Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

practice

  • Perfection of Wisdom Sutra

    ‘Toward all beings maintain unbiased thoughts and speak unbiased words. Toward all beings give birth to…

  • Kobun Chino

    ‘There are many contemplative practices: Moonlight sitting, sunlight sitting, snow sitting, rain sitting. Whatever nature’s condition…

  • Adyashanti

    ‘The Reality that these teachings are pointing toward is not hidden, or secret, or far away.…

  • The Emptiness of Emptiness

    As an undergraduate, one of the courses I took was in Saussurian linguistics. It was revelatory…

  • Getting Things Done

    As it happens, I still haven’t really started working on the photos from my trip beyond…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘When I start to talk, it is already a smoky kerosene lamp. As long as I…

  • Joshu

    (Zen Speaks) I posted a different version of this story a while ago, but I have…

  • Landing

    I am now at the stage of my trip where I summon up the energy to…

  • Sitting and Flying

    In Belfast, I started to have the sense of my trip coming to its close, though…

  • Uchiyama Roshi

    ‘You should just sit without thinking anything. To support this, living in a monastery is convenient.…