Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

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  • Sokei-An

    ‘You must understand one thing in Buddhism: there is no mystery in authentic Dharma. Some people…

  • Koun Yamada

    ‘Put your questions on the shelf and practice zazen; you’ll get your own answers.’ (Zen: The Authentic Gate) If…

  • The Lotus Sutra

    ‘If there be any who receive and keep, read and recite, rightly remember, practice and copy…

  • Kodo Sawaki

    ‘What is zazen good for? Nothing! We should be made to hear this good-for-nothingness so often…

  • Dogen

    ‘Zhaozhou was asked by a monk, “What is the meaning of Bodhidharma’s coming from India?” Zhaozhou…

  • Hakuin

    ‘Once you have seen the ox, make ox herding your only concern.’ (On Kensho) I remember reading,…

  • Shodo Harada

    ‘When we are separated from all of our thoughts, this is Original Mind, and because we…

  • Radical Non-Doing

    Last weekend I went along to Zen Center to offer the zazen instruction, which I have…

  • The Diamond Sutra

    ‘With my superknowledge, Subhuti, I recall that in the past period, long before Dipankara, the Tathagata,…

  • Tenkei Coppens

    ‘Basically the only thing we have to do is “just sit there” and be “unfabricated.” Now…