Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

personal

  • What I think about when I am riding

    The day after I returned to California, I officiated a very small wedding out in the…

  • Yantou

    ‘One day, Yantou was talking with Xuefeng and Qinshan. Xuefeng suddenly pointed at a basin of…

  • Uchiyama Roshi

    ‘The idea of transforming delusion to attain enlightenment is easy to understand in terms of our…

  • Taking Refuge in Sangha

    In contrast to the previous flight on my trip, when I landed back at Gatwick after…

  • Shodo Harada

    ‘When the Buddha spoke from the top of Vulture Peak, he held out a single flower…

  • Nyogen Senzaki

    ‘Some of you coming to this meditation class for the first time may think we are…

  • The Shipping Forecast

    The skies cleared as I flew over the Welsh coast and Anglesey on Sunday morning, which…

  • Dzogchen Ponlop

    ‘The term “ordinary mind” can be confusing if we understand “ordinary” to mean “mundane”. If that…

  • Uchiyama Roshi

    ‘Japanese people have a preconception that Buddhism is something special for a special kind of person.…

  • Mountains and Rivers and Planes and Trains 

    It’s not often I get to set foot in four countries before lunchtime, but that is…