Suzuki Roshi—author of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind—video interview.

Via Waylon Lewis
on Sep 20, 2008
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suzuki roshi

I’ve read him for 20 years. Author of one of the three greatest beginner’s Buddhist books. But I’ve never seen him. God Bless Youtube, the gift that keeps on viewing:

Bonus, a reading of Suzuki Roshi’s Single-Minded Way (not about myself) by Peter Coyote:

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12 Responses to “Suzuki Roshi—author of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind—video interview.”

  1. admin says:
    September 26, 2008 at 16:38

    Thanks for Suzuki Vid – from Dale Hu
    Suzuki Roshi and Sufi Sam were good friends ~

    from Stephen Gaskin (Monday night class)

    For there to be as many as a thousand people coming to Monday Night Class each week meant we were pulling out of a huge pool. The city was a great spiritual ferment. You could hear a different spiritual teacher every night of the week. One night was Suzuki Roshi from the San Francisco Zen Center, another was Murshid Sam Lewis (known as Sufi Sam); you could chant with the Asoka Fakir, or you could dance with Rabbi Schlomo Carlebach. A very straight elderly woman ran a Spiritualist church and complained about the Acid people messing up the séance

    http://www.stephengaskin.com/books.html

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  6. Ozz says:
    February 24, 2012 at 17:20

    "one of the three greatest beginner’s Buddhist books"

    C'mon Way – don't leave us hangin'! What are the other two on your list?

  7. Aborn says:
    February 24, 2012 at 20:46

    Thank You Waylan good stuff

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    April 17, 2012 at 05:53

    That smile. 🙂

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