Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

practice

  • National Karma

    The Sandy Hook shootings took place a couple of weeks before my shuso ceremony at Tassajara,…

  • May Days

    We do finally seem to have lumbered on to the left shoulder of summer, and none…

  • In Person

    While I have been doing outdoor events since last summer, as vaccinations started to ease the…

  • Incrementally

    I was only gone for a couple of weeks, but I noticed changes when I got…

  • Dogen

    ‘A person’s body and mind change according to situations and time. A billion worlds can be…

  • Mountains and Waters Sutras

    ‘Even if you have an eye to see mountains as grass, trees, earth, rocks, or walls,…

  • Lew Richmond

    ‘Suzuki-roshi loved certain ungrammatical expressions in English. He had certain phrases, one of which was, “Looks…

  • Dale S. Wright

    ‘Since no single philosophy, religion, or culture has a monopoly on wisdom and truth, it will…

  • Parrots

    Most people know about the parrots in San Francisco. Not everyobdy knows how they sound. When…

  • Dogen

    ‘In the study hall, do not keep things such as bows and arrows, spears and clubs,…