Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

August 2026

  • Dayi Daoxin

    ‘The conditionally generated experiences of the mind do not come from anywhere within the ten directions,…

  • Yaoshan

    Yaoshan, Great Master Hongdao, asked novice Gao, “Did you get it by reading a sutra or…

  • Carl Bielefeldt

    ‘When I was a graduate student at Berkeley back in the early 70s, studying with Suzuki…

  • Long Borders

    I was chatting with a neighbour the other day about getting the trees on our street…

  • Dr Rachel Clarke

    ‘I have learned what matters to my patients as they approach the end of their life. All…

  • Vincent Katz

    Everyone takes the subway, and you can look up,And look at all the people, and each…

  • Chokei and Hofuku

    Master Chokei Eryo asked Master Hofuku Juten: When we look at matterwe are looking directly at…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Student: Docho Roshi, if the Law is like the water flowing, it seems sometimes there’s a…

  • Repeat Occurences

    I felt like I jinxed the weather by talking about it last week. We were subjected…

  • Yuanwu

    ‘All the myriad things are neither opposed to nor contrary to your true self. Directly pass…