Cuke Interview

Done fifteen years ago - Sue Isaacson - from Suzuki to Adi Da

Clear

As a listener or a disciple it is necessary to clear up your mind from various associations or preconceived ideas, or your own intention or your own habit. So that is why we practice zazen and clear our mind of what is related to something else.     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-02-02. Edited by DC - Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. - Go to cuke.com Wha at's New (now at blogger) to see more daily posts.]

Clear View Project

Buddhist-Based Resources for Relief and Social Change 

September 1 report on activities and appeal by Alan Senauke of the Berkeley Zen Center

Spirit

To be caught by opinion means ... without understanding your teacher in its true sense you understand the way he speaks or what he says as a statement without understanding his spirit. This kind of danger is always there.      ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-02-02. Edited by DC - Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. - Go to cuke.com Wha at's New (now at blogger) to see more daily posts.]

Esselen Indians and the Cave Hands

Created a cuke page for the Esselen Indians and included Robinson Jeffers' poem called Hands about the hands painted on cave wall near Church Creek Ranch a few miles from Tassajara. This is an actual photo of those hands. There have been hands from caves in other countries associated with that poem. 

Echo

It is quite usual to understand a statement as a kind of echo of yourself. Actually you are listening to your own opinion. If it is convenient to your opinion you may take it, but if it is not you do not hear it. So that is one danger when you listen to someone. The other danger is to be caught by the opinion.    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-02-02. Edited by DC - Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. - Go to cuke.com Wha at's New (now at blogger) to see more daily posts.]

Byodo-in

Back in January Andrew Atkeison sent these photos and report on the temple, Byodo-in in Japan and just now getting this PDF up as it slipped through the cracks.

Andrew's cuke page - with a lot of other reports and photos and links

Andrew's Iron Flute Song website

Doesn't mean you jump off a cliff if someone tells you

And when you listen to someone you should give up all your preconceived ideas or some subjective opinion and you should just listen to him, just observe him. That is how we communicate with each other. So here very little emphasis is put on right or wrong or good or bad. We just see things as it is and accept things.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-02-02. Edited by DC - Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. - Go to cuke.com Wha at's New (now at blogger) to see more daily posts.]

An Interview from a while back

with Diana Hart who was Cheryl Hughes back then. She remembers Suzuki, Tassajara, Tommy, and more.