shundo

  • 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…

  • Shauzhou Zhangjing

    Shauzhou Zhangjing said to the assembly, “If you take one step forward, you will be at…

  • Shitou

    ‘As you are will not do; not as you are will not do. Either way, nothing…

  • Dharma Gates Of Joy And Ease

    As we approach the one-year anniversary of moving into lockdown, it seems inevitable that there will…

  • Daowu

    ‘Daowu was sitting on the high seat of meditation when a monk came and asked, “What…