Eon Zen Dharma Holder Geoff Shōun O'Keeffe shares about the Three Tenets of Zen Peacemakers: not-knowing (not holding onto ideas or positions) bearing witness (not turning away), and taking action that arises from not-knowing and bearing witness.

He offers Roshi Eve Marko's recent reflections on the violence and fear in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine as a profound practice of the three tenets. As she writes “woe unto us if we have lost the ability to feel another’s pain.” How do we include everyone and everything in our empathy and compassion? How do we take action without taking a fixed position? 

Read Eve Marko’s blog post here: "Where Am I Living?"

Learn more about the Three Tenets of Zen Peacemakers