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Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen Traching of Shunryu Suzuki

by David Chadwick

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ISBN13: 9780767901055
ISBN10: 0767901053
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Publisher Comments:

Shunryu 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.<P>Interspersed with previously unpublished passages from Suzuki's talks and correspondence, Crooked Cucumber evokes a down-to-earth life of the spirit that goes beyond religion to reveal what it means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".

Review:

"Suzuki left a lasting legacy as the man who introduced the spiritual discipline of Zen to the West . . . and Crooked Cucumber affords a wonderful opportunity to meet him."
-Los Angeles Times

Review:

"A generous glimpse of the humanity and message of one of the great spiritual teachers of the modern world."
-Publishers Weekly

Review:

"A moving and eloquent biography of that quiet man who was to become the most widely revered Zen teacher in this country. Conveying his spirit lovingly and well, it becomes in itself a wonderful manifestation of his gentle teachings."
-Peter Matthiessen, author of At Play in the Fields of the Lord and The Snow Leopard

Review:

"It's impossible to imagine a better book about Suzuki-roshi. Its precise picture of Suzuki's values, hopes, and problems makes it a major primer of Zen itself."
-Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Review:

"A touching account of Suzuki-roshi's life, full of funny stories, brave and generous."
-Robert Bly, author of Iron John and The Sibling Society

Review:

"Shunryu Suzuki comes to life through these pages to a degree I would not have thought possible. Chadwick has produced a remarkable biography of a truly remarkable man."
-Huston Smith, author of The World's Religions

Synopsis:

Shunryu 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."

Product Details

ISBN:
9780767901055
Subtitle:
The Life and Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki
Author:
Chadwick, David
Publisher:
Broadway Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
Religious
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Eastern
Subject:
Buddhism
Subject:
Zen buddhism
Subject:
Priests, Zen
Subject:
Buddhism - Zen
Subject:
Eastern - General
Series Volume:
2300
Publication Date:
February 2000
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
464
Dimensions:
8.50x5.44x1.16 in. 1.36 lbs.

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