Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

personal

  • What I think about when I am riding

    As it happens, during the weeks leading up to my second trip to England this year,…

  • This Drifting, Wandering Life

    September seems to be slipping by quickly, and the last few mornings have felt autumnal, with…

  • Dogen

    ‘Dogen drew a circle in the air with his whisk, held up the whisk, and said: If…

  • Michael Stone

    ‘When we are safe in our own bodies, we have a ground from which to step…

  • Sharon Salzberg

    ‘Fear is the primary mechanism sustaining the concept of the “other”, and reinforcing the subsequent loneliness…

  • Mary Farkas

    ‘When in recent years I was asked if we were given “instruction” in Zen, my considered…

  • Shohaku Okumura

    ‘When we see emptiness, we realize there’s no hindrance, no obstacles to block our life force,…

  • Kobun Chino

    ‘Remembering the advice of Dogen Zenji, it is said that in order to admit and observe…

  • Shodo Harada

    ‘When one sees clearly into one’s own mind, one sees that the worlds of the hell…

  • Making The Unwanted Wanted

    Even now, decades after, I wash my face with cold water – Not for discipline, nor…