Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

‘During the sesshin, we try to make every possible effort to polish your practice for a certain period, hard. And to get taste, to get taste deeply of the assurance and relaxation of our existence in the universe.
Simply speaking, it is peacefulness, peacefulness, peaceful mind. Then, before you try to understand what peaceful mind is, or what peacefulness is, the important point is that we have to show, we have to show the peaceful mind through the posture of your Zazen. Through posture of your Zazen. Before you understand, before you try to understand intellectually, because each verse inheres, inheres the peaceful mind in underlying essence, that’s why we have to show, first of all, the peaceful mind through the posture of your Zazen. That’s why we put a strong emphasis on having proper posture. So, through your posture, I can understand what you are, what you are, very clearly. I understand clearly what you are through your posture, or what you will be, or what you have been. I understand, because your posture tells me.’ (from the Katagiri Roshi Archive)