Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

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  • Dogen

    ‘Studying the Buddha Dharma is most difficult to accomplish. Why is that? Even when people have…

  • Katagiri Roshi

    ‘Buddha’s abode is not a room in a structure; it is the room of human existence,…

  • Hui-Neng

    ‘The Dharma of the Tathagata is like sunlight. It shines everywhere but cannot be grasped.’ (Commentary…

  • Daowu

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

  • Koun Ejo

    ‘I have some earnest advice for those who sincerely aspire to practice.  Do not be pulled…

  • Kakuzan Shido

    Various reflections, yet the surface is unscarred, From the very beginning unclouded — clear mirror

  • Taiyuan Fu

    ‘One day the monk Baofu Congzhan was cutting a melon when Taiyuan Fu came up to…

  • bell hooks

    ‘Fundamentally, to begin the practice of love we must slow down and be still enough to…

  • In Another Place

    I came back to San Franciso on Friday – it continued to go differently to how…

  • Dogen

    ‘Students cannot gain enlightenment simply because they retain their preconceptions. Without knowing who taught them these…