shundo

  • Visiting The Valley

    There are many reasons to go to Tassajara, but looking for sunsets usually isn’t one of…

  • Dogen

    ‘When [a wheel-turning king] finds a strand of white hair on his head, he gives the…

  • Katagiri Roshi

    ‘Living in vow is not the big expectation, big things you can do. You cannot do…

  • Peter Owen-Jones

    ‘Australian Aboriginal people describe a certain point in any journey as being “three days deep”. By…

  • Gesshu Soko

    Searching for fame and gainkeeps everyone restlessly busybut in the sun’s warmthand a peaceful breezeeverything is…

  • Dongshan

    ‘Dongshan said to the assembly, “It’s the beginning of autumn, the end of the summer, and…

  • Keizan

    ‘Do not eat anything alive, hard, or spoiled. Such impure foods will make your belly churn…

  • Graeme Petchey

    ‘About this same time, Kodo Sawaki, Roshi, the master of Antaiji Temple, died. He left instructlons…

  • Dogen

    ‘Worldly people carry on deliberations about thinking and not thinking, having enlightenment or not having enlightenment,…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘People may think Zen is a wonderful teaching, you know. “If you study Zen, you will…