David Chadwick

David Chadwick is the author of Thank You and OK!: An American Zen Failure in Japan (Penguin Arkana). This article is adapted from Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki, by David Chadwick, reprinted with permission from Broadway Books.

Magazine Personal Reflections

Crooked Cucumber

Reflections on the Life of Zen master Shunryu Suzuki

By David Chadwick

Spring 1999

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Standing Up In Silence

On the Death of Zen Teacher Dainin Katagiri Roshi

By David Chadwick

Fall 1997

Magazine Personal Reflections

Driving Me Crazy

Diary of an American Zen Failure in Japan

By David Chadwick

Fall 1992

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