Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

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  • Yunyan

    ‘Dongshan asked Yunyan, “When I want to see it face to face, what should I do?”…

  • A New Shuso Crop

    I have written about shuso ceremonies at Zen Center before, and we are in the spring season for…

  • Ta Hui

    ‘By keeping mindful of the matter of birth and death, your mental technique is already correct.…

  • Clouds and Water

    Redbuds always make me think of Tassajara, where I first came across them: one by the…

  • Ganto

    ‘As soon as there’s something considered important, it becomes a nest.’ This line might not strike…

  • Caoshan

    ‘Yunmen asked,”The unchanging person has come. Will the master receive him or not?” Caoshan said, “On…

  • The First Paramita

    In recent weeks I have been stockpiling posts – there are currently forty-five lined up through to…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘In Zen sometimes we say that each one of us is steep like a cliff. No…

  • Dogen

    ‘Once when I was in Song China, practicing on a long siting platform, I observed the…

  • Like Spring Arising In Everything

    The last time I went to Wilbur, I took some Hongzhi with me – as you…