Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

Poem

  • Dogen

    The gentle hues of spring are
Everywhere apparent in this eastern paradise;
In heaven or on earth,
The season’s…

  • Jiashan

    Clear and luminous, no Dharma of awakening,Awakening confuses people.In paradise with two feet and eyes, Nothing…

  • Izumi Shikibu

    Through the yearsI’ve become used to sorrow:there was not one springI didn’t leave behindthe flowers.

  • Keizan

    Space, from the beginning, has not admitted even a needle;Vast, nonreliant, it is beyond all discussion.Do…

  • Tendo

    If even a single word accords,The ten thousand ages do not move.Willow eyes are popping out…

  • Ryokan

    A spring wind brought gentle rain,Soaking the grass roof during the night.Sleeping below in peace,How does…

  • Dogen

    For ten thousand fathoms the cold lake is soaked in sky color.In the quiet night a…

  • Tao-chuan

    Walking into the distance, traveling since your youth crossing so many rivers, climbing so many peaks…

  • Hanshan

    High, high from the summit of the peak,
Whatever way I look, no limit in sight!
No one…

  • Jenny Allen

    Breathing in, I wash the dishes,Aware of their usefulness in holdingNourishing meals that have sustained my…