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Saturday, December 4, 2021

Chronicles of CTR Memorial tribute to Shunryu Suzuki

From the Chronicles of CTR (Chogyam Trungpa Rimpoche)
on December 4, 2021

Fifty Years Since his Passing


Today, December 4, 2021, marks the 50th anniversary of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi's passing. With much appreciation and love, we offer the following tributes to Roshi from Trungpa Rinpoche, Bill Kwong Roshi, and David Chadwick.

A Recollection of Buddha, Dharma, Sangha

A Tribute to Suzuki Roshi from Trungpa Rinpoche


Like a Pearl Rolling Across a Table 

Kwong Roshi talking about Suzuki Roshi




They took something I wrote four years ago for them, so it starts off, "Forty-six years ago today, December fourth, 1971, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi died early in the morning..."  - DC