Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

March 2024

  • Pat Schneider

    It is a kind of love, is it not?How the cup holds the tea,How the chair…

  • Joshu

    ‘A monk said, “In the day there is sunlight, at night there is firelight. What is…

  • Getting Things Done

    I’m counting down the days until our trip (nine by the time you read this), and…

  • Yunmen

    ‘Yunmen was once asked by a monastic, “How do we not waste time throughout the day?”Yunmen…

  • Kobun Chino

    ‘You can say there is a “right posture” for sitting. Many times during sesshin you hit…

  • Mazu

    A monk asked, “Master, why do you say that mind is Buddha?” Mazu said, “To stop…

  • Yo Yo Ma

    ‘Where are your inner resources? What’s going to keep you going for 50 years? And do…

  • Zhang Zhuo 

    Radiant light serenely illuminates the sands of the Ganges. The ordinary and sages, beings with spirits,…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Our practice is not matter of one hour or two hours; or one day or one…

  • Shodo Harada

    ‘When the Buddha spoke from the top of Vulture Peak, he held out a single flower…