Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

April 2026

  • Enkyo O’Hara

    ‘When we first come to Zen practice, many of us think that is is only about…

  • Nancy Mujo Baker

    ‘When we begin practicing and learn how to relax into our bodies and minds, sometimes down…

  • Reverend angel Kyodo williams

    ‘By reconciling with one’s own feeling, one’s own experience, by coming into contact with one’s own…

  • Paula Arai

    ‘Rituals shape, stretch, define and redefine the identity of those who perform them. As you engage…

  • Alex Blasdel

    ‘In the moments after Patient One was taken off oxygen, there was a surge of activity…

  • A.R. Ammons

    I have a life that did not become,that turned aside and stopped,astonished:I hold it in me…

  • Issho Fujita

    ‘While we are sitting in zazen, we definitely have a feeling of disappointment and unsatisfactoriness, a…

  • Dogen

    ‘That you accept the teaching of authentic transmission of this buddha robe in your body and…

  • Katagiri Roshi

    ‘In Zen Center, someone says, “I don’t like to kill cockroaches.” In Tassajara, “I don’t like…

  • Keizan

    ‘Through zazen we break free from all things, forsake myriad relations, do nothing, and stop the…