Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

March 2026

  • Trees and Rocks

    ‘“Trees and rocks,” alludes to the story of the Buddha’s past life recorded in the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra.…

  • Dogen

    ‘Once, when I was in Song China, practicing on a long sitting platform, I observed the…

  • Nor Summer

    In the Genjo Koan, Dogen wrote, “Do not call winter the beginning of spring, nor summer…

  • Shodo Harada

    ‘We cannot say that the mind is empty and then try to guard that state of…

  • Yaoshan

    A monk once asked Master Yaoshan, “Did the essence of the awakened way exist here before…

  • Carole Cadwalladr

    ‘Was it AI that selected the Iranian school where at least 168 people were killed, mostly…

  • Izumi Shikibu

    Through the yearsI’ve become used to sorrow:there was not one springI didn’t leave behindthe flowers.

  • bell hooks

    ‘To work for peace and justice we begin with the individual practice of love, because it…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘In our practice we do not like to be caught by some rules. Nevertheless, we make…

  • Spring Cleaning

    So we settle into a springtime punctuated by news of more war and destruction. The clocks…