Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

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  • Konda Mason

    ‘The more I practice, the more I see that my liberation is right here, within myself.…

  • Issho Fujita

    ‘Buddhism teaches that we human beings cannot be fully satisfied after all, however hard we strive…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Buddha’s practice goes first. Our practice goes. We say, “our practice,” but it is actually Buddha’s…

  • Menzan Zuiho

    ‘The one-mind which manifests either as thought (unen) or no-thought (munen) must be something which is…

  • Shohaku Okumura

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

  • Ryokan

    Noisy kids lack co-ordination to catch early fireflies

  • Tara Brach

    ‘There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy…

  • Koun Ejo

    ‘To inhale or to exhale, to listen or to touch, being without thoughts and discrimination is…

  • Kodo Sawaki

    ‘This here and now cannot be imitated. So create the present from your true self, the…

  • Sekkei Harada

    ‘All human problems, as well as the problems of the universe, come from ways of thinking…