Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

practice

  • Doing Nothing

    It often seems to happen that I pen a personal post and then leave out one…

  • Labor Day Weekend

    Where I used to track the lowering arc of the sun in the sky by where…

  • Visiting The Valley

    There are many reasons to go to Tassajara, but looking for sunsets usually isn’t one of…

  • Dongshan

    ‘Dongshan said to the assembly, “It’s the beginning of autumn, the end of the summer, and…

  • Keizan

    ‘Do not eat anything alive, hard, or spoiled. Such impure foods will make your belly churn…

  • A Mixed Bag

    It doesn’t feel that there has been much to write about; maybe that is just a…

  • August

    I notice to my chagrin, especially when I wake up at five rather than six, that…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Whether we feel good or bad, the truth is truth. We have to try to accept…

  • The Lotus Sutra

    ‘At that time the World-honored One, rising quietly and clearly from contemplation, addressed Shariputra: “The wisdom…

  • Replenishment

    Going into the weekend, I realised that it was only the second one I have been…