Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

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  • Buddha Ancestors

    After finishing Shinshu’s book, I was moved by some mysterious preference to pick up as my…

  • Dogen

    ‘Even when we have the eyes [to see mountains as] the appearance of grass and trees,…

  • Ruth Fuller Sasaki

    ‘The Japanese Zen masters of today are trying faithfully to carry on their reaching against tremendous…

  • Norman Fischer

    ‘I have always appreciated the fact that when you give a Zen talk, you make three…

  • Joyful Effort

    Last weekend I spent time at both temples: on Saturday I offered the zazen instruction at…

  • Martin Buber

    ‘Because we cannot circle above all existence—sleepless, unbroken, boundless, glowing—we content ourselves with being submerged and…

  • Sekito Kisen

    ‘You can’t attain it this way. You can’t attain it not this way. Trying to attain…

  • Damei

    ‘When Mazu heard that Damei lived on the mountain, he sent a monk to call upon…

  • Revisiting Winter

    I am fond of saying that I arrived to live in San Francisco during a heatwave,…

  • Rev. angel Kyodo williams

    ‘Everything I see, everything I say about liberation comes from this very dharma, the same dharma…