David Chadwick (born 1945) grew up in

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and moved to

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to study

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as a student of Shunryu Suzuki in 1966. Chadwick was

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as a

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priest in 1971, shortly before Suzuki's death. He assisted in the operation of the

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for a number of years. Chadwick has two children and has married and remarried. He has written several books and continues to "dabble in Buddhism and related matters". Among his works is ''Crooked Cucumber'', the biography of Shunryu Suzuki.

Works

* Chadwick, David (1994). ''Thank You and OK!: An American Zen Failure in Japan''. Republished by Shambhala Publications (2007). . Originally Penguin Arkana. * Chadwick, David (1999). ''Crooked Cucumber: the Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki''. Broadway Books. . Ebook, audiobook, Shambhala Publications * Chadwick, David (2007). ''Zen Is Right Here: Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, Author of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind'' Shambhala Publications (2007) . audiobook. Originally ''To Shine One Corner of the World: Moments with Shunryu Suzuki''. (2001) Broadway Books *Chadwick, David (2019). ''To Find the Girl from Perth''. Cuke Press. Originally (2008) Speir Publishing *Chadwick, David (2019) (text), Atkeison, Andrew (illustrations). ''Color Dreams for To Find the Girl from Perth.'' Cuke Press. Originally (2009) Speir Publishing *Chadwick, David (2019) ''The, the Book''. Cuke Press. Originally Chadwick, Chavid (2011). ''The''. Speir Publishing *Chadwick, David (2011). ''Afterword'' to ''Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind'' 40th Anniversary Issue. Shambhala Publications. *Chadwick, David (2020) ''Afterword'' to ''Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind'' 50th Anniversary Issue. Shambhala Publications. *Chadwick, David (2018) Forward, Editor. ''A Brief History of Tassajara: From Native American Sweat Lodges to Pioneering Zen Monastery.'' Cuke Press *Shunryu, Suzuki; Chadwick, David (editor) (2021). ''Zen Is Right Now: More Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki''. Shambhala Publications. *Chadwick, David (2025). ''Tassajara Stories: A Sort of Memoir/Oral History of the First Zen Buddhist Monastery in the West—The First Year, 1967''. Monkfish Book Publishing.

References

External links

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ZMBM dot net - Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind site

Defuser Music dot com - DC's songs

Hub for DC nonZense URLs such as the one below

(To Find the) Girl From Perth dot com - DC's illustrated novel with songs
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