Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

personal

  • Walking the dog

    As mentioned the other day, I spent a week over the new year dog-sitting for a…

  • Tara Brach

    ‘If we ask ourselves when meeting anyone – friend or stranger – “How can I be…

  • Yuanwu

    ‘All the myriad things are neither opposed to nor contrary to your true self. Directly pass…

  • Shaving the Head

    When I lived at Tassajara, I followed the traditional strictures about only shaving – and shaving…

  • Dogen

    ‘Students of the Way should neither read the scriptures of other Buddhist teachings nor study non-Buddhist…

  • At Year’s End

    I tend to keep a lot of notebooks where I scribble down thoughts, ideas and quotes…

  • Marian Mountain

    ‘A wind sweeps through the trees behind the cabin. The sound is enough to awaken the…

  • Soyen Shaku

    ‘In these days of industrial and commercial civilization, the multitudes of people have very little time…

  • Dogen

    ‘I remember that a monk asked Touzi [Datong], “What are the causes and conditions of this…

  • A Day in the Mountains

    Last week’s day of heavy rain blew away, and was followed by a bracing north-westerly wind…