Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

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  • So-etsu Mineo 

    The remaining snow still covers the temple-yard. Severe cold of this spring threatens my old bones.…

  • You Do Not Call Winter The Beginning Of Spring

    The rains finally let up, and clear skies moved in – with a north wind, so…

  • Sekkei Harada

    ‘Master Dogen, founder of the Soto sect in Japan, said: “It isn’t that we do zazen;…

  • Dale S. Wright

    ‘The meditative cultivation of mindfulness opens us to see situations in a way that is attentive…

  • Shinshu Roberts

    ‘Logically we can understand that, without suffering, there would be no need for the compassion, wisdom,…

  • Caverly Morgan

    ‘In my years as a retreatant and in the public sphere, I’ve learned much about how…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Student: Docho Roshi, what question can you ask a sweet potato? Suzuki Roshi: A sweet potato?…

  • Ikkyu

    The world before my eyes is wan and wasted, just like me.The earth is decrepit, the…

  • Shodo Harada

    ‘It is often asked how someone who holds on to nothing can understand the pain in…

  • Dogen

    ‘Hearing the term “buddha nature,” many students mistakenly regard it as the self explained by Shrenika,…