Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

Poem

  • Shantideva

    Let us not be downcast by the warring wants Of childish persons quarreling. Their thoughts are…

  • Jakushitsu

    Life is fleeting as dew as lightning How can I vainly deceive myself seeking personal gain?…

  • Keizan

    Even with purity like an autumn flood reaching to the heavens, How can it compare with…

  • Shido Bunen

    Die while alive, Thoroughly die. Then do just as you will, and all is right.  …

  • Tiantong

    The void of the circle of the Way is never filled, The letters on the seal…

  • Sunday Poem

    The moon outside my window Is usually the same moon, But as soon as there are…

  • Shantideva

    Although wishing to be rid of misery, They run toward misery itself. Although wishing to have…

  • Daochuan

    Billions of offerings to buddhas create boundless benefaction. How can it compare to reading an ancient…

  • Hui-neng

    Unmoving, not cultivating goodness, Ebullient, not doing evil, Serene, detached from the senses, Clear, mind without…

  • Sunday Poem

    Small birds in the pine Going about their business Overhead – unseen.