Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

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  • Karen Shoji Robbie

    ‘I learned this koan off by heart. Allowing it to seep into my skin and bones.…

  • The Growing Days

    It was one of the people who came to volunteer in the Zen Center kitchen when…

  • Sekkei Harada

    ‘When we don’t understand, we simply don’t understand. But we have been taught to think that…

  • This Land Is Our Land/You And The Land Are One

    I will leave this as another mash-up, as I find no conclusions coming to mind. Three…

  • Kaira Jewel Lingo

    ‘Making happiness central to spiritual life is only self-serving if we see ourselves as separate from…

  • Shohaku Okumura

    ‘Just as we immediately become a thief when we steal something, when we sit following Buddha’s…

  • Kate Murphy

    ‘But what is love if not a willingness to listen to and be a part of…

  • Dogen

    ‘All day and all night, things come to mind and the mind attends to them; at…

  • Alternative Scenarios

    The past two Sundays in the Bay Area have been marked by strong winds. On the…

  • Jenny Odell

    ‘The convenience of limitless connectivity has neatly paved over the nuance of in-person conversation, cutting away…