Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

practice

  • Kobun Chino

    ‘We speak of “denko”, transmission of light. What kind of light? It is something which shines,…

  • Marian Mountain

    ‘It is natural for my mother to doubt the value of this kind of life. From…

  • Returning Empty-Handed

    I had been thinking of this title for the post even before realising that the Dogen…

  • The Nature Of Wind

    Zachary leaned over at the end of Monday’s sitting on the Embarcadero and name-checked Master Baoche.…

  • Shohaku Okumura

    ‘The Lotus Sutra says that all buddhas appear in this world for only one reason: to…

  • So, Which Is It?

    ‘When my teacher, Soyen Shaku, was twenty-nine years old, he went to Ceylon, and stayed there…

  • Kobun Chino

    ‘If you say that you can only take care of what’s inside of your skin, and…

  • Rain and Rainbows

    I don’t mind the quirks of the calendar that have me going up to Wilbur only…

  • Kosho Uchiyama

    ‘How can we determine if we are in the present moment? There is no fixed criterion…

  • Dawa Tarchin Phillips

    ‘If you’re just looking to confirm what you’re already thinking about people and the world, the…