Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

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  • Stillness and Change

    When I look back on the overall drabness of the summer, I think it makes me…

  • Nyogen Senzaki

    ‘A Zen student should try to do one thing at a time. If you search for…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Student A (Bill Shurtleff): It seems that on some evenings you emphasize the idea of non-attainment–…

  • Corey Ichigen Hess

    ‘If you touch into things deeply, you don’t need to be explained how they work. If…

  • Yuan Xian

    ‘People learning the way should first empty and quiet their minds. This is because the mind…

  • Dougald Hine

    ‘For me, the language of ‘the sacred’ points to that which is radically other. Religion and…

  • Fayen

    A bird in a secluded grove sings like a flute. Willows sway gracefully with their golden…

  • Katagiri Roshi

    ‘Dogen Zenji says there is a standard of practice which is called jijuyu zammai. Ji means…

  • All Things Are Like This

    I don’t know if I have anything of interest to say about the war (and I…

  • Dogen

    ‘When you sail out in a boat to the midst of ·an ocean where no land…