Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

personal

  • Yunyan

    ‘Yunyan was making tea. Daowu asked him, “Who are you making tea for?” Yunyan said, “There’s…

  • What I think about when I am running

    ‘If we go somewhere on foot, we know the way perfectly, whereas if we go by…

  • Silvia Boorstein

    ‘Maybe the whole of spiritual practice rests on remembering – over and over again – that…

  • Loving the Mountains

    Being at Tassajara feels like a skin I put on, and most times it feels like…

  • Everyone is Illuminated

    ‘Always acting alone, walking alone, The enlightened travel the same road of freedom. The tune is ancient,…

  • Dogen

    ‘Dropping off body and mind is good practice. Make a vigorous effort to pierce your nostrils.…

  • All the Objects of the Senses Interact

    ‘Wondrous! Marvelous! The teachings of the insentient are inconceivable. If you listen with the ears, you…

  • Daowu

    ‘When Shishuang met Daowu, he said, “What is the transcendent wisdom that meets the eye?” Daowu…

  • The Fundamental Point

    ‘Zen master Baoche of Mount Mayu was fanning himself. A monk approached and said, “Master, the…

  • Katagiri Roshi

    ‘For zazen, we arrange the circumstances in the zendo so that it is not too bright…