Just This Is It - Taigen Dan Leighton's latest book

Taigen Dan Leighton's new book, Just This is It is now on the Ancient Dragon website.

He writes, "I have several references to Suzuki Roshi's comments on Dongshan gleaned from the wonderful Suzuki Roshi archives.  Thank you so much for this valuable resource."

Shambhala Publications page for this book

Taigen's cuke page

Newly discovered Shunryu Suzuki lecture now in the cuke transcript archive

The Shunryu Suzuki lecture used for the epilogue of the late draft of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind recently posted here - Epilogue: Some Personal Reflections - is now in the transcript record as 67-03-00. 

cuke page for the late draft of ZMBM named Beginner's Mind

Clove Cigarettes

Before I came to Asia in 88 I used to smoke an exotic clove cigarette now and then in the States - or smell the aroma when someone else did - on the street, in a cafe, a theater, dance - remember?

Part Two of a Late Draft of Zen Mind Beginner's Mind

Go to the cuke page for this manuscript

now with all of it - links to PDFs of parts one and two and directions of how to find PDFs of the individual chapters/lectures on shunryusuzuki.com. Easier access to come.

I was calling this an early draft but realized we have Marian Derby's "Beginner's Mind" from a year or two earlier, 67, so now am calling this a "late draft." - DC

Included in part two on cuke.com and separately here on shunryusuzuki.com is the epilogue which is a new edition to the Suzuki lecture archive.

Cost of Parking

There's a lot of traffic and congestion here in south Bali around the big city, Denpasar, and up to Ubud and other places. When Nyoman drives me places he frequently has to pay a parking fee. He does it, not me. I pay him when we're through. I've noticed that the typical fee he pays to park is 2,000 rupia, about fifteen cents. Park your car here as long as you want.

Which Life Form Dominates?

Read this great BBC article on this subject.

A Newly Discovered Shunryu Suzuki Lecture

PDF of a newly discovered Shunryu Suzuki lecture which was used as the epilogue for a late draft of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind.  The lecture is now identified as 67-03-00. It was given after his return from the East Coast in March 1967 I think. - dc

Go to the cuke page for this manuscript with links to the whole thing in two parts or separately.

Thanks again Daya Goldschlag for scanning that manuscript and to her hubby Ted Hensold for sending the scan to us and to Peter Ford for preparing all of the chapters/lectures of this draft for shunryusuzuki.com - and everything else. Access to them posted tomorrow. - DC 

  

Bill Schwob's Sculpture

Just featured Bill Schwob's Japan photo essay of Rinsoin, Zounin, and Shoganji a couple of days ago.

These days he's doing more sculpture - quite successfully. Art Limited Magazine put out a top ten list of the bests shows in each major city around the country and his show made the list for San Francisco (#7).

Bill Schwob's Sculpture website

Bill's photo website

No Proselytizing Here

I remember having them come to my door in Japan. Five foreigners are being deported from Bali for disseminating Johovah's Witness literature which goes against the country's ban on proselytizing or something like that. I know people who would like such a law back in the States. I've also read it was because they were on tourist visas and not authorized to do that sort of work. I know that you can't do volunteer work on a tourist visa. Reminds me. Must go out and get a Watchtower in Indonesian. - dc

Dark Matter more like Transparant Matter

Love this sort of stuff.