shundo

  • Holiday Weekend

    It’s probably a legacy from my years at Zen Center that I tend not to make…

  • Dale S. Wright

    ‘Although any particular emotional response is involuntary — emotions just happen without our either thinking about…

  • Chi-fo

    ‘Before we understand, we depend on instruction. After we understand, instruction is irrelevant. The dharmas taught…

  • Sharon Salzberg

    ‘We extend our sense of inclusion even further to people we may have disagreements with, people…

  • Moya Sarner

    ‘Years ago I volunteered as a bereavement counsellor, and I remember vividly the moment in training…

  • Xie Lingyun

    Confused and stumbling inside city walls though time’s three regions are boundless, life’s vagrant pleasures blinding…

  • Barely Summery

    The sun shines often at the moment, but rarely without the accompaniment of a chilly wind…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘When I was at Eiheiji, everyone is just doing what they should — what he should…

  • Mitsu Suzuki 

    ‘In 1958 Hojo was invited to go to San Francisco for three years as abbot of…

  • Fuguo

    ‘The eye cannot see the pervasive Buddha body. The ear cannot hear the pervasive Buddha body.…