Resources for study

Shunryu Suzuki’s Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind

with thanks to David Chadwick, author of Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki)

Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice, the only book of Roshi’s talks and lectures published during his lifetime, is available in various copies and formats of early editions, as well as these Shambhala Publications editions in print:

Hardcover

50th Anniversary Paperback (includes afterward by David Chadwick**)

also:
Peter Coyote’s Audible recording + other currently available formats

For more on drafts and source lectures of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind:

• http://shunryusuzuki2.com/ZMBM17.asp

• http://www.cuke.com/zmbm/beginners-mind-late-draft.htm

• Recommend links to the audio of 3 lectures that were sources for chapters in the book:

  • https://suzukiroshi.engagewisdom.com/talks/beginners-mind-0

  • https://suzukiroshi.engagewisdom.com/talks/study-yourself-0

  • https://suzukiroshi.engagewisdom.com/talks/calmness-0

Also suggested is zmbm.net, “a sort of shell for the cuke.com zmbm section: http://www.cuke.com/zmbm/zmbm.html

** And here is a page with David’s annotated afterword: http://www.cuke.com/zmbm/zmbm_at_50-notes.html

Video

David’s video collection page

San Francisco Zen Center’s Awakening the Archive project

Remastering project with Suzuki Roshi talks and transcriptions.

The Awakening the Archive “App”.