Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

‘Yunju entered the hall and addressed the monks. He quoted an ancient teacher, saying, “‘Hell is not a great misery. The greatest misery is to wear these clothes but not understand the great matter.’ You here who have embarked on this undertaking, you’ve gone only nine-tenths of the way. If you show a little more spirit, then you monks won’t spend your whole life on pilgrimage and you won’t forsake our order. An ancient said, ‘If you take on the responsibility of this affair, you must stand on top of the hightest peak, and you must walk on the bottom of the deepest ocean, then you’ll have a disciple’s resolution.”‘ (Zen’s Chinese Heritage)