Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

Poem

  • P’ing-t’ien P’u-an 

    The celestial radiance undimmed,The norm lasting for ever more;For the one who entereth this gate,No reasoning,…

  • Mumon

    The spring flowers, the autumn moon;Summer breezes, winter snow.If useless things do not clutter your mind,You…

  • Fu Hsi

    From a single thought ariseDeeds wrought by delusion,Sixty-two mistaken viewsNine hundred crazy ins and outsBut then…

  • Kodo Sawaki

    When a drop of water falls in the ocean, 
When a speck of dust falls on…

  • Ryokan

    In the stillness by the empty windowI sit in formal meditation wearing my monk’s surplice,Navel and…

  • Tao-ch’uan

    Searching for attributes is wrong Seeing no form is like death Don’t ask if it’s vast…

  • Tōsan Shusho

    In words there is no development of things,In talk we do not throw ourselves into the…

  • Yunmen

    How steep is Yunmen’s mountain!How low the white clouds hang!The mountain stream rushes so swiftlyThat fish…

  • Longya

    Study the way like boring wood to make fire. When smoke arises do not stop.Just wait…

  • Dogen

    Who hates ignorance, which is simply the autumn dew?From the beginning, true form is actually within…