Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

personal

  • Changing Time

    I am writing this on the first evening after the clocks go back. In England we…

  • Dogen

    ‘When taking up or putting down bowls, and also when picking up your spoon or chopsticks,…

  • Tonen O’Connor

    ‘I’ve been reading Shohaku Okumura’s new book, The Mountains and Waters Sutra, a Practioner’s Guide to Dōgen’s Sansuikyo,and…

  • Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

    ‘When the journey of finding home takes ancestral homelessness into account, we begin to understand the…

  • Old Leaves and New Frames

    Despite just landing back in my regular life in San Francisco, I was looking forward to…

  • Dongshan

    ‘Communing with the source, travel the pathways, embrace the territory and treasure the road. ‘ (Song of…

  • Perfection of Wisdom Sutra

    ‘Toward all beings maintain unbiased thoughts and speak unbiased words. Toward all beings give birth to…

  • Kobun Chino

    ‘There are many contemplative practices: Moonlight sitting, sunlight sitting, snow sitting, rain sitting. Whatever nature’s condition…

  • Adyashanti

    ‘The Reality that these teachings are pointing toward is not hidden, or secret, or far away.…

  • The Emptiness of Emptiness

    As an undergraduate, one of the courses I took was in Saussurian linguistics. It was revelatory…