Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

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  • Lew Richmond

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  • Dale S. Wright

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  • Rempo Niwa

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  • Koun Ejo

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  • Acarya Gaylon Ferguson

    ‘Letting go of incessantly measuring and comparing ourselves to others leads to spontaneous acts of courage…

  • Issho Fujita

    ‘In many cases, zazen instruction consists of a series of “how to’s” – how to cross…

  • Shohaku Okumura

    ‘When we are sitting, we do not follow our thoughts, nor do we stop them.  We…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    Student: Roshi, you said not to stop thinking, but to be free from thinking, and I…

  • Menzan Zuiho

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