Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

personal

  • Dogen

    ‘What is called the mind of the Way is not to abandon or scatter about the…

  • Uchiyama Roshi

    ‘In the stillness (when we are sitting zazen) various kinds of thoughts arise and go away…

  • In Another Land

    When I embarked on my month-long trip, a week ago, I noticed I felt almost light-headed…

  • Katagiri Roshi

    ‘Constantly try to realize the depth of human life. Accept the fact that whatever you do,…

  • Avatamsaka Sutra

    ‘When great enlightening beings practice dedication in this way, they do not become attached to actions,…

  • What I think about when I am riding

    One of the notions I tend to rabbit on about when I am teaching is to…

  • Lama Rod Owens

    ‘The Heart Sutra tells us that form is emptiness and emptiness is form; if that’s true,…

  • Falling into Preferences

    Regarded from one side, an entire range; From another, a single peak. Far, near, high, low,…

  • Back in the Mountains

    A day at Tassajara for the shuso ceremony is a long day; we left before light on Sunday,…

  • Katagiri Roshi

    ‘We have to practice egolessness constantly. We don’t believe this because we are used to living…