Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

practice

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Zazen practice and everyday activity are one thing. We call zazen everyday life, and everyday life…

  • Reasons to be Cheerful

    ‘Ummon addressed the assembly and said, “I am not asking you about the days before the…

  • Torei

    ‘It is not that you attain buddhahood yourself and then liberate beings; it is in order…

  • Chan Master Sheng Yen

    ‘If you always insist on your own views and your own way of doing things, and…

  • Like a Dragon Taking to the Water

    The weather blew through Wilbur over the weekend, rain on Saturday, followed by high winds and…

  • Listen

    As with other personal posts, this one has a long and slow genesis, and a hesitation…

  • Dogen

    ‘Long ago a monk asked a master, “When hundreds, thousands, or myriads of objects come all…

  • Going Beyond

    ‘A monk said to Tozan,”Cold and heat descend upon us. How can we avoid them?” Tozan…

  • Walking Like Lions

    From time to time, Zen Center hosts venerable dignitaries from the Japanese zen establishment, and if…

  • Jane Hirshfield

    A Cedary Fragrance Even now, decades after, I wash my face with cold water – Not…