shundo

  • Barbara O’Brien

    ‘Once you start paying attention to it, you notice that at least 80 percent of your…

  • Corey Ichigen Hess

    ‘First, at first we think that being present is exhausting. We have this limited amount of…

  • Gudo Nishijima

    ‘We all have desire. Desire is an important factor in our life. But excessive desire is…

  • The Great Matter

    ‘The novice monk Dayi Daoxin asked “I entreat the master, with your compassion, to teach me…

  • Such A Time

    This is the last week before the clocks go forward here. It’s the time of year…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘You should not try to make some tentative particular effort based on your small mind like,…

  • 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…