Cuke Audio Podcast is an offering from Cuke Archives, “Preserving the legacy of Shunryu Suzuki and those whose paths crossed his,” plus a variety of related and unrelated material.
Chapter two of Crooked Cucumber: the Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki.
3:41 - Life in Bali with Sarah Wormald, diving guru
15:36 - Guest, Peter Schneider, Suzuki disciple, teacher at Beginner's Mind Zen Center.
37:03 - Chapter two of Crooked Cucumber
Chapter One of Crooked Cucumber: the Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki.
But first there's zazen. Then at 3:05 the contents times.
Next at 4:34 is life in Bali with a brief report on the virus, dengue, and being a being purple people capped with a shocking message from Sheb Wooley.
At 16:47 we have a guest, Eugene Bush of the Arcata Zen Group in CA with a novel approach to hand washing
At 27:38 is Chapter one of Crooked Cucumber.
At 1:07:37 are Comments on that chapter
At 1:40:17 we listen to a bird out back 2hich segues into the dramatic closing which vanishes into nothingness at 1:42:47
Comments on the Introduction to Crooked Cucumber: the Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki - after some Bali ramblings, or local news and ruminations. Opening and introductory words first of course. Bali ramblings begin at 4:53. Zen stuff begins at 18:22 with a phone conversation with Sojun Mel Weitsman, the abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center in CA. We get into the book at 26:46 with a brief reading through the front matter followed by comments on the cover, front matter, and introduction which takes a little over an hour followed by the soothing closing words and music.
The Introduction to Crooked Cucumber: the Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki with some news from home here in Bali. The Bali news and ramblings comes first. The introduction to the book starts at 25:00.
Introduction to Cuke Audio, Cuke Archives to
5:10 - the background story for the lecture that was used for the epilogue of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, read the opening, and then play Shunryu Suzuki's voice as he said it.
12:04 - Deep bell from Eiheiji monastery
12:39 - A message from DC about Cuke Archives
18:08 - What is a saeculum
20:50 - A dream
22:42 - Life in Bali. On Nyepi, 24 hours when Bali goes silent and dark - which leads to a fall in the dark and a Nyepi bloodbath.
