Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

‘The difficulty of Dogen’s language helps to free us from those preconceptions and significantly expand our perception of the world. The style of Dogen’s expression of practice — because he is talking about practice, not about a philosophy of religion, forces us beyond our comfort zone. We become transformed, and perhaps awakened through the difficulty of his teaching. This is the intimacy of our relationship with him through his writing.’ (from the Soto Zen Journal)