Cuke Audio Podcast

With Guest Hoka Chris Fortin

Chris Fortin is the founding teacher of Dharma Heart Zen (dharmaheartzen.com) and a co-founder of Veteran’s Path (veteranspath.org).   

With Guest Ken Spiker

Ken Spiker was an early student of Shunryu Suzuki who lives now in Mendocino.

With Guest Emma Bragdon

Emma Bragdon is the founder of IMHU, the International Mental Health University. She was a student of Shunryu Suzuki . See emmabragdon.com and IMHU.org, read more at cuke.com, and find her on Facebook too.

With Guest Upasama (formerly Reuven be Yuhmin)

Upasama (formerly Reuven be Yuhmin) was a student of Shunryu Suzuki, a great gardener at Tassajara , who's been living in a Theravada monastery near Perth, Australia, for  the last ten years.

Happy New Year 2023 with Shunryu on New Year

DC update and Shunryu Suzuki on New Year

Meister Eckhart Christmas Eve Reading

A Christmas Eve podcast reading quotes from Meister Eckhart and commenting some. 

With Guest Laura Burges

Laura Burges is a lay entrusted Zen teacher and author of Buddhist Stories for Kids which we'll be discussing among other things.

With Guest Kelsang Tsogtor (Van Vorheis)

Kelsang Tsogtor whom many would remember as Van Vorheis, was a Shunryu Suzuki student and now in Oaxaca is a priest in the Kadampa tradition. See kadampa.org. 

With Guest Brit Pyland

Brit Pyland came to the SF Zen Center in the mid sixties. Here's what led him there and what's been up with him since. 

In Memorium Layla Bockhorst

Reading about and commenting on Shunryu Suzuki student, Zen teacher, and friend Layla who died this November 3, 2022.