shundo

  • Robin Wall Kimmerer

    ‘While expressing gratitude seems innocent enough, it is a revolutionary idea. In a consumer society, contentment…

  • Dana Velden

    ‘To cook a meal for someone is to give them many gifts: the gift of your…

  • Dave Smith

    ‘The Buddha taught a “know how to do” framework. This focus on doing rather than knowing…

  • Keizan

    ‘Remain always compassionate and dedicate the limitless virtue of zazen to all living beings.  Do not…

  • Sari Nusseibeh

    ‘We have made so many advances in technology, A.I., medicine, everything except human relations… I knew…

  • Wang Wei

    Wind buffets and blows autumn rain. Water cascading thin across rocks, waves lash at each other.…

  • Gatherings

    At the beginning of this year, my students expressed an interest in doing more retreats. Of…

  • Dogen

    ‘Since ancient times few have understood zazen as it is. Even the heads of high-ranking monasteries…

  • T’ou-Tzu

    ‘You come here looking for sayings and talks, novel expressions and elegant lines, uselessly taking to…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘What I want to talk about now is how to orient your mind in practice. For…