Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

personal

  • Tahui

    ‘You’ve indicated you want me to instruct you by letter in the direct essentials. This very…

  • Yunmen

    ‘The minute you see some old monk open his mouth, you should shut him right up.…

  • Dogen

    ‘Once, while in China, I was reading a collection of sayings by an ancient master. At…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘You may think that you cannot express yourself within a particular form, but when we are…

  • Tatsugami Roshi

    ‘Dogen often called zazen sanzen, or just one word, san, which means “to practice, to examine…

  • Harry Roberts

    ‘There are three tasks that matter in this lifetime. The first task, though not the most…

  • Moon and Stars

    The Bay Area weather could not be better at the moment, with high pressure and warm…

  • Fayan

    ‘Fayan asked Elder Jiao, “Did you come by boat or by land?” Jiao said, “By boat.”…

  • On the water

    I have had occasion to take the ferry across the bay recently. It is a wonderful…

  • What I think about when I am riding

    My usual cycling route out of the city takes me to the Panhandle, the first part…