Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

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  • Joan Sutherland

    ‘There are seasons in awakening. The winter of awakening is crystalline in its purity. The snow,…

  • Sensei Alex Kakuyo

    ‘A rough translation of ‘intoku’ is, “good done in secret”.  It epitomizes the Buddhist ideal that we should…

  • Shundo Aoyama

    ‘When the abbot or any of the teachers is away from the temple for a week…

  • Yuanwu

    A fish swims, making the water murky. A bird flies, shedding its feathers. The ultimate mirror…

  • Rainfall

    I’ve had a hard time sleeping through overnight rain for quite a few years now. I…

  • Katagiri Roshi

    ‘Whatever you do, wherever you may be, you are doing it in the Buddha’s world. Buddha’s…

  • Norman Fischer

    ‘The happiness that spiritual practice promises is not endless bliss, endless joy, and soaring transcendence. Who…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Zazen, this posture, is not only — not originally maybe a kind of training or something,…

  • bell hooks

    ‘It is no accident that when we first learn about justice and fair play as children…

  • Dogen

    ‘That which allows one part of a buddha’s awesome presence is is entire universe, the entire…