Writings by Students
Practice related articles by those in the tradition of Shunryu Suzuki.
San Francisco Zen Center, a Visitor’s Journal
November 22 - December 31, 1979
by Wendy Pirsig
Chris Miller's 2023 updated excerpt from Searching for the Path Within with accounts of sixties SF Zen Center, Sokoji, Tassajara, Shunryu Suzuki and more. On Amazon.
Mel's Weitsman's extensive shuso (head monk) journal - spring, 1970
Come Walk in the Rain with Me: My Years with Suzuki Roshi by Jack Weller
Zen Moirés by Leland Smithson
Punk Monk Enters State of Enchantment by Willem Malten
Shunryu Suzuki and the Beats, 2017 by DC
11-08-15 - Andrew Atkeison on his visit to Eiheiji, on his days in Kyoto and on his trip to Rinsoin - with photos
7-18-14 - Loring Palmer on The Fourth Turning (of the Wheel of the Dharma)
3-01-14 - Why I Became a Buddhist, Meeting My Two Spiritual Teachers, Ascending and Descending Spirit by Paul Shippee
9-05-13 - Rick Levine with Charles Leong (audio) MP3-24k (7.5 Mgs) - MP3-48k (15 Mgs) - Once Leong starts talking about fishing he doesn't change the subject till the end. In the last few seconds his voice speeds up humorously beyond comprehension due to battery death at time of recording.
7 Practices That Restored My Buddhist Faith - Lew Richmond in Huff Post, Jun 7, 2012.
5-18-12 - Paul Shippee - Ten Tips For Compassionate Communication
Long letter from Marian Derby Wisberg to DC dated August 5, 2008.
The Tassajara Subculture by Clay Chadwick
Shunryu Suzuki and the Lotus Sutra in American Zen - an excerpt from Visions of Awakening Space and Time: Dogen and the Lotus Sutra by Taigen Dan Leighton (2007).
Excerpts related to Shunryu Suzuki from Zen Questions: Zazen, Dōgen, and the Spirit of Inquiry, by Taigen Dan Leighton © 2011, Wisdom Publications, 2011 (November)
From Bodhisattva Archetypes: Classic Buddhist Guides to Awakening and their Modern Expression by Taigen Dan Leighton - An excerpt focusing on Mitsu Suzuki, Shunryu's widow
An excerpt on Shunryu Suzuki from The Zen Master in America: Dressing the Donkey with Bells and Scarves. A paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in 2006 by Stuart Lachs with a few minor corrections at the bottom of Stuart Lachs cuke page. - posted 11-13-14
9-05-11 - Interview with Peter Levitt - here is the link to a 16 minute conversation that was broadcast yesterday AM on CBC radio in Canada re Dogen, Shobogenzo, etc.
From 33 Fingers by Michael Wenger - on Maezumi
Long article on DT Suzuki by Albert (Mickey) Stunkard
Remove the Seeker, Remove the Sought by Stephan Bodian (On Zen and Advaita)
Catherine E.
"Betty" Warren
- Nitsa Marandonatou
with many pictures
Betty Warren
Della Goertz's notebook
Della Goertz
Tassajara Food Trip, 1969
Books by Bill Shurtleff found at his
Soy Info
Center
Bill Shurtleff
Original Mind: The Practice of Zen in the West (book may not be available)
Read excerpt
Richard Baker
Roundabout Zen: Recollections in Celebration of the 70th Birthday of Zentatsu Baker Roshi
Buddhism in the West - by Graham Petchey in the early sixties
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