Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

practice

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Zen student is not, you know, so expressive, you know. Mostly they keep silent. They do…

  • Hui-neng

    ‘On the best of paths there are no impure dharmas to avoid, not are there any…

  • Coming Home

    So today marks the twenty-year anniversary of my arrival in San Francisco. I packed up my…

  • Katagiri Roshi

    ‘The Avatamsaka Sutra explains that truth does not exist by itself, separate from phenomena, and phenomena do…

  • Joshu

    A monk asked, “What about it when all the bones are pulverized and there is one…

  • Soko Morinaga

    ‘The word samadhi carries within itself two absolutely contrary meanings: “perfect reception” and “perfect non-reception.” In order…

  • Angie Boissevain

    ‘Zazen practice brings us back to our only-ness, our aloneness, our oneness. It helps us face…

  • Dale S.Wright

    ‘According to the Wisdom Sutras, one of the reasons that profound questioning is required is that the practice…

  • Taking It Easier

    Over the years, as I have exercised, either on my bike or running, I have found…

  • Jenny Odell

    ‘When I try to think about thinking, for instance retracing where an idea of mine came…