Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

December 2021

  • Kobun Chino

    ‘The light that is transmitted comes out of people. I don’t see it myself, in me,…

  • Koun Franz

    ‘Teachers of old lost their tempers, went to the bathroom, told jokes that fell flat; teachers…

  • Dogen

    Yesterday was short; today is longer. Though without edge or corners, [the solstice] is good to…

  • Sokei-An

    ‘When I eat my dinner, my thinking mind does not digest it; something else digests it.…

  • In All Kinds of Weather

    It was only a few weeks ago that I was trundling around in shorts most of…

  • bell hooks

    ‘Despite all the lovelessness that surrounds us, nothing has been able to block our longing for…

  • Charlotte Joko Beck

    ‘When we practice, we develop a basic vision, which gets stronger over time, as to who…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Student: Docho Roshi, speak to us of the search for the true path… SR: True path.…

  • Dale S. Wright

    ‘In Zen Buddhism, it is widely thought that the ultimate goal of the practice is neither…

  • Ikkyu

    Many paths lead from The foot of the mountain But at the peak We all gaze…