{"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\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Chadwick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\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 Interspersed with previously unpublished passages from Suzuki's talks, \u003cb\u003eCrooked Cucumber\u003c\/b\u003e evokes a down-to-earth life of the spirit.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 Interspersed with previously unpublished passages from Suzuki's talks, Crooked Cucumber evokes a down-to-earth life of the spirit.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words and the memories of his students, friends, and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterspersed with previously unpublished passages from Suzuki's talks and correspondence, Crooked Cucumber evokes a down-to-earth life of the spirit that goes beyond religion to reveal what it means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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Chadwick\u003c\/b\u003e selected and edited the accounts that make up \u003ci\u003eTo Shine One Corner of the World, \u003c\/i\u003edrawing on hundreds of interviews and notes amassed in the creation of his acclaimed biography of Suzuki, \u003ci\u003eCrooked Cucumber\u003c\/i\u003e, and from his ongoing oral history of Shunryu Suzuki. Chadwick himself began study Zen with Suzuki Roshi in 1966 and was ordained by him in 1971. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThank You and OK!: An American Zen Failure in Japan.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.5 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 08, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758695317792,"sku":"9780767901055","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/77df0a3606767b8b7201ce97dc1253c7.webp?v=1780132943","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/crooked-cucumber-the-life-and-teaching-of-shunryu-suzuki-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}