Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

Poem

  • Ch’ang-hui

    On a peak standing still Only clouds coming and going A thousand misty mountains below me.…

  • Wang Wei

    In my prime I loved the Way A Chungnan cottage in old age When I want…

  • Ryokan

    On a somber spring evening around midnight, Rain mixed with snow sprinkled on the bamboos in…

  • Han-shan

    Would you know a simile for life and death? Compare them then to water and ice.…

  • What I think about when I am riding

    Regarded from one side, an entire range; From another, a single peak. Far, near, high, low,…

  • Ryokan

    Returning home from a day of begging; Sage has covered my door. Now, a bunch of…

  • Sunday Poem

    If you have time to chatter, Read books. If you have time to read, Walk into…

  • Mountain Poems

    With coming and going, a person in the mountains Understands that blue mountains are his body.…

  • The Book of Serenity

    ‘One day the World Honored One ascended the seat. Manjusri struck the gavel and said, “Clearly…

  • Wang Wei

    In the mountains Are many companions of the Way, Sitting zazen, chanting, Forming a natural community.…