Bernie Glassman
[1] According to author James Ishmael Ford, in 2006 he ...transferred his leadership of the White Plum Asanga to his Dharma brother Merzel Roshi and has formally "disrobed," renouncing priesthood in favor of serving as a lay teacher.Bernie Glassman was born to Jewish immigrants in Brighton Beach,[1] Brooklyn, New York in 1939.In 1982[5] Glassman opened Greyston Bakery in Yonkers, New York, which initially provided jobs for the Zen students and evolved into an effort to help alleviate the widespread homelessness in the area.In 1989 Glassman entered an agreement with Ben & Jerry's, and Greyston Bakery has become the supplier of brownies for several lines of ice cream.The Foundation offers HIV/AIDS programs, provides job training and housing, child care services, educational opportunities, and other endeavors."[1] Richard Hughes Seager writes, "The Zen Peacemaker Order...has the potential to rival Thich Nhat Hanh's groups and the Buddhist Peace Fellowship as a force in American activism.[20] In his last years, having disrobed from the priesthood, Glassman together with his third wife Eve Marko continued the work of his teacher Koryu Osaka Roshi[21] in developing lay forms of Zen practice.A number of his successors have also given dharma transmission to some of their own students:[22][23] Circle Zen Dharmaholders: Glassman, Bernard; Fields, Rick (1996).
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