Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

September 2017

  • Silvia Boorstein

    ‘To perfect my truthfulness I need to be able to tolerate seeing clearly all of who…

  • Michael Stone

    ‘When we are safe in our own bodies, we have a ground from which to step…

  • Sharon Salzberg

    ‘Fear is the primary mechanism sustaining the concept of the “other”, and reinforcing the subsequent loneliness…

  • Joshu

    With an empty stomach I look at smoke rising from nearby kitchens. Having bidden farewell to…

  • Mary Farkas

    ‘When in recent years I was asked if we were given “instruction” in Zen, my considered…

  • Shohaku Okumura

    ‘When we see emptiness, we realize there’s no hindrance, no obstacles to block our life force,…

  • Koun Yamada

    ‘All the anxieties and suffering of humanity stem from the paradox that while we are by…

  • Kobun Chino

    ‘Remembering the advice of Dogen Zenji, it is said that in order to admit and observe…

  • Hongzhi

    ‘Drop off your own skin, and the sense-dusts will be fully purified, the eye readily discerning…

  • Shodo Harada

    ‘When one sees clearly into one’s own mind, one sees that the worlds of the hell…