Metta for Bernie Glassman Roshi

[Banto]

Unfortunately I don't know anything about Bernie
Definitely hope he is doing well
Does anyone recommend a book or talk or anything. His name has been coming up in very many things I've been reading lately, time to go figure it out haha
:O)
Gassho,
Rodney/Banto SatToday

[Mp]

Unfortunately I don't know anything about Bernie
Definitely hope he is doing well
Does anyone recommend a book or talk or anything. His name has been coming up in very many things I've been reading lately, time to go figure it out haha
:O)
Gassho,
Rodney/Banto SatToday

Hey Rodney,

I remember reading the Infinite Circle way back in the day ... I found it to be a good read, but have not read much else by him. =)

https://books.google.ca/books/about/Infinite_Circle.html?id=-orrbnigUPkC

Gassho
Shingen

#sattoday

[Jundo]

Here is some information about his life ...

http://zenpeacemakers.org/bernie-glassman/

and a little taste ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IPIgskqXxg

Gassho, J

SatToday

[Amelia]

Jundo,

Great little video, thank you.

Gassho, sat today

[Eishuu]

Will send metta to Bernie and his family. Rodney, I am reading 'Infinite Circle' and really enjoying it. There's a recent book my husband is keen to read called 'The Dude and the Zen Master' by him and Jeff Bridges, though I don't know much about it.

Gassho
Lucy
Sat today

[Jishin]

'The Dude and the Zen Master'

I liked this book.

Gasho, Jishin, _/st\_

[Washin]

Right now the prognosis for recovery from neurologists and rehabilitation doctors is good to very good;

http://www.lionsroar.com/zen-teacher-bernie-glassman-stable-after-stroke-official-statement/

Gassho,
Washin
sat-today

[Amelia]

Thank you, Sergey, gassho

Sat today

[Cooperix]

Hello,
Here's the post on Bernie sent today.
Bernie's Health

Dear Family and Friends,
Bernie suffered a stroke on Tuesday 1/12/2016 around 1pm EST. He spent 36 hours in Intensive Care, was “downgraded” to Neurological Intensive, and as of this evening was “downgraded” again to a regular hospital room in Baystate Health Springfield Hospital. His condition is stable and the plan is for him to enter an acute rehab program, probably early next week, for a period of 2-4 weeks. The stroke, due to a hemorrhage, affected the left side of his brain, thus resulting in very little movement in the entire right side of his body and also undermining his speech, which is now so slurred that we can only understand around 20% of it (a substantial improvement over Tuesday). No change to his eyebrows.
We are immensely grateful to Baystate Hospital and all its staff for superb care of Bernie and patient and honest interactions with us. The Montague town police and ambulances came some 10 minutes after we first called, and Bernie got “anti-stroke” medications within 30 minutes of the stroke itself, a great tribute to these first responders. This quality care continued in Franklin Medical, our local adjunct hospital, and then in the far larger Baystate in Springfield.
Alisa Glassman, Bernie’s daughter, flew in from Washington, D.C. and she and his wife Eve Marko are by his side. Marc Glassman, Bernie’s son, lives in Jerusalem and was in constant contact. They are supported by local Zen Peacemaker Order members, by the Green River Zen community, by Pioneer Valley friends, and of course by Rami, Bernie's assistant and spokesman to the world.
Bernie has his struggles. His understanding of words, too, is diminished but doctors expect that to be fully remedied. We hear “too many people” a lot from him, a lifetime refrain, and wants everybody to leave him alone. As usual, nobody listens. But yesterday, the day after his stroke, our alarm went off for the noon minute of silence for peace. He lay quietly, and then, with difficulty, raised his good hand in half-gassho. (continued)
Read the Complete Report, and of Ways to Support Bernie in his Recovery Here

full gassho!
Anne
~st~

[Myosha]

Hello,

What an awesome pain in the ass to maintain bodhisattva when transition is here.

Metta to all.


Gassho
Myosha sat today

[Banto]

Thanks Jundo for the video, wow now I'm really interested in learning more about him. Inspirational.
Thanks for the recommendations for Infinite Circle and will check out The Dude and the Zen Master too.

Gassho

Banto ->Sat2Day

[Govert]

Thanks Jundo
I have seen him during a workshop in Ghent last year, and I have been sitting in a sangha with one of his Dhamma successors since 2005. We performed the Gate of Sweet Nectar sutra this evening, to remember all the people that suffer from illness, including Bernie Glassman.

Sending metta to all,

Gassho

Ensho