Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

practice

  • Shohaku Okumura

    ‘When the five senses encounter an object, desire arises to grasp or hate it. We think,…

  • A Sick and Sorry Mess

    Lou Hartman did not give many talks in his later years, but when he did, they…

  • The Road to Heaven

    ‘Hui-yuan was sitting in bed with her legs crossed under a blanket. Two glass-paned windows let…

  • Opening the Hand of Thought

    A few times this year I have been asked how to bring practice into the realm…

  • Dogen

    ‘Do not forget the joyful aspiration that arises when you first seek the way. When you…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Usually, when you do something, you want to achieve something, you attach to some result. From…

  • Blanche Hartman

    ‘People have talked to me about how much they appreciated Lou, my late husband. My response…

  • Radical Dharma

    ‘Our inability as a nation to honor the theft of these lands and the building of…

  • The poetry of spam

    Occasionally I will delve into the WordPress admin pages associated with this blog. I was trying…

  • What I think about when I am riding

    I would say it has not been the best week, on a local or global level.…