Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

practice

  • Paula Arai

    Priest meetings have not been such a regular happening at City Center in the years since…

  • Lovingkindness

    As I mentioned yesterday, Blanche increasingly concentrated on lovingkindness in her last years, and at most…

  • Blanche

    In one of my earliest posts on this blog, I talked about Blanche’s key role in my early…

  • Days at Tassajara

    Any time I get to visit Tassajara is a good time. A few people on this…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Hui Neng, the Sixth Ancestor, said, “To dwell on emptiness and to keep a calm mind…

  • Dana Velden

    ‘Eventually, I found that while the soup-making task had its (somewhat-limited) creative expression, the chopping and…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Usually when we practice we expect something: if we try hard, our practice will improve. If…

  • What I think about when I am running

    Last week I did not get out on a run at all. The long ride a…

  • Dana Velden

    ‘There is a famous Buddhist teaching about seeing a teacup as already broken. Even though it…

  • The reality of all things

    ‘When we go to the moon I am not sure we are following the best direction…