Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

May 2021

  • Soko Morinaga

    ‘Many people are willing to learn techniques that help them live their lives. But the person…

  • Robin Wall Kimmerer

    ‘To be heard, you must speak the language of the one you want to listen… To…

  • Dogen

    Mountains and rivers intimately transmit the power of mountains and rivers. From the outset the self…

  • Nyogen Senzaki

    ‘I am now sowing some inconspicuous Dharma seeds, and I will likewise end my life in…

  • Duncan Ryuken Williams

    ‘Our liberation is actually not about transcending or distancing ourselves from trauma or pain and suffering,…

  • Baizhang

    ‘One day the old monk Baizhang, addressing his assembly, said, “Work the rice field for me,…

  • Alison Gopnik

    ‘I think that kind of open-ended meditation and the kind of consciousness that it goes with…

  • Corey Ichigen Hess

    ‘Out in the world, no one cares if you had kensho. No one cares how hard…

  • Fengxhue

    ‘A monk asked Fengxhue, “Speech and silence are concerned with equality and differentation. How can I…

  • Tesshu Yamaoka

    Falling blossoms are scattering on the ground. No one ever tries to sweep them away. Birds…