Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

Poem

  • Jorie Graham

    there is suddennessto all surfaces—in the fieldsforwardness isensnared, & allstops. The lawnis a god. A door…

  • Yangqi

    When I began living here in this building with crumbling walls,
all the platforms were covered by…

  • Tesshu Yamaoka

    Perfect when clearPerfect when cloudyMount Fuji’s original formNever changes.

  • Rujing

    Jagged and fanged is the old plum tree;Suddenly it flowers—one flower, two flowers,Three, four, five flowers—countless…

  • Dogen

    Yesterday was short; today is longer.Though without edge or corners,[the solstice] is good to examine.I encourage…

  • Xiangyan

    The chick pecks from within, the hen from without.The chick breaks free through the shell.When hen…

  • Hongzhi

    I see no cold or heat whatsoever.The great ocean has just dried up.I tell you we…

  • Jane Hirshfield

    Like allwho believe in the senses,I was an accountant,copyist,statistician. Not registrar,witness. Permitted to touchthe leaf of…

  • Xuedou

    Reaching out your arms is climbing the ten-thousand-foot cliff.Oneness and differentiation are not necessarily fixed.The old…

  • Caoshan

    The formless body of complete illumination of the nature of awareness;
Don’t use knowledge and views, misconstruing…