{"title":"David Chadwick","description":"David Chadwick, at the age of 21, in 1966, first rang the bell of Sokoji, a Soto Zen temple and the original home of the San Francisco Zen Center. Thus began his serious study under Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. Ordained a Zen priest in 1971, he later wrote Suzuki's biography, Crooked Cucumber, as well as Thank You and OK!: An American Zen Failure in Japan. Chadwick is the primary preserver of the legacy of Shunryu Suzuki and those whose paths crossed his. See cuke.com and shunryusuzuki.com for more information. He lives in Bali.","products":[{"product_id":"tassajara-stories-a-sort-of-memoir-oral-history-of-the-first-zen-buddhist-monastery-in-the-west-the-first-year-1967-hardcover","title":"Tassajara Stories: A Sort of Memoir\/Oral History of the First Zen Buddhist Monastery in the West--The First Year, 1967 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSpirituality \u0026amp; Practice\u003c\/i\u003e \"Best Spiritual Book of 2025\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"As priceless as discovering a previously unknown time capsule.\"--Peter Coyote (Hosho Jishi), actor, director, author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is what happened at the famous Zen monastery south of San Francisco.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the best-selling author of the biography of Shunryu Suzuki (\u003ci\u003eCrooked Cucumber\u003c\/i\u003e), comes a memoir and oral history of Tassajara--a monastery founded in 1967 by Shunryu Suzuki, abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center. Peopled like a Sixties film of Buddhist invasion, with hippies, dreamers, lovers, a wave of serious practitioners. Nyogen Senzaki, D.T. Suzuki, Alan Watts, Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, and of course Shunryu Suzuki and Richard Baker are all here. This is the story of what happened at and surrounding the founding of the first Zen monastery in the West.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368744124639,"sku":"9781958972892","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/fym92LRP0Z9781958972892.webp?v=1789132333"},{"product_id":"crooked-cucumber-the-life-and-teaching-of-shunryu-suzuki-paperback","title":"Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eShunryu Suzuki is known to countless readers as the author of the modern spiritual classic \u003cb\u003eZen Mind, Beginner's Mind\u003c\/b\u003e. This most influential teacher comes vividly to life in \u003cb\u003eCrooked Cucumber\u003c\/b\u003e, the first full biography of any Zen master to be published in the West. To make up his intimate and engrossing narrative, David Chadwick draws on Suzuki's own words and the memories of his students, friends, and family. Interspersed with previously unpublished passages from Suzuki's talks, \u003cb\u003eCrooked Cucumber\u003c\/b\u003e evokes a down-to-earth life of the spirit. Along with Suzuki we can find a way to \"practice with mountains, trees, and stones and to find ourselves in this big world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eShunryu Suzuki is known to countless readers as the author of the modern spiritual classic Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. This most influential teacher comes vividly to life in Crooked Cucumber, the first full biography of any Zen master to be published in the West. To make up his intimate and engrossing narrative, David Chadwick draws on Suzuki's own words and the memories of his students, friends, and family. Interspersed with previously unpublished passages from Suzuki's talks, Crooked Cucumber evokes a down-to-earth life of the spirit. Along with Suzuki we can find a way to \"practice with mountains, trees, and stones and to find ourselves in this big world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eShunryu Suzuki is known to countless readers as the author of the modern spiritual classic, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. This most influential teacher comes vividly to life in Crooked Cucumber, the first full biography of any Zen master to be published in the West. To make up his intimate and engrossing narrative, David Chadwick draws on Suzuki's own words and the memories of his students, friends, and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterspersed with previously unpublished passages from Suzuki's talks and correspondence, Crooked Cucumber evokes a down-to-earth life of the spirit that goes beyond religion to reveal what it means to be fully human. Retracing this man's journey, readers will find more of the warm-hearted guidance that so many have already found in Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. Along with Suzuki we can find a way to \"practice with mountains, trees, and stones ... and to find ourselves in this big world\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377593352415,"sku":"9780767901055","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/GVwdVtYelo9780767901055.webp?v=1789236141"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/david-chadwick.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}