Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

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  • Roaming Zen

    The seasons have turned in San Francisco. Last week the skies cleared; grey mornings were replaced…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Rinzai, an early Chinese Zen master, analyzed how to teach his disciples in four ways. Sometimes…

  • The true imperative

    Another Sawaki Roshi quote I have been carrying around with me for the last few months,…

  • Shundo Aoyama

    ‘Happiness that depends on what you acquire or become is only conditional happiness, not true happiness.…

  • What I think about when I am riding

    It is a commonplace these days that our attention is the most valuable thing we can…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘To understand reality as a direct experience is the reason we practice zazen, and the reason…

  • Blanche Hartman

    ‘A monk shaving the head is symbolic of renunciation. But really what is to be renounced…

  • Dogen

    ‘If you talk about a person’s cleverness or stupidity, it shows that you have yet to…

  • Darlene Cohen

    ‘Each of the two views, both dual and nondual, enhances and informs the other. If we…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘If you can just appreciate each thing, one by one, then you will have pure gratitude.…