Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

personal

  • Tenkei

    ‘The sages and ancient Buddhas all had prescriptions for practice and realization. To those who were…

  • Dogen

    ‘Spring has the feeling of spring, and autumn has the look of autumn; there is no…

  • Grahame Petchey

    ‘What attracted me in the first half hour of zazen that I did with Suzuki Roshi…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Zen student is not, you know, so expressive, you know. Mostly they keep silent. They do…

  • Gudo Nishijima

    ‘The true meaning of emptiness in Buddhism has been misunderstood for so many years as nothingness,…

  • Hui-neng

    ‘On the best of paths there are no impure dharmas to avoid, not are there any…

  • Coming Home

    So today marks the twenty-year anniversary of my arrival in San Francisco. I packed up my…

  • Katagiri Roshi

    ‘The Avatamsaka Sutra explains that truth does not exist by itself, separate from phenomena, and phenomena do…

  • Joshu

    A monk asked, “What about it when all the bones are pulverized and there is one…

  • Soko Morinaga

    ‘The word samadhi carries within itself two absolutely contrary meanings: “perfect reception” and “perfect non-reception.” In order…