Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

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Everything Is Burning

As anyone who lives locally knows, the Bay Area is sitting under a cloud of smoke…
The Tenth Grave Precept

I vow not to disparage the Three Treasures. (Zen Center) Experience the intimacy of things. Do…
Tetsugen Bernie Glassman

I was sad to read that Tetsugen Bernie Glassman had died. His role in the expansion…
angel Kyodo williams

‘Beings are numberless. With practice I promise to notice them and see that there is no…
Changing Time

I am writing this on the first evening after the clocks go back. In England we…
Dogen

‘When taking up or putting down bowls, and also when picking up your spoon or chopsticks,…
Tonen O’Connor

‘I’ve been reading Shohaku Okumura’s new book, The Mountains and Waters Sutra, a Practioner’s Guide to Dōgen’s Sansuikyo,and…
Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

‘When the journey of finding home takes ancestral homelessness into account, we begin to understand the…
Old Leaves and New Frames

Despite just landing back in my regular life in San Francisco, I was looking forward to…
Dongshan

‘Communing with the source, travel the pathways, embrace the territory and treasure the road. ‘ (Song of…