Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

June 2026

  • Harry Roberts

    ‘I sat by my fire all night and smoked my pipe and cast my tobacco dust…

  • Charlotte Joko Beck

    ‘To some degree we all find life difficult, perplexing, and oppressive. Even when it goes well,…

  • Anna Louie Sussman

    ‘The future has never been assured, but it feels as though we are living in a…

  • Dayi Daoxin

    The planted flowers have life’s nature,In fertile earth they bloom and live,Due to the Great Function…

  • Dogen

    ‘To understand the meaning of totally surrendering, you should thoroughly investigate mind. In the steadfastness of…

  • Yuanwu

    ‘Who has no faults? To err and yet be able to correct it is best of…

  • Two Views of Silence

    As I was looking through the archives for posts to revisit while I was away, I…

  • Katagiri Roshi

    ‘In Buddhism the absolute beauty of human nature is called Buddha. Dogen explained that Buddha is…

  • Last Leg

    The fine weather continued for the rest of our time in England. We had a couple…

  • Anne Applebaum

    ‘All around the world, and all across America too, anyone with an interest in any US…