Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

practice

  • Sawaki Roshi

    ‘I can’t help a human being who is not able to live without money.’ (The Zen…

  • Shundo Aoyama

    ‘Happiness that depends on what you acquire or become is only conditional happiness, not true happiness.…

  • What I think about when I am riding

    It is a commonplace these days that our attention is the most valuable thing we can…

  • Dogen

    ‘Many people today think that the making of statues and the building of pagodas cause Buddhism…

  • Blanche Hartman

    ‘A monk shaving the head is symbolic of renunciation. But really what is to be renounced…

  • Toni Packer

    ‘Sitting quietly, doing nothing, not knowing what is next and not concerned with what was or…

  • Shohaku Okumura

    ‘In the reality of Buddha’s life, we are connected with and supported by all things. The…

  • Dogen

    ‘If you talk about a person’s cleverness or stupidity, it shows that you have yet to…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘If you can just appreciate each thing, one by one, then you will have pure gratitude.…

  • Smoke and the Water

    Going offline is not very taxing for me. I have done it for months at a…