hemingway and most recently The American Buffalo for Mr. Burns. Mr. Coyote’s memoir of the 1960’s counter-culture Sleeping Where I Fall which received universally excellent reviews, and a chapter of which won a Pushcart Prize for excellence, has been in continuous print since 1999. His second book, The Rainman’s Third Cure: An Irregular Education, about mentors and the search for wisdom, was nominated as one of the top five non-fiction books published in California in 2015. Last year he published The Tongue of a Crow, his first book of poems, and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Meet the Buddha, about his workshops with masks and improv exercise to induce altered states. His newest book, Zen in the Vernacular will be released in early 2020 by Inner Traditions Press. Mr. Coyote is also an ordained Zen Buddhist priest and “transmitted” teacher, working with his students in Wild Dog Sangha. With gratitude, The Zen Peacemakers Team info@... Thank you for being a subscriber to our newsletter. If you know someone who would enjoy being a subscriber too, please share this with them Share Zen Peacemakers Zen Peacemakers is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. All gifts are tax-deductible in the US. EIN 13-3030252 Like Comment Restack ? 2025 Zen Peacemakers, Inc. 190 Valley Vista Lane, Boulder, Colorado 80302 Unsubscribe

Dear Sangha, Starting tomorrow, January 27, we’re pleased to begin offering Monday morning Zoom sittings, giving everyone the opportunity to sit zazen together online every weekday morning. The sittings will be conducted in silence, with bells marking the start and end and a midpoint signal for posture change. There will be no opening or closing ceremonies. Use our regular meeting link to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84873524765?pwd=YVB5Y0ttNWpmZUNQZE0yS3FPcWRQdz09 For a full schedule of weekday morning zazen, both in-person and online, please visit our website calendar—it's a wonderful way to begin your day! -- Bill Hamaker (he, him)

I know we have a lot of Red Pine fans in our sangha so I wanted to share this upcoming virtual event on the Zen Peacmakers website. I recently participated in a conversation with author Pico Iyer and it was fascinating! Peter Coyote is also presenting next month. A Conversation with Writer & Translator Bill Porter/ Red Pine https://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/networks/events/157160 Bill H

Sangha, I've sent this link out to a few people and thought others may also enjoy this film biography of Dōgen: ZEN (2009) The Life of Zen Master Dogen (Jpse. with Eng. Subtitles). Full film. youtube.com Gassho,Martin

Hi everyone, Our next volunteer opportunity at Metro Caring Foodbank is coming up on Thursday, February 20. We will meet at 11:30 for a short Council Circle before starting our noon - 3:30 pm shift. ZCD has been sending volunteer crews to Metro Caring for a number of years - so we typically have a few experience folks that "know the ropes". We work in the warehouse sorting incoming food, stocking the shelves in the market place, checking community members in for their appointments, weighing and checking community members out, etc. We can take a crew of up to 10 people. This is a great opportunity to live out the Zen Peacemakers International tenets of not knowing, bearing witness, and taking action in a practical way in our community. I will send out another email with all of the details when we get a couple of weeks out - but just wanted to get this on everyone's radar for now. You can reach me by email or by phone or text at 720-671-0960. Gassho, David