Shundo David Haye

‘Everyone, consciously or unconsciously, is seeking for something trustworthy, something dependable, beyond worldly affairs, from which one can’t find feel relief. This is why we suffer. In Buddhism, this is the “inception of suffering”. Even though we feel happy, there is suffering, because we want to hold on to happiness. Constantly, whatever our lifestyle may be, whether we are happy or unhappy, there is always suffering, there is always some feeling of dissatisfaction. We want to grasp something perfectly trustworthy, or completely dependable. This is the goal. This goal is not something we can get in the realm of the conscious world, nor in the realm of the unconscious world. It comes from something more than these worlds. We don’t know what it is, but we are seeking for it every day, and no matter what we achieve. In the realm of worldly affairs, we aren’t satisfied. We still seek for something . We still seek for something more than we have. This is pretty deep; no one knows what it is, but we are all seeking.’ (Living By Vow)