shundo

  • Sergio Mendes

    A stick, a stone It’s the end of the road It’s the rest of a stump…

  • Gil Fronsdal

    ‘Some paths might be about getting someplace, from A to B, but at the same time,…

  • Katagiri Roshi

    ‘So, what is this zazen practice that we do? It’s not doing zazen. If you believe it’s doing zazen, then…

  • Kodo Sawaki

    ‘Zazen is to sit down desiring nothing. We speak of eternity, but according to the Way…

  • Robin Wall Kimmerer

    ‘While expressing gratitude seems innocent enough, it is a revolutionary idea. In a consumer society, contentment…

  • Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

    ‘One who receives or tries to follow the vows (even if they are not ordained) isn’t…

  • Muriel Daw

    ‘Sesshin week gets worse and worse. Nerves are strained to breaking-point. The tension rises. Then, usually…

  • Lanzan

    Worldly affairs pass slowly by,Incomparable to the mountains and hills,Lying under wisteria vines,With a stone for…

  • Issho Fujita

    ‘When we hear that zazen is about no achievement, we immediately ask, “If zazen is that,…

  • Corey Ichigen Hess

    ‘When I met the Roshi, the love he showed me for many years was what got…