Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

practice

  • Gesshin Greenwood

    ‘Usually in our busy, modern lives there is a list of things we need or want…

  • Kakuan Shion

    I normally post poems without much commentary, but I thought I would say more about the…

  • Panshan

    (Zen Speaks) I have been thinking about including some of these cartoons for a while. I…

  • Nyogen Senzaki

    ‘Perseverance is another name for Buddhist life.’ (Eloquent Silence) I had this one lined up as…

  • The Fire of No-Self

    ‘Once, while Lingyou was acting as attendant to Baizhang… Baizhang said to him, “Stick a poker…

  • Torei

    ‘If you want to master this path, first you need the faculty of great faith. What…

  • Gesshin Greenwood

    ‘Uchiyama Roshi wrote that if we cannot sit zazen, simply waiting is a good enough substitute.…

  • Firewood Becomes Ash

    Last week I was reading that the UK was expecting record temperatures – it might reach…

  • Frank Ostaseski

    ‘The habits of our lives have a powerful momentum that propels us toward the moment of…

  • Sitting under the olive tree

    This Monday lunchtime, Zachary and I will be sitting on the Embarcadero, as we try to…