Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

personal

  • Doing nothing is not over-rated

    It would be a bit of a stretch to call my current life stressful, but last…

  • Keido Fukushima

    ‘A monastery is a greenhouse for growing non-ego… We don’t let the monks sleep much, and…

  • Hui Hai

    ‘Q: What method must we practice in order to attain deliverance? A: It can only be…

  • The Lotus Sutra

    ‘The Tathagata is able to discriminate everything, preach the law skillfully, use gentle words, and cheer…

  • Shundo Aoyama

    ‘Spring comes to all, equally. It does not come quickly because someone wants it to, or…

  • Kueishan

    ‘Yangshan asked Kueishan, “If a million objects come to you, what do you do?” Kueishan answered,…

  • The Sutra of Innumerable Meanings

    ‘A bodhisattva, if he wants to learn and master the doctrine of Innumerable Meanings, should observes…

  • Shodo Harada

    ‘Original Nature can be realized if you can just let go of everything. To conceptualize around…

  • Enkyo O’Hara

    ‘We can’t control joy. It is something that bobs up when we are truly alive and…

  • What I think about when I am riding

    There is a well-known zen story I was reminded of this weekend. Here is one version…