Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

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  • Mindful of Transiency

    Lou Hartman, when he could be prevailed upon to give talks at City Center, had something…

  • Dogen

    ‘Once, when I was in Song China, practicing on a long sitting platform, I observed the…

  • Nor Summer

    In the Genjo Koan, Dogen wrote, “Do not call winter the beginning of spring, nor summer…

  • Spring Cleaning

    So we settle into a springtime punctuated by news of more war and destruction. The clocks…

  • Sitting With War

    When I was growing up in England, there was a poignancy in any depiction of the…

  • Muhammad Abdulsater

    ‘In a world where eating has become solitary and rushed, Ramadan restores something quietly radical: shared time. Iftar…

  • Walking for Peace

    In the end, Sunday was warm and dry. I had led a roam on Saturday, around…

  • The Birth Pangs of Spring

    The ten-day forecast has looked like this a few times in recent days. A visitor from…

  • SuperBowl Weekend

    The city has been filling up this week: streets are closed, other streets clogged with cars…

  • At The End Of January

    There has been an uptick in the number of visitors and page views to this blog…