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.
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Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Therese Fitzgerald came to the SF Zen Center in 1976, was ordained as a priest by Richard Baker in 1986, with her husband Arnold Kotler founded the Community of Mindful Living applying the teachings of Thich Nhat Hahn who ordained her as a dharmacharya in 1994. She worked with Maxine Hong Kingston's Veterans Writing Group. Now Therese is a hospice chaplain in Maui where she and Arnie moved to long ago. There's more to her story you can hear about in this podcast and last weeks' part one. To read the piece her hubby Arnie Kotler wrote for Inquiring Mind on his relationship with his father, Richard Baker and Thich Nhat Hanh, go to cuke.com, write his name in the site search box, and look for Letting go of My Father.
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There were over 800. The third retreat in 1999 over 1200 and the quality was of a different character. We did one more at Stone Hill College and the quality had completely changed. I missed the spirit of The Community for Mindful Living very much.
Monday May 19, 2025
I was a retreatant at Omega Institute between 1997 through 1999 and saw the breakup as it was unfolding behind the scenes. In 1997 there were 450 retreatants and the next time
Monday May 19, 2025
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