Cuke Audio Podcast

With Guest Ann Overton

Ann Overton practiced with Shunryu Suzuki and Richard Baker and with Sekkei Harada in Japan and there's more to her story than that. 

Shunryu Suzuki on Beginner’s Mind - verbatim transcript

Reading the Shunryu Suzuki lecture on Beginner's Mind, actual verbatim transcript, not just appears to be, having been checked against the newly found audio.

Shunryu Suzuki with More on the Triple Treasure and Precepts

A brief excerpt from a Shunryu Suzuki lecture.

Shunryu Suzuki on Understanding Precepts and Scriptures

A brief excerpt from a Shunryu Suzuki lecture

Shunryu Suzuki Lecture Excerpt on the 10th Precept

This brief excerpt from a Shunryu Suzuki lecture (67-06-12) was featured in yesterday's (22-01-24) Instagram Cuke Archives post. 

Audio of Shunryu Suzuki on Hippies - redux

This brief excerpt from a Shunryu Suzuki lecture is placed at the end of Chapter 16 in the Crooked Cucumber 2nd edition audiobook. The audio clip from the Suzuki lecture was initially not included but thanks to alert listener Ted Howell it is now in there - twice - and this podcast is being updated for January 11. 2022 and reposted on January 23, 2022 with the same title plus "redux."

With Guest Elizabeth Horowitz

Elizabeth Horowitz was a student at the Berkeley ZC originally, arriving in the Shunryu Suzuki era, and married the priest there, Mel Weitsman. She talks about some pros and cons of practice at the SFZC.

Shunryu Suzuki on Beginner’s Mind - 3 - Thank You

Part 3, last part, of a Shunryu Suzuki lecture on Beginner's Mind, seemingly verbatim transcript.

Shunryu Suzuki on Beginner’s Mind - 2

Part two of a Shunryu Suzuki lecture on Beginner's Mind, verbatim transcript.

Shunryu Suzuki on Beginner’s Mind - 1

Part one of a Shunryu Suzuki lecture on Beginner's Mind, verbatim transcript.