Bearing Witness: A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace - Hardcover

Glassman, Bernard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0609600613 ISBN 13: 9780609600610

Publisher: Bell Tower, 1998

Synopsis

The founder of the Zen Peacemaker Order outlines ways of making peace through stories of people who have made peace with themselves through self-honesty and compromise

About this title

From the Author

I re-read this book after my wife's sudden death.
This book, Bearing Witness, came out two weeks after the sudden death of my wife, Jishu Holmes, at the age of 57. The book is in part about the importance of bearing witness to all our joys and suffering, plunging into situations of fear and sadness without holding back. As soon as I received the advance copy I began to read the book I had written every morning, while I sat with Jishu’s picture and listened to the music that she had loved. It was like reading the book not just with new eyes, but with a new heart. I read, grieved, and cried. I also found that I was appreciating the teachings of the book in a new and more profound way than before, when I had put them down on paper. The book felt real; it spoke to my heart.

I hope it speak to yours as well. May we continue to bear witness and make peace, in our hearts and in all the world.

Synopsis

The founder of a group called The Zen Peacemaker Order outlines ways of making peace through powerful stories of people who have made peace with themselves, their addictions, and their families through self-honesty and compromise. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bell Tower
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0609600613
• ISBN 13: 9780609600610
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 217