Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

practice

  • Kodo Sawaki

    ‘What is zazen good for? Nothing! We should be made to hear this good-for-nothingness so often…

  • Dogen

    ‘Zhaozhou was asked by a monk, “What is the meaning of Bodhidharma’s coming from India?” Zhaozhou…

  • Hakuin

    ‘Once you have seen the ox, make ox herding your only concern.’ (On Kensho) I remember reading,…

  • Shodo Harada

    ‘When we are separated from all of our thoughts, this is Original Mind, and because we…

  • Radical Non-Doing

    Last weekend I went along to Zen Center to offer the zazen instruction, which I have…

  • Tenkei Coppens

    ‘Basically the only thing we have to do is “just sit there” and be “unfabricated.” Now…

  • Sitting under the olive tree

    Last Monday I rode my bike over to the Embarcadero at noon to meet my dharma…

  • The Lotus Sutra

    ‘The Buddha addressed Sariputra: “Such a wonderful Law as this is only preached by the buddha-tathagatas…

  • Shodo Harada

    ‘Of course, just sitting is not as easy as it sounds. All kinds of thoughts come…

  • Sitting Practice

    On my commutes, I am still enjoying spending at least a part of the time reading…