Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

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  • Roaming Zen

    It has been either wet, cold, or both, the past few days – at least by…

  • Reasons to be Cheerful

    ‘Ummon addressed the assembly and said, “I am not asking you about the days before the…

  • Like a Dragon Taking to the Water

    The weather blew through Wilbur over the weekend, rain on Saturday, followed by high winds and…

  • Dogen

    ‘Whose strength can we depend on to rub pieces of ice together and make a fire?…

  • What I think about when I am thinking 

    In the Lotus Sutra we read that ‘Only a buddha together with a buddha can fathom…

  • Bicycle Roaming Zen 

    A high pressure system has settled over the city, and we have an unusual simultaneity of…

  • Going Places

    Often when I give zazen instruction, I end up saying something about airports. The gist of…

  • Ssu Dongpo

    The sounds of the valley are his long broad tongue The colours of the mountains are…

  • Roaming Zen

    All year I have been trying to figure out how to get Mount Davidson into a…

  • Home runs

    I had been looking forward to getting some runs in while I was in England; I…