Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

practice

  • Dogen

    ‘Guard and maintain your towel in this way. Fold it in two and hang it over…

  • The First Paramita

    In recent weeks I have been stockpiling posts – there are currently forty-five lined up through to…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘In Zen sometimes we say that each one of us is steep like a cliff. No…

  • Dogen

    ‘Once when I was in Song China, practicing on a long siting platform, I observed the…

  • Like Spring Arising In Everything

    The last time I went to Wilbur, I took some Hongzhi with me – as you…

  • Tara Brach

    ‘Even when it’s hard to appreciate goodness in someone, we can send lovingkindness anyway. At first…

  • Blanche Hartman

    ‘When I first met Suzuki Roshi, I thought, “I want to be like him!” The best…

  • The Beginning of Spring

    The blossoms started coming out in San Francisco in spite of last week’s rain, or perhaps…

  • Miraculous Activity

    ‘When I hear people talking about happiness I have no idea what they mean, but then,…

  • The Passengers in the Last Car

    This week has been on the wet side of things. I got rained on while riding…