Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

practice

  • Dominion and the Rate of Change

    The weekend ended up feeling tremendously long. I had kept my calendar clear as I had…

  • Shohaku Okumura

    ‘Some people think that when we eliminate all thought and experience enlightenment we are liberated; we…

  • Two Views Of A Ship

    As we were sitting out on the Embarcadero this past Monday, on a warm and sunny…

  • Sonny Rollins

    ‘What I need to know is that being a person who understands that giving is better…

  • Gesshin Claire Greenwood

    ‘ Practicing in a monastic or residential environment always shows me how selfish I am. It…

  • The Diamond Sutra

    ‘Do not think that when one gives rise to the highest, most fulfilled, awakened mind, one…

  • Dogen

    ‘The moon on the water is vast and boundless, the boat oars quiet. The snow clouds…

  • Blanche Hartman

    ‘Life is too short to waste it on judging other people by whatever standards we may…

  • Issho Fujita

    ‘The time spent sitting with nothing to gain and nothing to realize may seem to be…

  • Virginia

    ‘For years, because of my upbringing, I wanted others to see me as being perfect, so…